I really do not understand the love the XPS 13 gets. We have several here at the office. We will never get them again. They break, the keyboard is not pleasant, the machine is not really fast, two handed openings are painful when you come from a different brand, charging it takes forever, we just leave them plugged in, switching wireless to wired in linux (several distros) takes too long, did I mention the keyboard makes me want to vomit?... I think my office neighbors has broken at least 7 times. I stopped using mine as I liked my ancient MBP better, and I really do not like apple that much.
Although I do not have an alternative that I have used, I know colleagues who love their new (last three or four years old) Lenovos, like the X series.
Although I do not have an alternative that I have used, I know colleagues who love their new (last three or four years old) Lenovos, like the X series.