Looking for a new laptop by the end of the year? Here's a Christmas sale you won't want to miss.

Right now the Dell XPS 13 4K Touch Laptop (7390) is $999.99 with coupon code "50OFF699". This is a whopping $550 off the original price, making it one of the best deals we've seen this month on a laptop.

The new MacBook Pro M1 is certainly powerful, but it starts at $1,299 and does not have a touch screen. It just has a Touch Bar above the keyboard.

The Dell XPS 13 4K offers the perfect mix of power, style, and performance. The configuration on sale is a beast of a laptop: 13.3-inch 4K touchscreen display, Core i7-10510U CPU, 16GB of RAM, and 256GB SSD.

At 2.7 pounds, the XPS 13 fits in almost any backpack, messenger bag, and even some purses; it is lighter than the Razer Blade Stealth, HP Spectre x360, and Apple's MacBook Air.

But don't let its slim design fool you; the XPS 13 is a workhorse; even streaming Netflix with 25 Google Chrome tabs open, the XPS 13 didn't miss a beat. [The XPS 13's 4K display, which averages 375 nits, is brighter than the average 318 nits, the Razer Stealth's 346 nits, and the Microsoft Surface's 321 nits. But there are tradeoffs. Because of the power-hungry 4K screen, battery life is less than eight hours. Otherwise, this is about as good as a laptop can sell.