Newly redesigned Dell XPS 15 inspired by popular XPS 13

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  One of Dell's product shots of the Dell XPS 15. [credit: Dell ]

Today, Dell announced a significant redesign to its XPS 15 laptop-which is now marketed primarily at creatives who perform tasks like video or photo editing-as well as a new XPS 17 model. The former is available today; the latter is coming in the summer.

Dell says the XPS 15 is slimmer than its predecessor and has a number of design changes oriented around a higher screen-to-body ratio (more on that in a moment). It also has a new audio solution (four speakers). The company says it took cues from the popular XPS 13 design to make "the first major redesign" to the XPS 15 "in almost five years."

Meanwhile, the XPS 17 shares most of the same design principles and materials, and even mostly the same specs, with upgraded ports and an optional, faster GPU to go with the bigger screen and chassis.

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