Dell will have to learn the hard way to not take away ESC and physical function keys and replace those with gimmicks, just as Apple laudably corrected their err

Dell will have to learn the hard way to not take away ESC and physical function keys and replace those with gimmicks, just as Apple laudably corrected their erratic venture into "thin, iconic, blabla" but unusable notebooks with their current line up (though they may actually have gone a little too far in the bulky boxes direction). My 2016 XPS was fantastic because it was a stealthy fully usable pro device (modulo necessary concessions towards cooling); the last-gen (2020ish) XPSs were still ok if compromising on ports too much. This one is a hard pass.