Dell put the XPS 13 on sale in India on 28 July 2026 at Rs 79,990, which places it Rs 90 above the MacBook Neo. Apple raised the Neo from Rs 69,900 to Rs 79,900 in late June, a 14 per cent mid-cycle increase forced by memory costs, and Dell then priced its revived flagship to the last hundred rupees against the new number. On the spec sheet Dell takes the round: a 2.5K 120Hz touch display against Apple's 60Hz panel, 512GB of storage against 256GB, a backlit keyboard, and a 1kg chassis that undercuts the Neo by 230g. On silicon it hands the round back. The XPS 13 reaching Indian shelves runs Intel's Core Series 3, the budget tier that drops the Ultra label, and Dell omits an NPU figure for it while publishing 50 TOPS for the cheaper-branded Dell 14S and 16S announced the same morning. A company that spent 18 months apologising for burying the XPS name has revived it as the most affordable laptop it sells, and aimed it at a Mac whose sticker moved twice this year.Rs 79,990 against Rs 79,900About The AuthorAt heart, I am a storyteller drawn to the watershed moments that bend the technology landscape. I braid narrative with data, humanise statistics, and trace the arc from first spark to world-changing impact. My reportage, features and reviews are witty, sardonic, visual and vivid, using anecdote to illuminate rather than eviscerate.