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. No more carefully constructed marketing slides. It’s time to cut through the hype and bring our expectations back down to earth. The preceding is what Isay if the hype wasn’t warranted. But this time, Intel is not messing around. The jump from Core Ultra Series 1 to Core Ultra Series 2 brings substantially more than barebones, baseline upgrades. The phrase “generational leap” feels truly earned.Dell extended a unique opportunity for this particular launch.
Praise must be given to the speakers, though. I’m seriously impressed at the clarity, richness, and volume these are capable of in spite of the diminutive form factor. That’s partially thanks to a combination of up and down-firing speakers. This isn’t a MacBook-tier audio experience — and if I want to truly enjoy some music, I’ll put on my trusty Sennheiser HD 450BT headphones — but it rises far, far above your average low-effort laptop speaker experience.
One last note: if you’re willing to sacrifice some battery life for a stunning display, I strongly recommend splurging for the tandem OLED version. Especially if you’re a content creator or an avid content consumer.The Lunar Lake story is one that feels razor-focused on efficiency, but with a sense of urgency. With both AMD and Qualcomm breathing down its neck, Intel went back to the drawing board and made some pretty radical changes for its Core Ultra Series 2 processors.
The result shows the Core Ultra 7 258V with 20% faster single-core performance than the Core Ultra 7 155H, and nearly identical multi-core performance. Quite a feat, considering this Lunar Lake processor has 8 cores compared to the Meteor Lake processor’s 16. We also see Lunar Lake matching the Snapdragon X Elite’s single-core performance, even if Qualcomm’s multi-core score pulls away considerably.In Cinebench 2024, we see the same scenario play out.
The LCD models, however, turn in astounding battery runtimes. The Lunar Lake XPS 13 gives up after 18 hours and 2 minutes — 4.5 hours longer than its Meteor Lake predecessor. Outlasting it by more than 90 minutes is the Snapdragon X Elite model. The Qualcomm Snapdragon and Intel Lunar Lake options both provide more than 2 work days' worth of battery life, and that’s downright exceptional.This next result left me gobsmacked.
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