[joefreeman]

I mostly used Macs for about ten years, but I don't like the direction the ecosystem is taking (cloud, app store, etc.), so recently switched to an XPS 13 (developer edition) running Ubuntu. (I actually also gave an SP4 a good chance for a few months, but couldn't get on with Windows.) It's pretty decent (both the laptop and Ubuntu) - sometimes wish the display was brighter or speakers louder, but depends on the environment. Nice size, bit heavy, but feels solid. Wifi was a bit dodgy before updating to 16.10 - seems fine now though. The HD screen is nice (once you change the scale setting; there's a problem with the touch screen not working after sleep though). I've never been much of a keyboard snob, but this keyboard is so much nicer than a MBA.

[szatkus]

Actually the keyboard is one of things I don't like in XPS 13. Feedback is too weak, escpecially for shift and ctrl. I don't expect mechanical keyboard from laptop, but I liked it in Vostro more. I've never used Macbook for a longer time, so I don't have a comparision.

[sjnair96]

Just making sure you meant to say what you did; did you say the xps13 was a bit heavy? I thought it was rather light.

[joefreeman]

I think this is more about feeling heavier than it looks. Pretty sure it's heavier than my 13" MBA though (despite being smaller, area-wise).