Dell XPS 14 (2026) review: The true MacBook competitor has returned - and it's even better

• The Dell XPS 14 (2026) with the Intel Panther Lake CPU is available now, starting at $1,549 and scaling to over $2,199.
• The XPS is back with one of the most premium builds I've laid hands on, a gorgeous tandem OLED display, and usability improvements.
• It's expensive, and ditches discrete graphics for an integrated Intel GPU, which makes it significantly more battery efficient but less geared for gaming and graphics-intensive tasks.

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The XPS has gone through a bit of an identity crisis of late. Last year, Dell announced it was restructuring its laptop catalog, doing away with the popular XPS, Inspiron, and Latitude brand names in favor of a more streamlined "Plus/Premium" naming convention.

The rebrand was unpopular, to say the least, and at the end of 2025, Dell execs rolled ...