Dell’s new XPS 13 Plus makes weird design choices in the name of power

Here’s some nerd trivia for you: what laptop has a haptic trackpad, a touch-sensitive strip above the keyboard, and no headphone jack? No, Apple isn’t bringing back the Touchbar. Instead, Dell seems to have taken a page out of Cupertino’s book and updated its flagship 13-inch laptop with design elements that look cool but offer questionable practicality. Perhaps most notably, the function row was removed in favor of a touch-sensitive strip which can toggle between shortcuts and regular function ‘buttons.’ Unfortunately, these shortcuts are not customizable, so it’s pretty much most of the bad about the touchbar with none of…This story continues at The Next WebOr just read more coverage about: Dell

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