[liquidise]

The Blade tops out at 16GB of ram and the XPS 13 only allows integrated graphics.

I've heard complaints on HN about S76's keyboard and display choices before but this categorical dismissal of them feels remarkably unfair and frankly, false.

[nickv]

Sorry, I should have been specific. You are correct the Blade Stealth 13 comes with only 16gb of ram but I don't think it's in the same class as this S76 laptop because it doesn't have a 13" size equivalent.

The Blade 15 comes with 32gb standard and I thought that was a fairer comparison but should have been more specific. It also comes with much much better display options, is lighter, larger battery, user upgradable Wifi, hard drive and ram (up to 64) and is frankly just a much higher quality build.

My bad on the XPS 13 suggestion, I meant to say the XPS 15 which also does come with a Nvidia graphics card.

With this machine, I think you're paying a premium for a rebadged Clevo laptop here that runs Linux out of the box. If you are willing to spend a day you can get a Blade running Linux on much better hardware.