Dell updates XPS 13 with 8th generation Intel processors

Dell is updating a bunch of its laptops with Intel’s newest processors, the 8th generation Kaby Lake chips. At the top of the list is the XPS 13, which gets the option for two of Intel’s quad-core chips: an i5, running at 1.6GHz with speeds up to 3.4GHz, and an i7, running at 1.8GHz with speeds up to 4GHz.

The new processors won’t all be available at once. On September 12th, Dell will phase in the Core i7 chip, then in October, it’ll bring in the i5 chip. Dell didn’t have pricing information available for XPS 13 models with 8th generation processors, but the current i7 sells for $1,349.99, so you can expect it to be somewhere around that.

Nothing changes but the processor

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