The PC maker is diving into the convertible market with its own 11.6-inch laptop/tablet dubbed the XPS 11. Dell's XPS 13 is getting a smaller and sharper brother. (Credit: CNET) Dell will offer consumers its own flavor of a Windows 8 11.6-inch convertible laptop by year's end. Due out in time for the 2013 holiday season, the Dell XPS 11 ultrabook will sport a hinged keyboard that allows it to transform into a Windows 8 tablet, the Wall Street Journal reported today. Demoed at the Computex computer show in Taipei today, the XPS 11 will offer a high resolution screen with a 2,560x1,440 IPS (in-plane switching) display, say the folks at Engadget who checked out one of the prototypes. The IPS screen ensures that the display remains as bright from different angles as it is from straight on. The screen will also come with an active digitizer that can respond to pressure from a pen. In contast, Dell's current XPS 13 offers a resolution of 1,920x1,080 pixels. The XPS 11 is clearly geared to compete with other 11-inch convertible ultrabooks, particular Lenovo's new Yoga 11S. The 11S is an 11.6-inch ultrabook that can bend into a tablet or stand up as a display device. The follow-up to the original Windows RT-based Yoga 11, the 11S comes with Windows 8. The Yoga 11S's multi-touch HD screen provides a resolution of 1,366x768 pixels, and so can't compare with the display found on Dell's machine. But Lenovo has a headstart of almost half a year over Dell. The Yoga 11S is already up for preorder with units set to reach consumers on June 23.
The PC maker is diving into the convertible market with its own 11.6-inch laptop/tablet dubbed the XPS 11.
Dell's XPS 13 is getting a smaller and sharper brother.
(Credit: CNET)
Dell will offer consumers its own flavor of a Windows 8 11.6-inch convertible laptop by year's end.
Due out in time for the 2013 holiday season, the Dell XPS 11 ultrabook will sport a hinged keyboard that allows it to transform into a Windows 8 tablet, the Wall Street Journal reported today.
Demoed at the Computex computer show in Taipei today, the XPS 11 will offer a high resolution screen with a 2,560x1,440 IPS (in-plane switching) display, say the folks at Engadget who checked out one of the prototypes. The IPS screen ensures that the display remains as bright from different angles as it is from straight on. The screen will also come with an active digitizer that can respond to pressure from a pen.
In contast, Dell's current XPS 13 offers a resolution of 1,920x1,080 pixels.
The XPS 11 is clearly geared to compete with other 11-inch convertible ultrabooks, particular Lenovo's new Yoga 11S. The 11S is an 11.6-inch ultrabook that can bend into a tablet or stand up as a display device. The follow-up to the original Windows RT-based Yoga 11, the 11S comes with Windows 8.
The Yoga 11S's multi-touch HD screen provides a resolution of 1,366x768 pixels, and so can't compare with the display found on Dell's machine. But Lenovo has a headstart of almost half a year over Dell. The Yoga 11S is already up for preorder with units set to reach consumers on June 23.
