Dell revives its XPS laptops
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Dell brought back the XPS laptop and made it better than ever at CES 2026, but its launch pricing is a bit too steep.
Despite being smaller than a MacBook Air, the XPS 14 has much more battery capacity, coming in at 70WHr to the Air's 53.8WHr. In combination with the new Intel Panther Lake chip, the result is incredible claimed battery life of up to 40 hours of local video playback and 27 hours of streaming video.
Dell's modern Alienware gaming laptops are powerful and cool-looking machines, but they have a reputation of being hefty and expensive. That may soon change. At CES 2026 Monday, the American tech company unveiled a first, brief look its forthcoming ultra-slim and entry-level gaming laptops set for release later this year.
Dell unveils new XPS 16 and XPS 14 laptops powered by Intel's new Core Ultra Series 3 'Panther Lake' CPUs, and a tease of its new XPS 13 laptop.