DELL 14 PLUS
Impressive Core Ultra 7 performance, though you’ll find better screens elsewhere
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The 14 Plus is a decent laptop but fails to hit the highs of others on test
Dell pitches the 14 Plus as a lightweight AI laptop for small businesses and creatives, and in most respects it’s right on the mark. With a choice of 200-series Intel Core Ultra 7 and Ultra 9 CPUs, it has the NPU performance for Copilot+ AI applications, plus the integrated Intel Arc graphics to run local AI apps and accelerate some video and design tools, or even handle basic gaming. The 14in screen might not be OLED, but it has the high resolution and colour performance less demanding creative users will require, and at 1.55kg it’s reasonably light, though not in the same league as the sub-1kg Asus Zenbook A14.