The M3 MacBook Pro 14, left, looks like a far more traditional laptop than the new XPS 14, right. Photo: Kyle Barr / Gizmodo Today’s competition could not be more divergent in the battle of the ...

The MacBook Air 13’s is a massive 54 watt hours. That’s about a 40 percent increase in battery capacity over the MacBook Air 11, and a little better than the Dell XPS 13’s 52-watt-hour battery.

Left: The Dell XPS 13. Right: The MacBook Pro. The Dell, on the other hand, looks like what you’d expect from a company trying to design the sleekest form-meets-function device you can get.

Overall, the MacBook Air 15-inch M2’s display is brighter and more color-accurate than the Dell XPS 15. However, the latter features a touchscreen, which gives the laptop additional functionality.

But now, Dell’s strategy has come into full view, heightened by its aggressive pricing. The M1 MacBook Air hasn’t been replaced by the XPS 13, but it’s now starting to look quite expensive.

The Dell XPS 15, does, however have a far denser 3840×2160-pixel screen, versus the MacBook Pro 15’s 2880×1600. In PPI, that’s basically about 226 PPI on the Mac vs 293 PPI on the PC.

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And Dell’s display is 4K, Apple still isn’t quite there. The 16-inch MacBook Pro’s display has a wide DCI-P3-rated color gamut (97 percent), 100 percent of sRGB, and 91 percent Adobe RGB.

Dell has managed to get the webcam back into the bezel above the screen, which matches the MacBook Air. Both laptops have small bezels around the display but the XPS 13’s are a little smaller.

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Finally, the Macbook has a single USB Type-C connector that essentially does away with separate ports for USB, HDMI, and other connections, including power. Dell’s XPS has two USB 3.0 connectors ...