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FWIW, my 2.8 ghz 2017 MacBook Pro 15" also has an i7-7700HQ[1], so Owen's (still valid) performance argument boils down to the 32GB memory, the GTX 1050 GPU, an

FWIW, my 2.8 ghz 2017 MacBook Pro 15" also has an i7-7700HQ[1], so Owen's (still valid) performance argument boils down to the 32GB memory, the GTX 1050 GPU, and probably the performance pluses of running Windows 10. I wager the MBP probably has a slightly faster SSD (but macOS and APFS's performance penalties may nullify this hardware advantage). If your use case does not need this level of performance, adjust your perspective accordingly. [1] Yeah, yeah, Dell will almost certainly beat Apple to market on Coffee Lake processors. In fact, they're most likely already available in the XPS 15 line.

hatsix 8y ago
The i7's in 15" macbooks are only quad-core, and while they can "boost" up to 3.9Ghz, the thermals of the laptop can't sustain that for long before dropping down to 2.9Ghz Meanwhile, the XPS has 6-core (Coffee Lake), and can sustain 4.1Ghz indefinitely. It's a very noticeable difference. http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-8750H-vs-Intel-Core-i7-7700HQ/m470418vsm211019 http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-8750H-vs-...