If you gauge performance and battery expectations accordingly, there's little to nothing with which to be disappointed, and quite a lot to love. You'll be looking at the new XPS 13 because it packs a big screen into a small body, and, operating system aside, is almost what most people would think of as their ideal MacBook Air redesign. So long as you invest in the worthwhile CPU, screen and storage upgrades -- we'd recommend something close to our $1,400 review config -- the Dell XPS 13 is the first great laptop of 2015.