Dell XPS 12 XPSU12-5327CRBFB 12.5-Inch Convertible 2 in 1 Touchscreen Ultrabook (Carbon Fiber)..
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66 of 70 people found the following review helpful.
Best of the convertable Windows 8 laptop tablets, 2nd gen model with much improved battery life, highly recommended
By David Pearlman
This is one of a new breed of convertible laptops created to take advantage of the Windows 8 paradigm, which allows use as both as tablet and a laptop. While this category is expected to grow, right now, there are essentially only a modest number of entrants, and only two that could be reasonably be called innovative: The Dell XPS 12 (this one), and the Lenovo Yoga 13. The Dell and Lenovo sport similar power specs (cpu, memory, hard drive, battery life), but the Dell has a much higher resolution, better, screen. In my opinion, the Dell takes that competition handily.
This is actually the second generation of the XPS 12, which replaces the earlier model which was released last year (Dell XPS 12 12.5-Inch Convertible 2-in-1 Touchscreen Ultrabook). The new version is almost identical to the older version in all physical terms, with the primary difference being that it's slightly lighter (about 3 ounces lighter). Under the hood, there is one very significant difference: This new model uses Intel's latest "Haswell" line of processes. These processors are APPRECIABLY more energy efficient than the previous generation processors ("Ivy Bridge") that were used in the previous iteration of the XPS12. This means that run time on a full battery charge has increased from around 5 hours to around 8 hours. (!!!!) That single change--to run time on a full charge--addresses what many considered to be one of the major downsides of the previous generation XPS 12. (Note: The two processor lines, Haswell and Ivy Bridge, are pretty close to indistinguishable in terms of performance, with the Haswell just ever-so-slightly better [PassMark scores of 3380 and 3278 for the Haswell and Ivy Bridge, respectively, with higher being better]).
Now, focusing on the XPS 12 as a total package: This is a terrific piece of hardware, with a lot of pros, and only a few significant cons.
Summarizing,
Pros:
Beautiful super high resolution 1920x1080 12.5" screen
Very high build quality
Terrific innovative screen that rotates in the frame to go from laptop/keyboard to tablet configuration
Very responsive with even the base configuration of an Intel I5 processor and 4Gb memory
Incredibly fast boot time (10-15 seconds)
Very good keyboard
Responsive touchscreen which operates in both laptop and tablet modes
Fast SSD drive in all configurations
Decent webcam (1.3mp)
Light, portable charging cable.
Bluetooth, Wireless N (5 + 2.4Ghz)
Backlit keys on keyboard
Battery life is 8+ hours (New for this version!)
Eh:
Weight is 3.2 pounds, which isn't heavy, but isn't super light for a 12.5" laptop. A bit heavy feeling in tablet mode
Speakers are predictably mediocre for a small laptop
Base configuration has only a 128Gb mSata SSD hard drive. However, the hard drive IS user replaceable.
Cons:
No HDMI or VGA port. Only a graphics mini displayport, which means you will need to carry a mini displayport -> HDMI or VGA adapter if you want to use this for business or with a TV/external monitor.
Memory is soldiered to motherboard and is not upgradeable. Fortunately, even the base configuration 4Gb of memory is more than sufficient.
Only two USB ports (both USB 3.0, however)
Battery is not easily user swapped/replacable
No built in media card reader. If you want to the SD card from your camera, you'll need to carry an external reader.
No GPS
No wired Ethernet port. If you want wired Ethernet, you'll need to buy a USB-to-Ethernet adapter. (You have wireless Ethernet, of course).
Of the cons, the worst, in my opinion, is the fact that the battery is not easily swapped/replaced. While the 8+ hour run time is very respectable, one can expect battery life to diminish over time, and I am not looking forward to dealing with that eventuality. Also, I like to carry a spare battery to swap out for long trips. That's not possible here.
Having struggled with various underpowered Android based tablets, including the Asus TF301/keyboard dock, I can say that using the XPS 12 in tablet mode is like a huge weight has been lifted. The XPS 12 screams when surfing the web, which is something I can't say about any Android (or Mac) tablet I've used--and I've used a lot of them.
People have complained about the lack of apps in the Windows 8 app store--and it's true that the Windows 8 app store is pretty anemic compared to Andoid or Mac. But some of the most important apps are there (Skype, Netflix, etc.) and it's still growing. There are enough to make using the tablet mode acceptable now...and the responsiveness provided by the Intel I5 processor makes it a pleasure to use.
There are a few configuration options available for the XPS 12, all related to the processor (a few speeds of I5 and I7), memory (4Gb or 8Gb) and hard drive size (128Gb or 256Gb or 512Gb). My recommendation: Any of the available processor speeds will be more than acceptable and the difference between the I5 and I7 processors for almost any user will be negligible. Similarly, most users will not need the 8Gb of memory. Windows 8 runs perfectly fine on 4Gb of memory. Unless you plan on running memory hog processes (advanced video editing, certain scientific apps, etc.) you won't need the extra memory. If you do need the extra memory, however, you need to order the laptop with 8Gb installed from the factory, as the memory is not user-upgradeable (it's soldiered to the motherboard...grrr...) A larger hard drive than the 128Gb SSD that comes installed on the base model is definitely a nice feature. But the hard drive IS user replaceable, and the incremental cost of getting the 256Gb mSata SSD from Dell is more than it would be to buy that 256Gb mSata SSD on the aftermarket and clone your 128Gb drive onto it. (You will also wind up with a spare 128Gb drive that way). Unless you are scared of the idea of hard drive cloning/migration, I'd recommend that path. Please note that this laptop uses the mSata configuration hard drive, rather than a full sized SSD to save space. mSata drives tend to be a bit more expensive than standard SSD drives.
Overall, this is a terrific laptop, and buying the least expensive configuration version is, for most, the recommended route. In addition, the newer generation processor used for this updated version of the XPS 12 had addressed one of the major limitations of the earlier version, bumping the battery life to over eight hours.
81 of 96 people found the following review helpful.
Needs a lot of work to be a good untrabook
By Abhishek Ghag
I was waiting for a long time for a good deal on this laptop. Finally amazon offered a steal at $1200 with 256 gb ssd, 8 gb ram and i7 haswell. What attracted me most was the battery life. Then it was the great design of this laptop. For me this was the perfect design for a convertible laptop. Now let me get to the pros and cons of this particular model:
Pros:
1. Screen is a beauty. Its well lit. Even in power saver mode the screen brightness is perfect for daily use.
2. Its fast. I wanted a i5 instead of the i7 processor with the rest of the specs but there was no configuration available with 256 gb ram and i5.
3. Touch sensitivity is good. I heard from lot of reviews that windows 8 without touch is not the best experience. Frankly speaking i seldom use the touchscreen. Also the I have not used this laptop in tablet mode so much.
4. Amazing battery life. Haswell makes a lot of difference. I was afraid I will be getting a hit on battery life with i7. But I am happy to see that the battery life is great. I am getting close to 7-8 hours. I know battery life will vary from user to user but just as an example I watched 3 hours of netflix and 1.5 hours of surfing and I had 56% remaining. I always hated the battery remaining indicator on windows coz it never shows a correct estimate of remaining time and also windows didn't have any way to check how many hours I used. This changed in windows 8. Not the easiest way to find this but running "powercfg /batteryreport" on command line will give you a detailed usage.
5. Keyboard keys are well spaced out and backlit is a good addition.
6. Build quality is great. It feels premium and sturdy.
Cons:
1. Trackpad was horrible. Only after searching online I have finally been able to make this thing workable. I wanted to return this laptop. I was even ready to pay for the restocking fee (amazon doesn't offer a return if the laptop ain't broken). I knew about this when buying and many said that after the latest driver update there trackpad worked fine. It didn't for me. My laptop shipped with the latest drivers. Whenever I scrolled down the page it would auto scroll to top. If scrolling up it would auto scroll to bottom. The gestures are too sensitive. Even when using trackpad for normal use the laptop will switch between apps due to the extra sensitive left gesture. Its a feature in windows 8 where left swipe will do what alt + tab does. Scrolling is frequently unresponsive especially in windows store. Finally after making trackpad pressure to zero things became better. Not great but usuable. Windows store scrolling still has issues.
2. Windows 8 experience is still not great. I have a android phone (HTC one) and nexus 7 tablet. I feel android OS seems much more mature for a tablet experience comparatively. Some how the android os apps seems more user friendly to me than windows 8 in terms of design.
3. Some apps can be annoying. When I installed chrome it worked in windows 8 metro mode. For some reason it decided to switch to desktop mode and now its stuck in desktop mode. There will be a constant switching between desktop apps and windows 8 apps which gets annoying and confusing after some time. The confusing part is when you want to use app switcher all the applications running in desktop mode will be shown as one application called desktop and all windows 8 applications are displayed as individual apps. This is one reason i wanted chrome to switch back to windows mode. I know i can do it by going in options for chrome. The alt + tab does this behavior correctly displaying all individual applications separately.
4. I was a very early user on android. The android apps had one common problem in the beginning. Apps would constantly redirect to website for a few advanced options. This is the behavior I see in multiple apps in windows store. For example amazon app redirects to website if you want to change account settings.
5. Camera is not that great. Grainy when doing video chat.
6. Wifi is unreliable. Since internet is the most important thing in a laptop these days I thought dell would have perfected this. It works 95% of the time. Some times it will simply disconnect which is fine. Other times it shows connected but there won't be internet. I confirmed that my other devices are working when this happens.
Minor issues but no big deals:
1. Hate the fact that there are no dedicated buttons for home and end.
2. Dell bloatware is too much.
3. windows store lacks good apps. But since this is not RT windows 8 its not a big deal.
Don't get me wrong there are lot of good things about this laptop but some of the issues are really annoying. Some issues mentioned here may not be related to the laptop but are related to windows but this review is about my complete experience.
29 of 33 people found the following review helpful.
Great Laptop, Incorrect Specifications
By Wayne Steenburg
This is a great ultrabook/tablet hybrid. The keyboard is permanently attached, so it is best suited for those that primarily want a laptop with the option to use it like a tablet. The screen rotates within its frame allowing the keyboard to be hidden in tablet mode. It ships with Windows 8, but can be easily upgraded to 8.1 for free by visiting the Windows Store. The battery life is exceptional at 7-8 hrs partially due to the 4th generation "Haswell" processor by Intel.
This product is wonderful, however the listing is inaccurate. I purchased this product based on the superior specifications listed on other websites. I was not disappointed. I've listed corrected data bellow:
Processor: Intel Core i7-4500U Processor @1.8 GHz, 3.0 GHz Turbo Boost
Memory: 8 GB DDR3L SDRAM
Storage: 256 GB Solid State Drive
Graphics: Integrated Intel HD Graphics 4000
Wireless: Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260 (2.6GHz/5GHZ, dual antenna, 802.11ac/a/b/g/n), Bluetooth 4.0
USB: 2xUSB 3.0 (1 PowerShare)
Display : 1920x1080 Full HD 12.5" LED backlit touch display
Webcam: Integrated 1.3MP Widescreen HD webcam
Keyboard: Backlit US keyboard
External Display Port: Mini DisplayPort (no built in HDMI, can purchase Mini DisplayPort->HDMI adaptor)
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