{"id":104879,"date":"2024-06-14T17:52:26","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T17:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/14\/the-dell-xps-14-review-new-improved-and-underwhelming\/"},"modified":"2024-06-14T17:52:26","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T17:52:26","slug":"the-dell-xps-14-review-new-improved-and-underwhelming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/14\/the-dell-xps-14-review-new-improved-and-underwhelming\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dell XPS 14 review: new, improved, and underwhelming"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The 2022 Dell XPS 13 Plus<\/a> showed up with a bold new design: a trackpad that blends seamlessly into the chassis, a perfectly flush \u201czero-lattice\u201d chiclet keyboard, and a \u201ccapacitive touch function row.\u201d Unfortunately, the new look was overshadowed by the fact that it ran too warm and had too short a battery life. Now, Dell has given the whole XPS lineup that same futuristic design, from the Intel or Qualcomm-powered XPS 13 models to new 14- and 16-inch sizes that seem aimed directly at the MacBook Pro. The XPS 14 ($2,500 as reviewed) doesn\u2019t suffer from the same issues as the 13 Plus or even the XPS 15<\/a> \u2014 yet it\u2019s still underwhelming.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The XPS 14 can be configured with a discrete graphics card, like the XPS 15, but even with a smaller chassis and a more powerful GPU, it stays much cooler than the last XPS 15 we reviewed \u2014 or even the 13 Plus. The Meteor Lake Intel Core Ultra 7 155H<\/a> is 21 percent faster than the Core i7-1280P in the XPS 13 Plus, and if it had been around two years ago, it would have fixed other issues we had with the 13 and 15 besides heat and battery life, like performance. Even with an OLED display, the XPS 14\u2019s battery lasts twice as long \u2014 12 hours compared to the 13 Plus\u2019 six \u2014 with a battery that\u2019s only 23 percent larger. That\u2019s fantastic.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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