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John Loeffler

I spent days testing the Dell 14 Premium vs Apple MacBook Pro 14 to find out which is the best 14-inch laptop – and the results are in

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Dell 14 Premium

The Dell 14 Premium continues the XPS legacy with strong overall performance, even surpassing the MacBook Pro 14-inch in many areas. Easily one of the best Dell laptops released in recent years, can it take the crown from the MacBook Pro 14-inch?

Pros

  • Up to RTX 4050 GPU
  • Up to 3.2K OLED display
  • Wi-Fi 7 connectivity

Cons

  • No physical function keys
  • No privacy shutter on webcam
  • Lags MacBook Pro 14-inch in some workloads
Apple MacBook Pro 14-inch (M4)

Apple’s 14-inch MacBook Pro with the M4 chip delivers exceptional performance across the board. It’s a joy to work on and handles nearly any task with ease, easily earning a spot among Apple’s best MacBooks and making it hard for any laptop to beat it.

Pros

  • New Apple M4
  • Excellent design
  • Great creative peformance

Cons

  • Not great for gaming
  • No Wi-Fi 7
  • No OLED
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