DellXPS 13 9310 Touchscreen 13.4 inch FHD Thin and Light Laptop - Intel Core i7-1185G7, 16GB LPDDR4x RAM, 512GB SSD, Intel Iris Xe Graphics, 2Yr OnSite, 6 months Dell Migrate, Windows 10 Pro - Silver

As someone who uses a 13" MacBook Pro as my personal computer, I wanted something comparable for my work set up, which requires the use of Windows to run proprietary applications. The Dell XPS was the closest Windows-based PC that I could find to the MacBook Pro, both in terms of performance and form factor.The Dell has a smaller footprint than my MacBook Pro, which already has a pretty small footprint to begin with. The thinner bezel on the XPS makes the screen look even larger than it is, while also allowing the laptop to be a good bit smaller.The OLED screen on the XPS is very nice, though it can look a little washed out at time. Overall, it's pretty crisp and 4k videos look great. I still prefer the MacBook Pro screen, but I'm not exactly a screen snob. The touch screen seems to do what touch screens do, but I don't ever use it, so I can't say how good or bad it might be on a day-to-day basis. I prefer to keep my hands off my screens.The keyboard on the XPS is nice. There isn't a ton of key travel, but enough that you can at least feel your way around and the likelihood of double-tapping keys by mistake is very slim.Performance-wise, I think it's fine for most of what I do. I believe it is a little weaker in terms of performance than my M1 MacBook Pro, but not by a huge amount. Some applications have trouble opening, Outlook freezes from time-to-time, and I have some hangups with a few Adobe CC programs that I don't get on my M1 Mac, but overall it does what I need it to do at the office.The battery life is pretty weak unless you adjust the slider way down toward the "best battery life" section rather than the "best performance" section. I understand upping performance sacrifices battery life, but even when I'm not all the way up toward better performance, the battery life takes a major hit.The webcam is trash. I'm just going to be honest. I don't really care, because I don't really do Zoom calls or anything like that, but I am admittedly shocked at how awful it is.I dock the XPS at the office and take it with me when I travel, so it's nice to have such a compact laptop with solid (albeit not elite) performance. I still have only heard the fan come on a handful of times, and it's definitely not loud and I have yet to have my thermals get out of whack. Granted, I'm not exporting 8K videos or anything. But for work tasks, I think it generally handles them well.

Webcam quality that's worse then what I used 20 years ago. .92 megapixel. They shouldn't use the word "megapixel"The display is great. The CPU and RAM specs are fine. However, how many people don't need to video conference these days?

Ended up sending it back. Runs super hot, good luck if you try to use it on your belly while laying in bed like me! Not as fast as expected even with the Intel 11th gen and 16GB of Ram, especially when you factor in the price...

DO NOT BUY!! I bought this computer for grad school and it started malfunctioning two days after I received it. According to Dell, there was a manufacturing error which has caused a Bios problem (affects how your computer starts up). My computer does not start properly and has the fan running while it is turned on, this makes it seem like my computer is about to blow up while I use it.Since it is under warranty. Dell is supposed to fix the computer. However, they have consistently failed to call or fix the computer when they have promised. I have rearranged my schedule multiple times so I can get in contact with Dell representatives but they still have yet to help fix my computer.Just avoid, do not buy Dell. I have a few other friends that have encountered the same issue and have also sworn Dell off after their recent experience. However, they were lucky because they bought it via Bestbuy who allowed them to exchange it for another brand.

makes terrible noise sound like a tractor, won't allow return 2 days after the very short return window