Sir_Timbit

New poster here...Wanted to add my anecdote as it's *not* simply people freaking out over nothing.... Guess I had a different experience. Just had the battery on my iPhone 6 replaced three weeks ago as it had become painfully slow to use during the past year, as in missing ideal photos due to a 2-3 second lag when trying to take pictures, lags in apps in general. Just annoying! Complete wipe and factory restore, even without restoring my backup, did not help at all. The local Apple store warned me that it could be 2-3 weeks before the battery would arrive. Instead I got a text from them about two days later that it was in. After the upgrade, it really felt like I had a new phone again--it was decently fast as when I bought it. Animations were smooth again. I was considering an iPhone 7 but the new battery made a huge difference. And of course the phone still gets updates. Does what I need it to do and absolutely worth the $30. Content to wait and see what this fall's updates will bring as it's no longer frustrating to use.

Thanks--this was a fair comparison and one I'm currently contemplating. Pros and cons of both, as always. Have a 2016 MacBook Pro that I use at work, and an older unibody MacBook Pro at home. My fingers thank me every time I go back to the older keyboard. The Dell XPS models remind me of those unibody Macs in their serviceability. You can even download the service guide on how to upgrade the memory/SSD/battery on them, and only proves to me that you can make a sleek, modern ultrabook without blocking upgradeability. As for ports, the 9370 has ditched most of the traditional ports like Apple so you have the same issues there, but the new 9570 (the 15" XPS) still has them as well as full TB3, along with the new hexacore Coffeelake CPUs. Don't care about the webcam. Mine has a piece of tape on it.  :-)  Don't really care if one case is 1-2 mm longer or shorter than the other.

Personally waiting to see what Apple releases this summer (?) in terms of a new MacBook Air before deciding on a new Mac or XPS. My hope is they would keep the existing case/keyboard but offer a current CPU, replace Thunderbolt 2 with Thunderbolt 3, and possibly offer the Retina display. Now that would be a nice modest refresh since the replacement is supposed to be around the same price as the existing Air if not a little bit less, so it'd be unrealistic to expect any dramatic upgrades.. The cynic in me however expects the Air to be replaced with a 13" MacBook with all the same limitations of that series--crap keyboard, one port, low-end CPU. I really don't care for the keyboard and the various articles I've read here and elsewhere about $700 repairs to fix them from dust are concerning. You already pay a premium for Apple products so to be told that you should have bought Applecare is an excuse of the lame "you're holding it wrong" variety.. Apple's an almost trillion dollar company and they don't need to get a free pass from their users. I'm thankful I haven't had problems with mine but would agree with those who say the new design introduced too many compromises.

In the end...would think for most people the issue is really how tied you are to macOS though.