More expensive? It wasn't for me... you must be looking in the wrong places.
I also appreciate a laptop that doesn't burn up at the first sign of something stressful and is built solidly. I also appreciate that I have 3 year onsite support included in the price. Sure it's a relative hulk compared to the MBP but it's no less luggable in a shoulder bag and more usable for transportable power computing... which is how I use the XPS. (And it could be said, why else would you have a 17" 'laptop'?) I also play games on it and of course it blows the Mac out of the water.
I also appreciate a laptop that doesn't burn up at the first sign of something stressful and is built solidly. I also appreciate that I have 3 year onsite support included in the price. Sure it's a relative hulk compared to the MBP but it's no less luggable in a shoulder bag and more usable for transportable power computing... which is how I use the XPS. (And it could be said, why else would you have a 17" 'laptop'?) I also play games on it and of course it blows the Mac out of the water.