The Dell XPS 13 may be our favorite overall laptop, but Microsoft’s Surface Laptop is coming into town like a gunslinger looking to take over as the new sheriff. While we’re excited to put the Surface Laptop through the paces of our comprehensive review, it’s not too early to look at how it stacks up (on paper) against the XPS 13 notebooks we know and love.

Of course, since many versions of each exist, we’re not making just one comparison. Instead, we’ll see how the $999 models of the notebooks compare, as well as a face-off between one of our favorite configurations of the Surface Laptop ($1,299) and a $1,257 touchscreen version of the XPS 13.

Design

Simply put, these are sexy beasts. The XPS 13’s soft-touch deck and machined aluminum lid combine for a sleek look, but the Surface Laptop wowed us on sight with its aluminum lid and stylish Alacantra-fabric keyboard deck that looks super comfy and just as elegant.
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