On the heels of Microsoft's Tuesday event, where Redmond revealed some very interesting hardware like the Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book, Dell has a few Windows 10-based holiday surprises of its own.

First up is the revamped Dell XPS 13, which sports a 13.3-inch edge-to-edge Gorilla Glass screen that can be configured with or without touch. It's one of Dell's best-reviewed laptops (we gave the touch and non-touch versions four stars), a slim and powerful ultraportable with almost no bezel around the screen.

While the outside remains mostly untouched, eagle-eyed PC enthusiasts will notice a combination Thunderbolt 3/USB Type-C port, which Dell says is up to eight times the transfer speeds of USB 3.0 at up to 40Gbps and twice as fast as Thunderbolt 2.

On the inside, the slim 13-inch laptop features a sixth-generation Intel Skylake processor and now offers more configurations than its predecessor: up to 1TB SSD and 16GB of RAM. Dell claims you can get up to 18 hours of battery life with the XPS 13.

The larger XPS 15, meanwhile, features the same nearly borderless screen design; Dell claims it's the smallest 15-inch laptop available. It's also quite thin, ranging between 11-17mm thick (making it about as thick as an Apple MacBook Air) and starting at only 3.9 pounds.

Depending on the configuration you choose, the XPS 15 could have a 3,840-by-2,160 4K touch display powered by sixth-gen Intel Core processors (Core i3, Core i5, or Core i7). Combine this with the Nvidia GeForce GTX 960M graphics card, and you've got yourself a decent gaming laptop and ultraportable.

The XPS 15 also features the new Thuderbolt 3 ports for fast data transfers, and Dell says that the laptop can get up 17 hours in the less expensive Full HD display configuration, though we have yet to test these claims yet. Storage options starts at a 500GB HDD or 256GB SSD, and like the Dell XPS 13, it comes in touch and non-touch options.

Dell also unveiled its first XPS hybrid 2-in-1, the XPS 12. It's a Windows tablet with an attachable keyboard, but don't mistake it for a Surface Pro 4 competitor (at least not directly). The XPS 12 is smaller, for one, but the keyboard is also different. Whereas the Touch Cover keyboard for the Surface Pro lineup is flimsy and more of a cover that's sold separately, the hard keyboard for the XPS 12 is included and Dell is offering separate covers for the device. It's based on Dell's Latitude series of ultraportables with a magnetic connection to the backlit keyboard.

The XPS 12 is also the only 2-in-1 with a 4K Ultra HD display. The tablet is 8mm thin, but unlike the Surface Pro 4. There's no USB 3.0 ports, but there are two Thunderbolt 3/USB Type-C ports. The tablet itself is quite light as well, at only 1.75 pounds, and comes in 128GB and 256GB configurations. It's powered by the latest generation of Intel Core m5 processor; no word yet on the battery life.

The revamped XPS 13 and the new XPS 15 are available today; the XPS 12 arrives next month. The XPS 13 starts at $799, the XPS 15 at $999, and the XPS 12 starts at $999. Check back for full reviews of Dell's new XPS lineup.

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