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Great quality keyboard

Large keys with less gaps and low backlight bleed

Overall good quality

Compatible with Linux

Thunderbolt charging capabilities

Great screen

Good keyboard

Excellent build quality

USB-A and USB-C ports

Excellent battery life

Not budget friendly

May have issues with difficult monitor set ups

Not suitable for those who prefer Thinkpad or Spectre keyboards

Not upgradeable RAM

Speakers are fitted behind the keyboard between the screen, which may affect sound quality

Lacks some of the advantages of the Surface Pro form factor

Verdict

The Dell XPS 13 is a premium laptop that can be configured with a touchscreen. It has a good quality keyboard and large keys with less gaps, and low backlight bleed. It also has an overall good quality, though it may have some issues with difficult monitor set ups. It is compatible with Linux and comes with Thunderbolt charging capabilities. However, it is on the expensive side.

Verdict

The Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio is a great all-rounder, with a good screen, keyboard, build quality and trackpad. It has USB-A and USB-C ports for added convenience, but RAM is not upgradeable. Battery life is excellent and Windows Hello face unlock is fast and reliable. The speakers are fitted behind the keyboard between the screen, which may affect sound quality. The form factor offers more muscle and cooling than the Surface Pro but lacks some of its advantages such as having hot parts off your lap and propped up off the desk.

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Keyboard

Love the keyboard, horrible webcam (updated)

Love the keyboard. I'm a mechanical-keyboard type of person, and while I typically hate low-profiles, I liked the keyboard on this laptop enough that it was the decision-making factor when it came down to a few options. Handles smaller games great, professional looking and would recommend to anyone using it for non-webcam related purposes. Update: Some serious graphical glitches came with this laptop

4/5

3 years ago

amazon.com

By far the best laptop I've owned. (Updated January 2022)

This is my only gripe with the keyboard. Performance - I did not notice extreme thermal throttling, and fan noise was not aggressive at high load. However, the fans are located to the sides of the device, and you will certainly feel them at some point during normal use if you ever rest your hands to the side of SLS. Drivers seemed to be half a year or older out of the box, oddly including the Nvidia drivers

5/5

2 years ago

amazon.com

Performance

BEWARE!!!! Paid full price for a new one and received a used one!!!

Laptop seems to be working "ok" as of now besides the WiFi issues everyone has been having and apps like Netflix and Hulu not properly working. Another thing that is concerning is the packaging. I'm pretty sure I was sent a used product considering it came in a cheap cardboard box and not in it's original XPS box/packaging. Also the laptop itself was not even wrapped in any kind of plastic or padding or anything and I am at a military base in Iraq

2/5

3 years ago

amazon.com

Overpriced but possibly worth it if you know what you want

. . + Screen really is nice with good colour + well built, minimalist + pen, keyboard, and track pad experience very solid I bought this because I really I needed a mid-range performing machine that can do the occasional photoshop/mark up (I'm an Art Director) for overpaint reviews and can dance around TEAMS, Google enterprise, watch movies, etc. Doesn't have to be highend 3D machine or a one stop video editor - I have my desktop for that

4/5

2 years ago

amazon.com

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