Overall the Spectre 16 is simply not good enough vs it's competitors. Given the cons below, those looking for a 16inch laptop that has strong graphics capabilities should buy the Yoga Pro 9i or the MacBook Pro 16. Those just looking for a large screen laptop who don't care about graphics should buy the MacBook Air 15 or the Samsung Galaxy Book4 Pro 16 Pros - Screen is good. It is a fast refresh rate, high resolution, OLED panel. - Keyboard is comfortable to type on, and the layout is standard, so no miss-presses. - Can be used as a tablet Cons - Graphics performance is unimpressive for a large 16inch laptop. It maxes out at an RTX 4050 - Laptop is very heavy given its limited graphics capabilities - CPU performance is also limited, there are far better performing Core Ultra 7 laptops than this one - Gets very warm to the touch in all use cases, significantly so on the right side - Fans can be heard even in light use. They will be off for a while, and then suddenly come on for a while, then turn off - Trackpad is extremely large, you will have to place your palm on it. It has palm rejection issues, so your cursor will jump - It is expensive
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Overall the Spectre 16 is simply not good enough vs it's competitors. Given the cons below, those looking for a 16inch laptop that has strong graphics capabilities should buy the Yoga Pro 9i or the MacBook Pro 16. Those just looking for a large screen laptop who don't care about graphics should buy the MacBook Air 15 or the Samsung Galaxy Book4 Pro 16 Pros - Screen is good. It is a fast refresh rate, high resolution, OLED panel. - Keyboard is comfortable to type on, and the layout is standard, so no miss-presses. - Can be used as a tablet Cons - Graphics performance is unimpressive for a large 16inch laptop. It maxes out at an RTX 4050 - Laptop is very heavy given its limited graphics capabilities - CPU performance is also limited, there are far better performing Core Ultra 7 laptops than this one - Gets very warm to the touch in all use cases, significantly so on the right side - Fans can be heard even in light use. They will be off for a while, and then suddenly come on for a while, then turn off - Trackpad is extremely large, you will have to place your palm on it. It has palm rejection issues, so your cursor will jump - It is expensive
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