The Dell XPS 13 brand has a long story of excellence. Dell may have retired this branding at CES 2025 but that doesn't mean this laptop is any less great today than it was when we reviewed it in the fall of 2024.

Branding is important. Corporations spend millions of dollars every year to make sure that words like “Tacoma” and “Sleep Number” press the right buttons in your brain. And Dell has spent decades putting that same work in for terms like “XPS,