In these uncertain times, it’s tougher than usual to justify spending as much as a fully loaded Dell XPS 15 costs. But boy, the screen is gorgeous, and the power under it will crunch through whatever you throw at it—video encoding, software compiling, or gaming.

It is, in short, a powerhouse machine. It’s the Microsoft Windows 10 equivalent of the 15-inch MacBook Pro, and as such, if you prefer to skip the future drama surrounding Apple’s chip migration, and just want a big, powerful laptop today, the Dell XPS 15 delivers.

Like its smaller sibling, the Dell XPS 13 (9/10, WIRED Recommends), the 2020 refresh for the 15-inch XPS shrinks the screen bezels to give you even more real estate. The result is gorgeous, at least for the 4K Ultra HD touchscreen in my test machine. Colors are excellent, and it can actually get too bright. I rarely pushed it beyond 80 percent, and I never had any trouble seeing the screen even in bright sunlight.

As I mentioned in the review of the 13-inch XPS, on paper this larger-sized screen sounds negligible, but in everyday use it’s really nice to have, especially when editing photos, videos, or playing games.

Dell has a variety of spec configurations available. There’s the base model, which gets you a newer 10th-generation Intel Core i5 processor, 8 gigabytes of RAM, and integrated graphics. This model is $1,300, but it lacks the 4K display and has a relatively paltry 256-gigabyte hard drive.

If you bump the processor to an Intel Core i7, add a discrete video card (Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 Ti), the 3,840 x 2,400 pixel (4K) touchscreen, and 16 gigabytes of RAM, it will cost you $2,200. That’s on par, both on specs and price, with Apple’s 16-inch MacBook.

The model I tested was even fancier. It costs $2,350 and comes with 16 gigabytes of RAM and a 512-gigabyte hard drive. Like on the MacBook Pro, there’s also an option to go with an Intel i9 processor, which puts the price up to $2,800, but it includes a larger 1-terabyte hard drive and the 32 gigabytes of RAM. If you’re a developer compiling software, or are looking for a mobile video editing station, you’ll want to stick with the mid- to higher-end configurations.

This latest model features a new trackpad, which is, frankly, giant. But it comes in handy for moving quickly around the huge screen.

Battery life on the XPS 15 is so-so. It’s not as good as the smaller XPS 13. I managed to get around 9 hours out of it most days, but when I looped an HD video on it to test how long it lasted, it barely managed to hit the 8-hour mark. That’s certainly enough to edit video at the coffee shop for a few hours, but if you’re doing anything processor-intensive with this thing, you’re going to want the power cord handy—especially after you’ve owned it for a couple years. It’s also probably worth noting that the power cord is larger and heavier than what you get with the XPS 13.