Are high-end Windows laptops worth buying in 2025? This Dell made the answer clear to me

• Dell's latest high-performance laptop is currently on sale starting at $1,250.
• It's superbly designed, with a sleek, modern build and powerful, but accessible, hardware.
• It runs warm, and requires power management from the user to get the most out of the battery.

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Dell's laptop rebrand may have resulted in some shuffling around of naming conventions, but the new Dell 14 Premium -- Dell's refreshed high-performance line of laptops -- looks a whole lot like the Dell XPS upon first glance. If you're confused about this laptop's placement in Dell's product placement hierarchy, it's in the consumer category, and the highest-tier model in that group. This makes it a premium, but accessible, laptop for pro creatives, designers, and tech enthusiasts. 

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