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Good if you are after a big screen laptop with good specs for the price during the sale.
Office works also sells the same model for $1497, so you may be able to get a further 5% price beat from them.
SPECIFICATIONS
GENERAL
Colour: Silver
Operating System: Windows 11 Home
Bundled Software: 1-month trial for new Microsoft 365 customers
FEATURES
Numeric Keypad: Yes
Built-In Camera: Yes
PROCESSOR
Processor Brand: Intel
Processor Type: Core i7
Processor Speed (Ghz): 2.8
Number Of CPU Cores: 4
GPU: Intel UHD
MEMORY/STORAGE
Storage Capacity (GB): 512
RAM (GB): 8
Number Of Memory Slots: 1
RAM Type: DDR4
Storage Type: SSD
Memory Card Reader: MicroSD
BATTERY
Battery Type: 3-cell Li-ion
DISPLAY
Screen Size (in): 17.3"
Screen Definition: FHD
Touch Screen: No
CONNECTIVITY
Bluetooth: Yes
Wi-Fi Standard: N/A
Bluetooth Version: 5
INTERFACES/PORTS
HDMI: 1
USB Type-C: Yes
AUDIO
Headphone (3.5mm) Output: Yes
SENSORS
Fingerprint Sensor: No
DIMENSIONS
Width: 406mm
Depth: 256mm
Height: 19.9mm
WEIGHT
Weight (Kg): 2.3
IN THE BOX & WARRANTY
Warranty (Years): 1
I would recommend holding off for more Intel NUC deals, like the recent NUC M15 i7. Apart from a bigger screen, the NUC is likely better cooled / performing CPU. Linus Tech Tips made a video explain this comparing with a premium dell laptop. It also has double the ram, double the warranty, is a premium device (metal), with an amazing windows hello setup. You also get things like Alexa lightbar and a nice glass touchpad, which is big and can easily be turned off for typing (double click the dot on the trackpad to turn off, then again for on, for those that don't know). The NUC is also touch, but not active (no active pen support).
The NUC is also 1.65kg vs 2.3kg (its smaller so makes sense), but the NUC is already heavy. I also cannot see the thunderbolt version for this, but the NUC is TB4 x2
Overall unless you need a 17", I would seriously consider holding off as these NUC deals ($999-$1100) come around often. Please feel free to add anything if I have missed something (I'm a little drunk)