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This sounds like a great replacement for my aging MacBook Air, but, having been bitten by its non-upgradeable 4 GB of RAM, I'm wondering whether I should just get a 32 GB laptop.

I think I'll spring for the XPS 15 in the end, since it has a better graphics card as well, and I could do some light gaming on it.

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I'll be going for the XPS 15 too. I've been using an XPS 13 9333 from 2014 with 8GB RAM and recently I've struggling to keep things under that limit.

The XPS 15 has the advantage that the RAM is user replaceable, and as I understand it, the 16GB model comes with a single 16GB module, so should be fairly cheap to upgrade to 32GB yourself if you'd like to save a few $ initially.

You mean it has two slots but only one module? That's great news if so, it means I can just buy the 16 GB model and upgrade later, if/when I need the 32 GB (possibly replacing both modules).

Last year XP15 (8gb) model has two 4gb sticks inside. Still, two easily accessible slots.

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