Went with T470P i7-7700HQ with 2560x1440 screen, literally haven't switch home desktop on since I got it.
Works great with fedora as well (except touchpad driver issue that's in the works) everything works great out the box.
I will probably rarely use the keyboard/trackpad except when travelling (not often) as most days I plan to use an usb mechanical keyboard+mouse. So all I'm really bothered about is whether I get better value for money in terms of CPU and screen with the XPS compared with a thinkpad. Of course the XPS is prettier as well ;)
I've read the XPS screen is amazing whilst the thinkpad one is not so hot, do you have an opinion on this?
I read the same reviews on the T470P screen even the 2560x1440, I was worried it wouldn't be bright enough but on a night it's too bright so I dial it down to 40% or so, during the day rarely need to go over 80% even with the sun in the window behind me, the anti-reflective coating is good.
The XPS15 had deeper richer colours but the T470P has a damn fine panel and for looking at text I preferred.
FWIW, I went for the 256GB SSD and I wish I'd gone for the 512GB but other than that it's a truly stellar little machine.
Even get good battery life (I went for the 72whr and 6 hours under use is about fair (though that will drop rapidly if you actually hammer the battery, 35W processors on a 72wh battery..).
I curse the day ive chosen 13” xps with 3200x1800 hdpi screen. Id trade it for fullhd in a blink.
Three issues:
1. It is goddamn mirror, and mind you im not picky here
2. Hundreds of apps or system parts (regedit? Wtf?) are complettly messed up by hdpi and scaling leaves you either too small or problems. Keybase desktop client (search for my bug) shows what you can expect. Windows 10 can not handle it. Gnome works more/less.
3. You dont need it on 13” screen. FHD is enough.
Oh, and you cant disable touchscreen without serious jujitsu (bios option is ignored by windows)
Simply dont. Take fullhd.
I know that dell xps 13" with FHD screen is very good in this regard, while dell xps 13" with 3200x1800 is mirror like.