My last attempt to switch back to non-Apple laptops was a fully loaded XPS 15 right around the time I wasn't willing to commit to an M1. I was excited to get ba

My last attempt to switch back to non-Apple laptops was a fully loaded XPS 15 right around the time I wasn't willing to commit to an M1. I was excited to get back to a dedicated GPU and the vapor chamber cooling design allegedly worked very well and the screen was supposed to be better than Apple's. I'd definitely put it up there with the worst purchases I've made. As you mentioned, the vapor chamber does nothing. Even at idle the laptop was HOT. For some reason the combination of Microsoft / OEMs still cannot make a laptop which just sleeps when you close the lid. Throw the laptop in a bag and when you get to your destination and the laptop is literally too hot to touch because it's been doing something in there the entire time despite being closed. That fantastic screen was also completely ruined by Windows / Dell drivers and software. Dark scenes, which HDR is supposed to excel at instead were crushed down to muddled greys with heavy banding. That's not a laptop I would have kept if it cost me $500, never mind close to $4k.