MacBook Air 15 (M4) vs XPS 13 (9340)

Apple MacBook Air 15 M4 wins on CPU performance tier with its 10-core M4 (4.5 GHz P-cores) versus Dell’s 16-core Ultra 7 155H, and it’s fanless, enabling silent operation under sustained loads like video rendering. Choose the MacBook Air if you edit 4K video in Final Cut Pro — its 16GB RAM and 256GB SSD handle 10-bit ProRes files efficiently, and its 66.5 Wh battery lasts 15+ hours on light tasks. Pick the Dell XPS 13 if you run heavy multitasking like virtual machines or coding in Docker — its 32GB LPDDR5x RAM and Wi-Fi 7 BE200 deliver faster data throughput and smoother multitasking. In UAE at AED 4999 vs AED 4299, the Dell wins because it offers double the storage and 16GB more RAM for AED 700 less; in India at ₹124900 vs ₹134990, the MacBook Air wins on value because it delivers superior efficiency and longer battery life for ₹10090 less.