Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Why no one buys xps 13 model?

I am not even sure why dell continues to sell xps 13 model when people have choice to buy xps 14 model which has 3rd generation latest processor with base clock speed of 2.6 GHz and definite 3 MB cache memory. The xps 13 doesn't even have 3 MB cache memory. Odd but true, the price of 13 model is Rs. 1K or so more than 14 model ! xps 13 comes in sandy bridge processors while 14 has an option of 2 processors, one of 3 MB cache while other of 4 MB cache, both from Core i5 UVL chip.

The wireless in xps 13 is from Intel centrino Advanced N 6230. Sirish here says that Intel's R&D budget is more than whole of AMD's annual research budget. Plus there is more to customize in xps 14 than 13 as you can have a Nvidia GPU or additional 4 GB RAM. Both have the same chassis made from aluminium and carbon fibre body which make it much lighter.

Both come around Rs. 80K here in India if you buy from a verified dell store. The in stock items in store can save you 4-5K tax money also.

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