Dell XPS13

You forgot 'overpriced' and 'no dedicated gpu' in cons OP.

>>58486943
Cons I listed were for laptops in its class

>overpriced
I actually think its the most reasonably priced for laptops in its class. There are always 10% or more off coupons. There's a good deal on the Spectre right now but I don't think there's anything with better pricing than the Dells in general (please post example if you have 'em, I'm looking to buy)

>dedicated gpu
The best you're going to get with this form factor is Iris Pro. The highest end XPS13 has an Iris Pro. I'd defo trade thickness for a dedicated GPU, my older Dell (Latitude X2000 or something, forget what it was called) had a dedicated Radeon in a 12" form factor but I don't see that happening again soon.

The best we can hope for is eGPU. Hopefully enclosures will become < $200 soon. I'm willing to take a 15% hit for using an eGPU.

>>58486859
>>weird auto brightness firmware bug
That hasn't been a thing for nearly two years.

>>58486943
>'no dedicated gpu'
For what purpose? If you need to render something then you shouldn't be considering a laptop.

>>58487021
>The highest end XPS13 has an Iris Pro.

I will admit that its dope the lowest end Macbook has an Iris Pro though.

>>58486943

Yeah great idea, lets put a dGPU in a portable machine so I can burn through the battery in two hours and essentially be chained forever to a desk

>>58486859
you forgot a con
>keyboard

>>58486859
what do you mean by "general purpose"? Do you mean able to browse the web, check email, watch videos, social media, and school work? Then anything can really meet that.

I have an old Thunkpad T420 with swapped in i7 and use it solely for problems that require actual processing power. (Mobile VMs).

I then have a Toshiba Chromebook 2 that is faster and better in every way than the T420 except for raw processing power. It's my "general use" laptop and was only $280.