Dell XPS 14
The XPS 14 is a well built premium laptop with extremely long battery life. For the longest battery life get the 1920 x 1200 display. If you are willing to sacrifice a bit of battery life the Tandem OLED display looks much nicer. For those who want performance think twice about getting this laptop with an X7 or X9 processor. It does perform well but it underperforms the competition. The XPS 14 only feeds it 25 watts sustained. Others feed it up to 45 watts. The XPS 16 feeds it 35 watts.
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Looks stunning
Extremely well constructed
Haptic trackpad
Physical function row (vs previous model)
Very good battery life (especially the non-X cpu models)
Best-in-class speakers
Punchy Tandem OLED screen (on select models)
Low-travel keyboard leads to typing errors and takes time to get used to
Very limited ports (USB-C only)
CPU is underfed power (X7 and X9 models should be avoided)
Dell XPS 14
The XPS 14 is a well built premium laptop with extremely long battery life. For the longest battery life get the 1920 x 1200 display. If you are willing to sacrifice a bit of battery life the Tandem OLED display looks much nicer. For those who want performance think twice about getting this laptop with an X7 or X9 processor. It does perform well but it underperforms the competition. The XPS 14 only feeds it 25 watts sustained. Others feed it up to 45 watts. The XPS 16 feeds it 35 watts.
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Looks stunning
Extremely well constructed
Haptic trackpad
Physical function row (vs previous model)
Very good battery life (especially the non-X cpu models)
Best-in-class speakers
Punchy Tandem OLED screen (on select models)
Low-travel keyboard leads to typing errors and takes time to get used to
Very limited ports (USB-C only)
CPU is underfed power (X7 and X9 models should be avoided)
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