Dell XPS 13
Very good price for what you get.
Looks very good and has good build quality for its price tier, despite being thin and lightweight.
Great screen for the price. It is high resolution, 120 hz, around 500 nits (bright for a laptop at this price point), and has very good color gamut of sRGB (almost 100% coverage) and DCI-P3 (also almost 100% coverage).
Has pretty effective keyboard backlighting.
Windows Hello via an IR Camera is standard.
Has an option for 16 GB of RAM at the time of purchase.
Low travel keyboard (0.8 mm)
Ports are very lacking for connecting external devices; only 2 USB C (5 Gbps) ports, and no Thunderbolt 4 or USB4.
Bad speakers and no 3.5 headphone jack.
Intel Wildcat Lake (Core Series 3) CPU is only suitable for light/casual use.
Only supports shorter M.2 2230 SSDs, making storage upgrades and replacements more expensive and limited to 2 TB.
Dell XPS 13
Very good price for what you get.
Looks very good and has good build quality for its price tier, despite being thin and lightweight.
Great screen for the price. It is high resolution, 120 hz, around 500 nits (bright for a laptop at this price point), and has very good color gamut of sRGB (almost 100% coverage) and DCI-P3 (also almost 100% coverage).
Has pretty effective keyboard backlighting.
Windows Hello via an IR Camera is standard.
Has an option for 16 GB of RAM at the time of purchase.
Low travel keyboard (0.8 mm)
Ports are very lacking for connecting external devices; only 2 USB C (5 Gbps) ports, and no Thunderbolt 4 or USB4.
Bad speakers and no 3.5 headphone jack.
Intel Wildcat Lake (Core Series 3) CPU is only suitable for light/casual use.
Only supports shorter M.2 2230 SSDs, making storage upgrades and replacements more expensive and limited to 2 TB.
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