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Dell XPS 13 9345 Laptop: Snapdragon X Elite CPU, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD, 3K OLED $1,651.74 Delivered @ Dell AU (OOS)

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This is the first time I have seen the premium Dell XPS 13 with Snapdragon X Elite X1E-80-100, 32GB RAM and the 3K touchscreen OLED display drop under $2,000.

The price has been trending down for a while now, starting from a laughable $3,798.30. The most recent drop takes it from $2,196.70 down to $1,899.70 and then the code FUTURE13% takes another 13% off.

There are some caveats with the Snapdragon CPU for specific software, but generally speaking most stuff runs well these days. And overall this XPS 13 is very well regarded.

IMO, for a compact, premium 13-inch laptop with 32GB RAM and a 3K OLED, $1,651.74 is a great deal.

Current Dell codes
I track Dell prices for TechRadar Australia and we have a Dell coupons page. I’m a long time OzBargainer so deal hunting is a great job!
Note that the below coupons cannot be stacked (used at the same time).

Here’s an overview of the current deals that I, and others, have posted that use these codes.

FUTURE13% – Applies to most but not all Alienware laptops and desktops, XPS laptops and and desktops, Dell Plus Desktops

No other machines currently stand out to me like the XPS 13, but let me know if you find a good deal!

FUTURE11% – Works with most consumer and Alienware monitors, plus Alienware peripherals

Dell 32 Plus 4K QD-OLED Monitor S3225QC $799.82 Delivered @ Dell AU This is a great deal that just today got even cheaper.

Dell 27" 200hz FHD IPS Monitor - SE2725HG $95.92, Dell 24" 200hz FHD IPS SE2425HG $87.11 Delivered @ Dell

Alienware AW2725Q 27" 4K 240hz QD-OLED Gaming Monitor $843.88 Delivered @ Dell

Alienware AW2725D 26.7" 1440p 280Hz QD-OLED Gaming Monitor $621.64 ($594.66 with Student Discount) Delivered @ Dell

FUTURE5% – Works with most consumer laptops, desktops, monitors etc, but not everything

No OzBargain post yet but the Dell 14 Plus 2-in-1 Laptop with 14" FHD Touch Screen, Ryzen AI 350 CPU, 16GB RAM and 512GB SSD is $947.86 after the 5% off. It’s been selling for around $1,300 for a long while, but just dropped to $998.80 before coupon.

While not the most exciting machine, that’s decent value for a 14-inch 2-in-1. You can also get the Ryzen 7 350 version with 1TB SSD for $1,186.12 after the 5% off.

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  • +12

    For anyone else wondering WTF "3k" is, 2880 x 1800 . So 16:10 and better than QHD.

    • +8

      Overkill for 13 inch screen, pixels per inch has diminishing returns for higher battery use.

      • +2

        Yes, but better a bit of overkill than yet another 1920x1080/1200 like most Dells. And they have all-day battery life easily.
        Why do people still buy FHD?

        • -1

          U have clearly never used a 13 inch screen before.

          • -4

            @Flux23856: Just an fyi flux, remarks like that make you come across as less smart than you are.

            • +4

              @bargaino: lol perhaps I am less smart than I am. But I have used a 13 inch screen at 1920x1080 and I assure you, it's completely fine and really after 1440p with the screen size the difference becomes negligible.

              Also you never said I was wrong, so if you have no experience and are reading this on a 27' 1440p monitor… then I don't know what to tell you tbh. It is overkill for a 13 inch screen and anyone that's used one will know.

              • @Flux23856: Right or wrong was beside the point. And I wish I could afford a 27-foot monitor :)

                • @bargaino: 27 foot would be crazy lolololol tho I wonder how that would look at 1440p, probably not great tbh haha, I think it would have to be specialised.

              • +2

                @Flux23856: I even had Razer Blade 16" with a FHD screen (360hz) and that was totally fine for ozbargain 😁

                depends on what you do. photography and design yeah it's great to have 4k or more. but if you stare at a bunch of straight lines like excel well it's just fine whatever the resolution is, you just zoom to see it clearly if needed

                • +2

                  @shabaka: I think a lot of people may misunderstand that more pixels on a 13 inch screen has diminishing returns. I have a 1080p 13 inch and I can barely see the pixels unless I really look closely and I'm legit like 5cm from the screen. It looks great and I love it, it's 6 years old but the panel is wonderful. Nothing wrong with a 13 inch 1080p.

      • Good for 2x scaling and hides the weird pixel matrix of these Samsung OLEDs better if you're sensitive to that (I am).

        edit: correction, this laptop actually has a LG Display tandem OLED, not Samsung as found in the majority of OLED laptops on the market.

    • Great for tech support when you remote desktop to other PCs or servers. High res helps.

  • -7

    DO NOT buy this. Snap Dragon machines are trash.

    • +19

      Trash is a bit much but I certainly wouldn't advise the average punter to buy one.

      Windows doesn't have amazing ARM support and considering how poorly ARM stuff for Windows has sold in the last couple of years it's more likely to get worse than get better. Some programs/devices won't work, others will require emulation and have varying levels of usability.

      If you don't know exactly what you're getting into by getting a SnapDragon/ARM Windows device then don't go with one.

      • +1

        yeah, the uptake of arm for windows vs intel hasn’t been what you’d call disruptive, seems market is still intel windows and mac, snapdragon can’t even get enough market share from intel to beat macs user base. MS has to do more work to make ARM a viable competitor to Apple,

        • It'll definitely get better over time imo it's a new thing they're testing, ofc it's going to have issues when it comes out.
          Though, when I got my snapdragon laptop it was so ass I just returned it. Device couldn't even reset itself when we took it to JB HI FI, so it clearly has a truckload of issues.

      • +1

        Outdated statement, Prism has been getting lots of new updates massively improving performance and compatibility. https://x.com/WindowsLatest/status/1980355196795465985

        • nice display on 15” at that price, haven’t personally owned an oled laptop so not sure what battery is like when not docked, but when docked would be easy screen to work with. But then when docked you could have a 27” 4k ips for $320.

    • +9

      Great for school laptops. Battery lasts all day.

        • +1

          iPad is not a laptop, only an accessory to one. Somewhat agreed with the Mac though, that's the route I went- but only because I'm tech savvy enough to know how to run Windows programs (example Solidworks for engineering) on Mac.
          You have to consider most people don't know how to do this.

          • -5

            @LilSlip: iPad with a keyboard and pencil is absolutely a laptop replacement especially in high school unless they're interested in programs that require Windows or MacOS. It's also gaining in popularity at universities, especially amongst medicine students, but obviously not for most engineering students.

            • +3

              @Nillionaire: Dude no it ain't have you even been to school.
              They're for notetaking but not actual word documents and stuff that requires typing, dude are u alright in the head?

            • +1

              @Nillionaire: No it absolutely isn't.
              In year 9 you learn some basic Python. Ipad can't do that. (Ok it is, but you have to jump through hoops not present on a desktop)
              And say goodbye to any bbc micro bit or Arduino compatibility.
              Year ten there's usually some sort of digital media component. iPad can't run premiere pro, which is that I and a few other kids used back then.
              Year 11 and 12 you have VCE, where you need an iPad for the following:

              • Any sort of arts and film that isn't just 2d drawings (example- Blender, Premiere Pro, After Effects)
              • Systems Engineering (you can guess from the name)
              • Applied computing or Algorithms (VS Code, nginx, xampp, this is more school dependent)
              • Safe Exam Browser related tasks (not on iPad Afaik, correct me if I'm wrong)
              • any web app your school might have that requires chrome (the one on iPad is a bastardized version that is based on Safari, for example Moodle embedded videos don't work on my iPad)
              • Maths Methods and Specialist (this is more niche- I kept on forgetting my ti-nspire at home and a laptop or Mac can emulate it)

              I can go on and on and on and on but I think you get the point

        • +1

          Do you guys live in Beverly Hills? Paying over a thousand bux for a device that may return with the screen in pieces any day is, well, not what would be logical in cost of living crisis.

          • -1

            @Ozzster: I compared to a $1650 laptop? It's not a general recommendation for everyone.

          • +1

            @Ozzster: my sons’ school you rent the laptop, macbook pro or a HPE PC, not cheap compared to buying outright but includes all software and support, and eliminates the issue of “can’t work laptop is broken”. the rental has insurance and covers broken screens.

        • -1

          Tim Apple endorses this message….

          • -2

            @scud70: If Microsoft Surface Pro was a better quality product, I would have recommended that. If Google had a high end Pixel tablet to compete with the iPad Air or iPad Pro, I would have recommended that.

            • +1

              @Nillionaire: There are good quality Chinese products that have comparable specs, and even made on the same factories as ipads and so on for just $200-400 and you wouldn't recommend them. This is you, not the lack of choice.

              • @Ozzster: Dude, we're on a post about a $1650 laptop. I will not recommend anything for $400 to someone with a budget that high.

                • @Nillionaire: This is not about budget, its about vendor margin for the same. You are ok to pay $*00% more for brand only.

    • +9

      I've had my Snapdragon for six months, and it's a terrific machine, no way would I buy anything else going forward.

      • +1

        Only problem I found was with the printer driver for my Fuji xerox laser printer. No fix.

        • +1

          I use the built-in driver, works with a Fuji Apeos C3530.

          • +1

            @eug: There will be fully featured arm driver launched next month

          • @eug: I have a very old CM215FW. Couldn't get it to work.

            • @zealmax: Hmm, not even with the generic PCL or PS driver?

              • @eug: Nope, and Fuji Xerox says it is end of service life and no longer supported.

      • Can you run Linux in it along with windows?

        • This is my only concern with these, arm support on Linux is very limited.

          • +1

            @mitch01: I thought most of the big distros already have arm support? Is it not good for Snapdragon yet?

    • +6

      Recently got a new laptop for work and a family member bought a Snapdragon model, which I wish I had. For normal office use it has no compatibility issues, the battery lasts longer, it’s lighter, and mine is already showing the dreaded “turning on in your backpack and get insanely hot” x86 problem. If you’re looking to buy a new laptop and don’t rely on any exotic apps, I’d recommend going for a Snapdragon one

      • -8

        Yah works great until it doesn't support a new app that you need mate. Remember your app library will slowly expand as you use laptop and that's the problem with Snapdragon.
        The Snapdragon ARM Laptop actually debut 8 years ago, but a native VPN app wasn't available until 2025 🤣
        There's no such problem with x86. Im happy there's competition and development. But if Arm-based Windows can survive in the next 10 years, I will consider one.

        • +2

          Ah yes, all those new apps that aren't compatible, excellent point.

        • It's going to have to. Catholic Schools are rolling out Surface Pros across Victoria so there is massive investment there.

          • @Boodek: If schools are rolling it out then they have the software suite they need, e.g office365, adobe,,etc. At work we don’t have snap dragon as we have some thick client legacy apps, they will be gone in next 5 years as vendors come up with new versions, but for businesses with SaaS probably runs everything they need, office 365, salesforce, TechOne, Chris21, etc. Probably just enthusiasts that have some apps that developers don’t support on ARM.

    • +1

      DO NOT buy this. Snap Dragon machines are trash.

      Which Snapdragon laptop did you buy and what problems did you have?

      • -6

        I'm not who u asked for but I bought a windows snapdragon and it legit couldn't run any games. Honestly, ppl point at good battery life but that's expected if you can't run anything that takes up battery on it lol. Honestly, made me consider killing myself 10/10

        • +9

          LOL @ anyone buying a Snapdragon and expecting it to be a gaming PC… Seriously.

          • +2

            @mickeyjuiceman: That's sort of the point, though. It's not trash, it just has some problems. Like not running most games. If you go that knowing it it's fine. But it's not like salesmen tell you and it's not like OP tells you. You have to already have that knowledge. Which is where the fudgery lies.

          • @mickeyjuiceman: You can play Windows/PC games on Android devices locally now (using GameHub or Winlator). Playing them on a Snapdragon PC surely can't be too far off, but I wouldn't buy one now for it.

            • @soymeat: How good are the emulators? Idk I don't like using them they tend to sacrifice performance, which is important for me ig.

          • @mickeyjuiceman: lol I don't expect a gaming PC I just expect it to run Minecraft like my 6 year old work rustbucket can.

    • +1

      Lots of downvotes. He is right guys. I bought one and it couldn't run anything other than google. (profanity) joke, I think the silicon in there is still sand.

      • +2

        I bought one and it couldn't run anything other than google.

        Are you sure you bought one?

        • Windows surface laptop. Honestly wasn't a good machine for how expensive it was, I can't speak on other snapdragons but damn the thing couldn't even off itself when I tried to refund it and had to hard reset it, the store dude was like "yeah this machine clearly isn't functional" and I got the full refund.

          • @Flux23856: OK, so you had a faulty unit then. I have a Snapdragon Surface Laptop 7 and I can run a lot more than google.

            • -1

              @eug: Good for you guess I just got unlucky, which is all I get in life.

    • +6

      Could not be more wrong. I've been using a Surface Laptop 7 X Elite since last July, its fast, stable, does everything I need it to do, and battery lasts forever. This is also a machine I ask a lot of, I work in enterprise cloud so lots of unit testing/dev work in Python and Typescript, docker containers under WSL for days.

      The only application that had proper performance issues was Discord, but the current development build is ARM native and solved that problem. Chrome, VSCode, Docker, WSL, etc are all ARM-native now with no emulation in sight, not that thats an issue as Prism now supports AVX512, the compatibility list grows by the day. https://windowsonarm.org/

  • +1

    These have very pretty oled screens.

    • -1

      the hardware is a nice platform for the price but it runs some intel windows apps in emulation, guess it depends what apps you run most of the time.

    • do you have details where it says more? some reviews?

      in my experience I tried OLED laptops for creative work but they were actually a pain with weird tints in certain colours, pwm gave me headache, and edges looked unnatural.

      since then I settled for MiniLED panels in MacBook Pros as a solid middle ground, colour rendering there is very solid without weird tints or screwed edges, while achieving superb contrast and brightness

      on and off I look at what recent windows lsptops (read: upgradable) look like so I could jump back to windows world and cheaper builds, but OLED quality burnt me before lol no pun intended

      currently I have to have 2 separate laptops. MBP 16 for creative work and an ultraportable windows machine for everything else, but turns out a Samsung tablet with keyboard folio works just as well and replaced windows laptop. so what the hell

  • +5

    Just wish there was good support for Linux on these. Maybe one day the Lunar Lake version will drop to this price…

  • +1

    Some of the reviews on the product page complain about quality.

    • +1

      Some of the reviews on the product page complain about quality.

      Look at any device from any brand. Some reviews will complain about quality.

      • Yes, but I'd say unusually high with such a small amount of reviews.

  • I hope the lunar lake model got a price reduction

  • 13.4" no good. 14" minimum these days is best.

  • +1

    If Linux and FEX work on these Snapdragon laptops, then I might just cop the next generation if they match the M5 Pro.

    • Yeah, I need a decent Linux ARM OS (preferably Debian based), left WIndows behind several years ago and want to leave x86 behind as well and move to ARM or better yet RISC because fu&k Qualcomm (ARM based). Until then, I'll stick with AMD I guess as the lesser evil.

      • Funny thing is, Intel was onto something with their 200V Lunar Lake CPUs that had on-package memory to allow for high transfer speeds, lower latency AND lower power consumption compared to socketed or EVEN soldered memory, which is one of the ways Apple cut power consumption on their Macs. My M2 Pro MacBook Pro that I got nearly 3 years ago is STILL going strong because of that.

        It was a shame, though, that it was too expensive for Intel to keep producing, and now nothing else can really compete with MacBooks in terms of battery life (without just dumping a bigger battery onto the laptop, which Apple can also do).

  • I've been in the market for a good laptop around this budget for a month now and haven't found anything that jumps out as a good option.
    A reasonably good deal was this lenovo for 1499

    someone help me decide. Happy to hold off for a couple of weeks.

    • Paid 1128 for this a few days ago, sadly has to return it there's a dead pixel.

      • how did you get $1128 got a link?

        • +1

          Price keeps changing on this when in stock.

          https://www.lenovo.com/au/outlet/en/p/laptops/yoga/yoga-slim…

          • @Oh Daddy: Thank you! how did you like it (apart from dead pixel), what about battery life?

            i've got a 13.5" Spectre x360 and feel there's a few sw packages that wont work natively on ARM with no guarantee on emulation :'( but the multiday battery life is really gooooood

            • +1

              @db2k: It was just a bit too heavy IMHO. Currently have a Surface laptop 4 14 which is perfect size. Kind of glad that I was able to return due to dead pixel otherwise no return for outlet models.

              It was a stunning display tho.

    • It depends on what screen size you like. I use that same Lenovo (though with the IPS panel not OLED) as my main laptop and I'm a fan. I like a large screen though.

      It sold for $1,899 quite often brand new and the "web price" is not one anyone would buy it at.

  • I wonder how these would go with linux installed.

    Windows is for normies and I am linux master race

  • Need a deal on U4025qw please.

  • $440 for 3 year support is a bit rich on this machine…

  • Great bargain, I'd seriously consider it if it had a normal keyboard.

  • Is this a better machine than m4 MacBook Air if the use case is browsing, offices and some vibe coding?

    • Hell no. Macbook air is the much better choice. I have used windows laptops all my life and currently have 2 macbook pro, HP Z book and Surface Pro 11 elite with the same specs as this dell. The Mac laptops are WAY more reliable and enjoyable to use. Dell have been the absolute worse quality laptops and monitors i have ever had. Literally every single Dell product i've had hardware a fault of one or another.

      • Thanks!! In that case, I am keeping my M4 air for a few more years

  • if all other specs stayed the same but size increased to 16 or 17 inch, I am sold

    otherwise I just stick to my M1 Max Macbook Pro 16 until it dies lol

  • Would this work for PowerBi and large data transformations?

    • +1

      Depends on how large the data sets are, we deployed a couple of Surface Laptop 7's at work with 16GB, however the larger models required us to order the 64GB variants. PowerBI runs under emulation, but its fine. Performance/ram limitations were about the same as our X64 machines.

  • -1

    I had a 2022 xps 13inch. If i picked up the laptop with one hand with screen open the whole frame would flex making the keypad press buttons on its own.

    Bring back the 2000's sony vaios, couldnt beat their build quality.

    • +1

      Typing on my 2021 right now, this does annoy me. Touchpad clicks when it flexes.

  • This (and other Snapdragon laptops) vs Macbook?

    • +3

      IMHO if you're used to PCs, this or a Surface Laptop or similar. If you're used to Macs, a Macbook.

      • Yeah fair. Been researching a bit as looking for one for uni. No software requirements. Just after the battery life and longevity really. Also not invested in apple ecosystem either which I guess makes a minor difference

        • +2

          have windows and macbook laptops, phone is android, no iphone, so wouldn’t worry too much about the apple ecosystem, it’s what apps you you run, should only be an issue if you want to use for gaming as windows and intel has the market share, but for gaming buy a desktop and bigger screen.

  • The main "deal" is crap but there's some good deals in post body and Dell's website right now.

  • +1

    We've had an xps 13 since 2016 and it's still going! Not sure if they still use the exterior aluminium shell…

    • the ones we get at work are aluminium chassis and plastic shell, it’s because plastic sheet absorbs impacts, which becomes big issue with touch screens as they are glass.

    • Same here I got the 6th gen I7 with the QHD screen absolutely gorgeous and sadly put my knee on it when closed and has a nice big cracked screen so seriously considering this or a 9310 second hand with the oled screen

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