Competitive price for what you get.
Looks more like and has the build quality of a higher end laptop than a budget one, 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.
Intel Wildcat Lake (Core Series 3) CPU is only suitable for light/casual use.
Pricing is less competitive outside of the U.S.
Dell XPS 13
Competitive price for what you get.
Looks more like and has the build quality of a higher end laptop than a budget one, 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.
Intel Wildcat Lake (Core Series 3) CPU is only suitable for light/casual use.
Pricing is less competitive outside of the U.S.
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