Dell XPS 14 9440 Laptop 14.5" FHD+ Display, Intel Evo Edition - Intel Core Ultra 7 155H, Intel Arc Graphics, 16GB RAM, 512GB, Windows 11 Home, Fingerprint Reader, English Backlit Keyboard, SilverEPEAT

Decent Laptop and I am happy overall.I likeThe premium feel.Windows 11 with easy 'hello' sign inSpeedy boot upscreen qualityCoPilot - love it and the keyboard buttonGood in many respects - it just works well and easy to set upDislikesEasy to hit caps lock on the keyboardOnly USB C ports is a minor irritation but not a deal breaker

I know my review may seem petty at first, but dell markets their xps line as a premium laptop. I must say i haven't been impressed with it so far, firstly the build quality is sub par compared to the likes of apples MacBook. with my laptops screen not closing seamlessly and one the the screws on the bottom of my laptop being rounded; but most importantly the base casing of the laptop appears to be bulging where the battery normally is, making me believe the battery is already expanding not even a month of use. To charge prices of over £1000 for a laptop with the same build quality of a budget laptop is egregious.Secondly the performance of the laptop isn't worth the price either, everytime i open my laptop it takes ages to boot up even if i haven't shut it down, the load time of opening apps and webpages is also slow. I am appalled as someone who came from a late 2015 MacBook pro i can confidently say the dells xps 13 was not the upgrade i wanted, with a worse build quality and performance comparable to my old MacBook the dell xps line is not worth your money.

The touchpad has no marking to indicate its shape and boundaries. As a result, when I'm on the move I often find it isnt responding as I intend because it's not clear where to put my fingers.When I'm at my desk I need to connect a monitor (to give a second and bigger display) which uses up one USB port. I also want to connect wireless keyboard, mouse, headset and webcam (so that I dont have to look at the small screen in meetings) and power cable. But there's only one other USB port!! There doesnt seem to be a compatible docking station, just a fragile plastic hub, which as many reviewers point out has far too short a connecting cable so that it tends to dangle from the PC which will probably over time distort the port. When plugging the power cable into the hub, it only maintains battery level, it doesnt charge properly. Also I find that the charger interferes with the video webcam and headset sound so that they are distorted, when they are all passed through the hub.These shortcomings seem so unnecessary - poor design compromising function. I really regret purchasing it. I would recommend thinking carefully about your intended uses before purchasing.

Very good laptop, good performance, very light and transportable, battery life excellent. Only thunderbolt ports (2)

Unuseable. The laptop failed to install commonly available applications - for example Kasprersky anti-virus, Epson printer/scanner drivers, Microsoft SQL Server Express. I gave up after that! Kaspersky tech support advised that the AMD Snapdragon CPU was not compatible. I contacted Dell support and was told that the CPU is not yet widely supported, but that Dell technicians 'are working on it'. Dell would not exchange the laptop for one with a compatible CPU. Surely if a device is brought to market with such a severe limitation then that should be made clear to prospective purchasers. I did not see a mention of this issue in the Amazon product description.