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The W520 was and is an outlier in just about every category, though. Not exactly a fair comparison... Also, if you're going to be talking about the form facto

The W520 was and is an outlier in just about every category, though. Not exactly a fair comparison... Also, if you're going to be talking about the form factor and weight, you should probably mention the power adapter...The XPS takes a 45W, 0.2 pound little USB C device. The W520 requires you to lug around a 1.7 lbs, 170W beast that definitely qualifies as a brick. That and a lack of support for the latest NVMe drives are some of the only shortcomings, IMO.

randyrand 9y ago
The power adapter is a good point! It really is a beast. Including the AC adapter, the XPS 15 is 40% lighter than the W520 for roughly equal performance and similar battery life. Not too bad. It's still a bit sad though. After 5.5 years I moved to a macbook pro 13" 2016 and the performance was a drastic downgrade from it (the w520 finally broke...). Moore's "law" is clearly, finally, gone.