It's an amazingly well-built laptop that's easy to carry around, with a battery that lasts a little over 10 hours of light productivity, long enough to get you through a typical school day on a full charge.

You can confidently take the Dell XPS 13 out for a full workday on the road — and leave the charger at home. Dell’s latest laptop lasted an impressive eight hours and 31 minutes on our battery test, which consists of continuous 4K video playback at 50% brightness.

Indeed, based on Dell's tests, the XPS 13 with a Full HD+ display should last up to 12 hours on a charge while streaming Netflix. Meanwhile, the 4K+ model will last up to 7 hours on a charge, which isn't bad. Those are solid numbers, and most likely enough to get you through the day without having to recharge, particularly on the Full HD+ model.