Dell's XPS laptops get bigger with the $999 XPS 15, and better with all-Skylake CPUs

From InfoWorld: When Dell's XPS 13 hit it out of the park, it was only a matter of time before the company applied the same winning formula to another laptop. That time came early Thursday, when the company unwrapped the XPS 15.

No surprise, the XPS 15 looks like a bigger XPS 13, with the same InfinityEdge superslim bezel that makes it the "smallest 15-inch on the planet," according to Dell.

Along with the bigger iteration, Dell also upgraded the entire product line to Intel's latest Skylake CPUs and built in a few more new toys.

Intel's latest Skylake CPU gets inside the entire product lineup, with the the dual-core Core i3-6100H in the base configuration. In the middle, you'll get the quad-core Core i5-6300HQ, while the quad-core Core i7-6700HQ rides on top.

For RAM, Dell skips the slower DDR3L in favor of DDR4, with up to 32GB of RAM. Graphics options include Intel integrated graphics or up to a GeForce GTX 960m with 2GB of GDDR5. Storage options include an M.2 PCIe SSD or a hybrid drive.

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