The touch version also shaved some weight off but just under a quarter of a pound. The non-touch versions shed just over a half-pound of weight, and that is significant. The first thing I noticed was the weight reduction over the XPS 17 9700. Dell sticks with its familiar but proven identifiable design aesthetic. While Microsoft is busy trying to copy Apple in its hardware design, look, and feel. I do think that Dell puts everything it has into the XPS line, and it shows. The Dell isn’t much different in terms of design from the previous model.

Price As Configured: US$2,999.99 What’s In The Box.

Weight: 4.87 lb (2.21 kg)* for non-touch with 97WHr battery 5.34 lb (2.42 kg)* for touch with 97Whr battery.

USB-C to USB-A v3.0 & HDMI v2.0 adapter ships standard.

4x Thunderbolt™ 4 (USB Type-C™) with DisplayPort and Power Delivery.

Battery: 6-Cell Battery, 97WHr (Integrated).

Connectivity: Killer™ Wi-Fi 6 AX1650 (2 x 2) and Bluetooth 5.1.

Display: 17.0″ UHD+ (3840 x 2400) InfinityEdge Touch Anti-Reflective 500-Nit Display.

RAM: 32GB DDR4 Dual Channel SDRAM at 3200MHz.

Dedicated GPU: NVIDIA ®GeForce RTX™ 3060 6GB GDDR6 (70W).

Processor: 11th Generation Intel ®Core™ i7-11800H (24MB Cache, up to 4.6 GHz, 8 cores).

The 2021 Dell sent to us has the following features and specifications:

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