Extremely light (2.2 pounds), small, and compact in all directions.

Battery life is very good.

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.

Despite being branded as a "premium XPS" laptop and as a "Googlebook", it lacks an OLED screen option and is the only of the five initial Googlebook models to not have an OLED screen at all.

The Qualcomm X Elite CPU is ARM based, so it has less compatibility with legacy applications.

The Adreno iGPU is very weak for an iGPU and is only suitable for light/casual use.

Getting more SSD space requires either doing it yourself post-purchase or upgrading to 32 GB of RAM at the time of purchase.

Only supports shorter M.2 2230 SSDs, making storage upgrades and replacements more expensive and limited to 2 TB.

Despite all of these cons, it is not the cheapest Googlebook option; the similarly priced XPS 13 with Intel Wildcat Lake is a better value.