


And it has an extremely shallow keyboard that we don't find all that comfortable for typing. You'll have to decide how much these points matter to you, because the XPS 13 2-in-1 is otherwise hard to criticise in other respects. There are a couple of problems though: the latest XPS 13 2-in-1 costs a small fortune. Pocket-Lint Recommendation: Nintendo Switch.Pocket-Lint Recommendations: Xbox Console.Pocket-Lint Recommendation: Google Nest.Pocket-Lint Recommendation: Amazon Echo Devices.Pocket-Lint Recommendations: Fire TV Stick.Update: It looks like Dell just dropped the price of the Ubuntu XPS 13 to a slightly more reasonable $1,449, making it $50 less than the Windows variant. Still, it might be well worth it for one of the best specced pre-assembled open-source laptops we've seen to date. All that Linux goodness comes at a cost, however - the Developer Edition retails for $1,549, which is around $50 more than the Windows equivalent. The hardware packs quite a punch, with either an Intel i5 or i7 Ivy Bridge CPU, 8GB of RAM and a 256 GB SATA III SSD. Also bundled in the XPS 13 are a couple of Project Sputnik's open source tools - Profile Tool and Cloud Launcher - that are designed to help developers install and deploy their projects quickly and efficiently. The thin and light darling of the Ultrabook crowd is now shipping with a Precise Pangolin Ubuntu build pre-installed, along with feature-complete drivers that ensure maximum peripheral compatibility right out of the box. What once was just an internal skunkworks project, Dell's Project Sputnik has taken off with the release of the XPS 13 Developer Edition.
