With a 1-millimeter key travel, the keys delivered firm feedback and my fingertips never bottomed out. The result is a much more comfortable experience compared with past Air models. MacBook Air (2020): KeyboardĪfter loud complaints from consumers, Apple has parted ways with the Butterfly keyboard in favor of the Magic keyboard, which uses traditional scissor switches. The XPS 13 is also the brighter of the two panels, averaging 417 nits while the Air only reached 386 nits. Measuring for color reproduction, the XPS 13 was slightly higher on the sRGB gamut with 115% to the Air’s 113%. I recommend keeping True Tone enabled as the color looks a bit dull when it's disabled. Especially, when you factor in Apple’s True Tone technology, which adjusts color temperature automatically according to the environment.
That’s not to say the Air’s 13.3-inch, 2560 x 1600 Retina display isn’t lovely, because it is. Oh, and Dell even managed to shrink the bezels even further. Finally, Dell figured out a way to bring its InfinityEdge design to every bezel, meaning the impossibly-slim bezels are now on all four sides. Then you have the edge-to-edge keyboard that has 9% bigger keycaps, and the touchpad, which is 17% larger despite the smaller laptop dimensions. But Dell instituted a number of physical changes.įor starters, the laptop is 2% smaller than previous models and remains one of the smaller ultraportables on the market. It has the same lovely Frost White anodized aluminum chassis with the Arctic White glass-fiber weave interior we’ve come to expect from an XPS system. MacBook Air (2020): DesignĪt first glance, it doesn’t look like Dell made too many changes to the XPS 13’s design. Winner: Dell XPS 13 Dell XPS 13 (2020) vs. It also offers a microSD slot which is more ports than the MacBook Air. The Dell XPS is 13 is smaller, but offers more power and has longer battery life. MacBook Air (2020): Specs comparedĢ Thundserbolt 3, microSD card reader, headphone jack