Recently, Dell launched a new XPS series of notebooks, a total of three products, namely XPS 16, XPS 14 and XPS 13. On January 10th, at the Dell China CES 2024 new product launch conference, we had the opportunity to interview Mr. Gao Minsong, Senior Product Manager of XPS and Inspiron at Dell China, and exchanged views on the new XPS series notebooks.
Mr. Gao Minsong gave a brief introduction to the three new XPS products. The three products are targeted at different use cases and user groups, among which XPS 16 can cope with more complex workloads, especially popular AI applications, with strong performance, and run without pressure; XPS 14 strikes a good balance between performance and portability, not only does it have the ability to edit high resolutions**, but it also has a very good battery life. XPS 13 is mainly slim and thin, with only 1The 17kg can be carried around, and the portability is outstanding.
As for the question of whether the positioning of the XPS 16 and XPS 14 overlaps with the thin and light gaming laptops, Mr. Gao Minsong made it clear that although the XPS 16 and XPS 14 are powered by Core Ultra processors and up to the optional RTX4070 discrete graphics card, their positioning is still focused on creative design scenarios rather than gaming scenarios. Therefore, in terms of performance release, the new XPS products will not be as aggressive as thin and light gaming laptops, and the purpose is to ensure the use experience under mobile creation.
The best proof of the focus on creative design is that both are NVIDIA Studio certified, providing a great experience in 3D rendering, editing, and live streaming.
In terms of AI, the new XPS series also has extraordinary strength. Mr. Gao Minsong said that the new XPS series is equipped with Intel Core Ultra processors, so that the three AI engines of CPU + GPU + NPU can jointly accelerate AI applications, which can achieve 20 billion large language modes to run locally, and AI graphics only take a few seconds, and the experience is perfect. When talking about how XPS can ensure differentiation in the AIPC era, Mr. Gao Minsong emphasized one point, that is, the exquisite craftsmanship and design of the XPS series.
As a representative product of minimalist aesthetics, the new XPS series not only has a CNC-machined aluminum body, but also innovatively adopts a capacitive touch function bar, a seamless glass trackpad and a meshless keyboard, bringing users a distinctive minimalist aesthetic and the ultimate user experience.
In addition, the new XPS series' InfinityEdge four-sided narrow bezel design is also unique today, and Mr. Ko is very proud of it. Since XPS pioneered narrow bezels, XPS has been ahead of the curve, providing users with a more immersive visual experience.
Mr. Gao Minsong also mentioned the environmental efforts of the new XPS series, which is also a point that Dell Technologies attaches great importance to. The aluminium used in the new XPS series is a low-emission aluminium made from recycled aluminium and renewable energy, reducing its carbon footprint by up to 89% and making it an environmentally friendly material. The use of low-emission aluminium is also very rare in the notebook sector. In addition, the packaging of the new XPS series is made entirely of reproducible or renewable materials.
It is these efforts that have resulted in the new XPS series being EPEAT Gold certified and EPEAT Climate+ certified. It can be said that in terms of environmental protection, the new XPS series is also at the forefront of the industry.
Through Mr. Gao Minsong's detailed introduction and answers, we can see that the new XPS series has quite good strength. Powered by futuristic minimalist aesthetics, the new XPS series is the current aesthetic benchmark in the notebook field with excellent visual aesthetics and leading industrial design. At the same time, thanks to the Core Ultra processor and NVIDIA RTX graphics card, the new XPS series has extraordinary strength in the field of creative design, and can provide a smooth and fast AI experience to meet the needs of users under the AI PC trend. In addition, in the field of environmental protection, the new XPS series also meets the industry best practice standards. Overall, the new XPS series has comprehensive and extraordinary strength, and is a very distinctive and all-round product in the current notebook market.