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Posted by Anonymous John

- April 16, 2024, 15:40:02

I hate how dell's premium offerings are overpriced just to compete with Apple's MBP, at the same price.

Posted by Ws

- April 08, 2024, 20:37:18

The fact is Dell doesn't even open an intake vent directly to the fan with a nvidia graphic card. I'm sure it's for their "simplicity" design, but it can actually kill the machine in terms of performance. One way that I can think of to resolve it - get the 1200p option for 1.68kg and use a driller to open the bottom case. Or just use it without that case should boost the performance.

Posted by BillG

- April 06, 2024, 22:57:14

There are a number of reasons I wouldn't buy this laptop:

Capacitive function keys with no feedback. I mean, even Apple first recognized Esc needs to be a separate key, and then ditched the touch bar altogether.
Stupid Copilot key in place of RCtrl. I need the right ctrl key for programming.
It's too expensive. The competing options with the same specs are at least $500 less.

I don't understand who is the potential customer here. XPS 14 is as expensive as a MacBook Pro. It's got to be a person who really, really likes Windows (or hates macOS) to overlook all the flaws and poor performance of this laptop.

Posted by SirTimbit

- April 06, 2024, 21:27:15

I'm surprised this received a score of 86% based on this review. Even that doesn't seem justified given the price and performance.
It's amazing to me that Dell looked to the much-panned 2016-19 MacBooks with Touchbar for inspiration when even Apple abandoned the concept. Even Apple reverted the Esc key back to a traditional key after much criticism.

Posted by DC

- April 06, 2024, 14:37:12

Typing now from my Zenbook 14 Pro OLED with a 14900h and 4070 (110w vbios). It's a non-starter for me, Dell, why continue to parade design ineptitude? It's a non-starter.

Posted by NikoB

- April 05, 2024, 19:21:00

Performance of a 3-year-old Zen3 U series processor for $3000?! WTF?

Posted by Bizarro_NikoB

- April 05, 2024, 18:37:23

Love the title too!

I can't believe Dell is going this direction with the XPS line. It will be interesting to see if there is a backlash to their design choices here and if so, how long till they course correct.

Posted by Neenyah

- April 05, 2024, 16:30:38

30W TGP 😂😂

I love the title of this review, btw! 😁

Posted by Ziv

- April 05, 2024, 16:27:22

So basically all it has going for it is that it looks pretty?

Expensive, heavy, loud, annoying f keys, slow (compare to similar laptops), if you want higher specs you're forced to buy a uselessly slow dgpu...the list goes on and on.

I'm looking to replace my 9560 XPS15 but it looks like I won't be buying an xps14 anytime soon.

Posted by Redaktion

- April 05, 2024, 14:07:12

Dell has presented the XPS 14, a new multimedia laptop of which we have tested the high-end variant with an OLED panel and the GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop. At almost US$3,000, the device costs an arm and a leg and especially when it comes to performance, you shouldn't set your expectations too high.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Dell-XPS-14-2024-review-The-multimedia-laptop-with-the-slowest-RTX-4050-Laptop-in-the-world.822652.0.html