Dell quietly raises the price of the budget XPS 13, its MacBook Neo competitor
Dell has raised the price of the XPS 13, its budget laptop and a leading MacBook Neo competitor. It now starts at $699.99 with half the storage as before.
Dell has recently increased the price of its budget XPS 13 laptop by $100, joining Apple in raising costs due to the global memory shortage. The base XPS 13, which launched in mid-June at $699.99 with 8GB of RAM and 512GB of storage, now costs $799.99 for the same configuration. The new base model, with half the storage, is priced at $799.99 and features an Intel Core 5 320, 8GB RAM, and 256GB SSD.
Dell's 14S, 16S, XPS 14, and 16 models have also seen price increases as part of the ongoing "RAMageddon" caused by AI industry demands. Apple followed suit, raising the MacBook Neo's price by $100 in June due to the same component cost issue. Competitors like Acer and Lenovo plan to release comparable $699 PCs soon. Dell is developing lower-end, more colorful variants of the 14S but has not disclosed pricing for them yet.
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