Watch out, Apple: Dell reveals mighty new XPS 13 - the first without an Intel processor and supercharged with Snapdragon to dominate in a world of AI

Two of the new Dell XPS 13 laptops in the Platinum colorway, shown back-to-back.

Dell has just revealed the next step for its iconic XPS laptop line: a shiny new XPS 13, the first of a new breed using Qualcomm's powerful new Snapdragon X1 Elite chip.

This is quite a departure for Dell, which has historically only used Intel processors in its popular and long-running XPS laptop series. XPS fans have long speculated about an XPS 13 with a Ryzen CPU from AMD, but instead, we've got Qualcomm - a chipmaker that has been making waves with its impressively powerful new Snapdragon chips.