Dell 14 Plus Review: A new start or the same old?

Del in The middle of the transition. It has a new logo, and a new simplified brand. Dell 14 Plus is among the first laptop to be launched to test water in this new era, which is witnessing the end of sub -brands such as XPS and Inspiron. Although the most exciting XPS alternative is still coming, Dell 14 Plus has arrived to enter old laptop shoes Inspiron Plus.

While it is far from The most exciting laptop In the world, it provides a strong balance between quality and value, if he has more configuration options available only to be classified properly as a Cheap laptop.

Del on the shell

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Dell 14 Plus is not what I call a beautiful laptop. But I don’t think he is trying to be. Instead, you try to be non -offensive. In the past, this may mean a black plastic shell. These days, this silver structure means the lowest possible number of deviations or jewelry. Dell 14 Plus succeeds in doing this.

Most importantly, the laptop feels very strong in the hand. The cover is probably zero, probably due to the extent of detailed wounds. You cannot open it with one finger – in fact, there is no lip on the cap for your finger. This cover is thicker than usual, although the device is only 0.67 inches. This is not thin compared to MacBook AirNo, but it is thin enough to feel a conversation with a laptop from this price. It also allows enough space to pressure in some old ports, including USB-A and HDMI. This is in addition to the USB-C and headphone sockets. My only complaint is that both USB-C ports are on the left side, which means that it is the only aspect that you can ship.

One of the things that prevent Dell 14 Plus from feeling as if it is a more installment laptop is the screen. It contains some thick plastic edges, and uses heavy shiny finish. Although this helps in deviation of glow, it repeats the appearance of the screen, which makes it look dim and more saturated. This is very bad, because the screen itself is a solid one. It is an amazing IPS panel with decent colors covered. According to the test, it leads in 332 groups of brightness, which will not explode your socks, but it will not detract from the experience.

I would like to remember that Dell provides a better display option on Tarz 2 in 1. It is a shiny screen that mini -driving, although it is currently not available than I can see it.

Dell 14 Plus has a service keyboard and a touchboard. When you receive the unit, you are concerned about the quality of the touch plate, as it is a side of medium -level laptops that tend to be exposed to. The touch plate is not perfect – the surface is not smooth as I would like. But I am happy to report that this touch board feels a response, and the click mechanism is not excessively high.

Limited options

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Dell 14 Plus contains only one processor options, which are Intel Core Ultra 7 256V. This is the modern and effective central treatment unit in Intel, which provides a solid jump in the battery life over the previous generations. I have already tested this slide several times, and Dell 14 Plus deal with it well. Dell 14 Plus until he does a cold and relatively calm. This is not the type of laptop that you buy to run applications or heavy games, but for school, office work or light content creation, Dell 14 Plus has a lot of muscles.