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it's a hybrid inside a hybrid that's the best way to think about the new XPS 15 - and one from Dell this big screen laptop has a 360 degree hinge so it folds all the way back to form a tablet we've seen that plenty of times before but never in Dells high-end XPS 15 line inside it has a new CPU package that's part of Intel's 8th gen of Core iSeries chips but this is also a hybrid part it's one of the very first examples we've seen of a new Intel AMD partnership where these two component rivals are teaming up you get an Intel CPU paired with an D Radeon Vega M GPU graphics giving you some pretty decent muscle inside a super slim hybrid with these new parts plus better cooling and a bigger heat spreader Dell claims the battery will run for 15 hours it's 16 millimeters thick which is pretty thin for any kind of 15-inch laptop and the edge-to-edge infinity display has 4k resolution also new is a redesigned keyboard Dell calls it a Maglev keyboard that's an idea that's been talked about for years but not widely used instead of rubber domes under the keys it uses magnets to push the key caps back up that lets you have an even thinner keyboard in a brief hands-on demo it felt very much like Apple's current super shallow keyboards which some people like more than others the new XPS 15 2 & 1 will be available in the spring of 2018 and starts at $12.99