Dell made a misstep in ending its XPS laptop line in favor of a lineup with models labeled Plus, Premium and Pro. It has admitted as much and announced last month that it was making the XPS's absence a short one. Only a year after killing them off, Dell pulled an about-face and resurrected its most well-known laptop brand.
Dell was so excited about the return of the XPS that it sent me not one but two XPS 14 models to review. And I'm excited to dig into these machines, but I didn't want to wait until they were fully tested to share my thoughts. So, here are my initial observations as I get this pair of Dell XPS 14 laptops set up for testing.
XPS returns after a year away
The XPS line returns with the XPS 14 and XPS 16 (with an XPS 13 to follow later this year). Dell sent me a pair of XPS 14 laptops. Each is based on Intel Panther Lake processors, with the biggest differences being the CPUs (the integrated GPU on each, in particular) and displays (IPS LCD on one, touchscreen OLED on the other).
Here's what I got:
Dell XPS 14 model No. 1
CPU: 8-core Intel Core Ultra 7-355
RAM: 16GB LPDDR5-7467
Graphics: Intel Arc with 4 Xe cores
Storage: 512GB SSD
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