Dell announced the launch of a new XPS 13 notebook during the 2026 Taipei International Computer Show (Computex), featuring the "lowest price ever" and an ultra-thin and light design. The price is US$599 for students and US$699 for ordinary consumers. It is positioned directly at Apple's MacBook Neo. The machine uses Intel's new generation Wildcat Lake processor, which is a low-power platform streamlined from Panther Lake and designed to strike a balance between cost and performance.
At a price range of US$599 to US$699, this new XPS 13 has become Dell’s most affordable XPS 13 model ever, and it is also the thinnest and lightest XPS notebook product currently available. Although the price has dropped, the core configuration has not shrunk significantly: it comes standard with a 2.5K touch screen, a backlit keyboard and other common features of contemporary thin and light notebooks, and the touch function is included as standard configuration rather than as an additional option.
In terms of multimedia and connectivity, the new XPS 13 comes standard with a four-speaker system and supports the latest Wi-Fi 7 wireless network, further enhancing the portable office and entertainment experience. Dell obviously hopes to use this in the mid-to-high-end thin and light notebook market to attract a user group that is price-sensitive but still values workmanship and brand with the help of lower entry prices and relatively luxurious basic configurations.
In terms of processor, the first model uses Intel Core Series 3 (codenamed Wildcat Lake). The price of US$599 for students requires users to be over 16 years old, and the retail price for the general market is US$699. According to reports, the new XPS 13 equipped with Core Series 3 will be officially launched soon. Dell also announced that it will launch a higher-end XPS 13 version equipped with Core Ultra Series 3 (Panther Lake) in the summer to cover a wider range of performance and price.
The new XPS 13 comes pre-installed with Microsoft Windows by default, but judging from Dell’s past product accumulation in the Linux field, its compatibility with open source systems has also attracted much attention. Thanks to the fact that Wildcat Lake has received good support in key components such as the upstream Linux kernel and Mesa, this new machine is expected to have relatively complete drivers and performance in the Linux environment.