14 DAY TRIAL // Dell has officially launched the XPS 13 Developer Edition with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS pre-installed, and customers in North America and select EMEA countries can buy it today.
Since it ships with Ubuntu, the new XPS is fully certified for this operating system, so everything is supposed to work just like you expected it straight out of the box.
This is the first computer that ships with the new Ubuntu 20.04 LTS that was announced in April this year, and Canonical says enterprises themselves are very likely to be interested in this device.
“Enterprises are increasingly equipping their developers and engineers with the operating system of their choice ensuring high end-user productivity. Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on the latest Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition offers the performance developers demand with the assurance of security and long term support that IT management needs,” said Martin Wimpress, Director of Desktop Engineering at Canonical.
Hardware configurations
The new XPS Developer Edition is powered by the 10th Generation Intel Core processors (up to the i7-1065G7 with 8MB Cache and 3.9 GHz in turbo mode) and is paired with a maximum of 16GB RAM. It features the Intel Iris Plus with shared graphics memory and is available in Platinum silver with a black carbon fiber palmrest or Frost white with Alpine white composite fiber palmrest.
For storage, the highest you can go is a 2TB SSD, while the base model comes with just 256GB SSD storage.
Needless to say, the price also increases as you add more powerful hardware. The cheapest Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS pre-installed is available for $1,094, but the more powerful processor alone adds another $200.
The top-of-the-range configuration without extra warranty and other accessories can be yours today for $2,394, down from the original price of $2,449.