Asus' latest 15.6-inch laptop is barely six months old and it's already hundreds of dollars cheaper. The flagship ZenBook 15 UX533FD is an excellent alternative for users who are turned off by all the recent software and hardware issues on the Dell XPS 15 series.
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That hinge is annoying on a lap and the chassis is quite flimsy compared to Thinkpads or XPSs.
It weighs less because it packs a much weaker cooling design and a much smaller battery, and Asus charges you more for it.
Squishy keyboard and terrible cooling I think are terrible. The hinge is also stupid.