The Dell XPS 15 is rigid all around and so feels more solid, but thereвЂ™s not a significant difference. ItвЂ™s also quite rigid, with just the slightest bend in the lid if you try hard enough and with no give in the keyboard deck or chassis bottom. The ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 4 looks like, well, a ThinkPad. It incorporates the ThinkPadвЂ™s usual soft-touch coating and is extremely comfortable to hold. IвЂ™m not sure how Lenovo kept the weight down without using magnesium alloy, but they managed to do so, and the laptop feels great in hand.

ItвЂ™s constructed of aluminum alloy on the bottom chassis (with some plastic parts) and incorporates four layers of reinforced carbon fiber in the lid. Its bezels are a bit smaller than the ThinkPadвЂ™s, but itвЂ™s still deeper - go figure.ДЄll in all, the ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 4 looks like a large laptop but doesnвЂ™t feel like one thanks to its light weight. A new competitor, the MSI Creator Z16, also sports a 16:10 16-inch display, and itвЂ™s 14.13 inches by 10.08 inches by 0.64 inches and a much heavier 5.07 pounds. ItвЂ™s mainly because of the larger bezels on the ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 4, which lend an old-school appearance even with the modern taller display. Put the two side-by-side, and the ThinkPad seems huge by comparison.

The thing is, that still makes it much larger than the Dell XPS 15, which comes in at 13.57 inches by 9.06 inches by 0.71 inches and a slightly heavier 4.22 pounds. Other than adding a tiny bit of depth thanks to the taller display and a quarter of a pound in weight, Lenovo did what it set out to do: pack a 16:10 16-inch display into the same size chassis as the previous 15.6-inch generation. The new Gen 4 model is 14.13 inches by 9.99 inches by 0.70 inches and weighs 3.99 pounds. The ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 3 was 14.24 inches by 9.67 inches by. As I discovered in this review, the ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 4 is a fast, premium laptop - but according to my tests, it has some performance weaknesses that steal some of its clout. You can also choose up to a Core i9-11950H with vPro and an RTX 3080, further improving the laptopвЂ™s theoretical performance and pushing it beyond even the formidable Dell XPS 17 in terms of sheer power. I reviewed a ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 4 with the Intel Core i7-11800H and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060, which costs $2,095. In addition to adding power, the ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 4 has joined the taller display movement, incorporating a slightly larger 16-inch 16:10 display while managing to fit it into roughly the same size chassis as the previous generation.

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