1920 x 1080 means 1080p videos play without scaling and photos look very detailed. It has wide viewing angles, extremely sharp text and pleasing colors. The XPS 12 has a lovely 12.5" full HD IPS touchscreen with 400 nits brightness and Gorilla Glass. Other goodies include an excellent island style backlit keyboard that's every bit as wonderful to use as the XPS 13's, a 1.3MP webcam, dual band Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235 WiFi (compatible with WiDi) and Bluetooth 3.0. The XPS 12 runs both the Modern UI with Live Tiles and the traditional desktop with support for Windows 7 programs (x86.
It features third generation Intel Core i5 and i7 ULV CPUs, 4 to 8 gigs of RAM and fast SSD drives. Unlike the Dell Inspiron Duo, this isn't a plasticky netbook with a touchscreen, but a premium ultraportable that starts at $1,199. The build is extremely solid, upscale and attractive with Dell's signature carbon fiber surfaces (top and bottom this time), an aluminum frame and soft-touch painted magnesium wrist rest. The XPS 12 started shipping in December 2012, and it has everything you love about the XPS line mated to the older Dell Duo's easel-mounted touchscreen. The Dell XPS 12 joins the short list of Windows 8 convertible tablet-Ultrabooks to hit the market after that new OS launched in late October. 2014: read our review of the second generation Dell XPS 12 with Intel Haswell that replaces this model. What's not: Heavy for tablet use, no digital pen option. What's hot: Good looking, excellent IPS display and great keyboard, top quality materials, good performance.
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