[screye]

Apart from the OS, hardware wise there are quite a few laptops that are better pound-for-pound.

The XPS and Huawei MatebookX pro seem to be better in every way, with the polish that is expected of Apple products. Think pads cater to a different market, but have all the same bells and whistles too.

The XPS and Thinkpads have great linux support, so it helps bridge the OS downsides to a certain extent.

[gurkendoktor]

The XPS 15 looks fantastic in theory. Great ports, high resolution, Linux support, there's even an Intel-only Precision model so I wouldn't have to deal with Nvidia drivers.

But every time the XPS line is refreshed, people confirm that there are still issues with coil whine. It baffles me that this issue hasn't been fixed in all these years.