Dell XPS 13 Plus
The Dell XPS 13 has been one of – if not the – best laptops on the market for years. A brilliant design and excellent performance made it one of the easiest devices to recommend to anyone. But at CES 2022 , Dell took this classic design and tried to transform it into something even more portable and modern – and ruined its best laptop completely. The Dell XPS 13 Plus at CES 2022 is Dell’s attempt to make a laptop that was already as thin and light as it needed to be, and make it even thinner by sacrificing utility and accessibility. And because it’s more expensive than a standard XPS 13, you’re essentially paying for less – even if the CPU is going to be marginally faster. It’s cliche at this point to say “if it ain’t broke don’t fix it”, but it really applies here. Dell took trends started – and since abandoned – by Apple, and tried to work them into its most iconic product, rather than trying them out on a new product line. And in the process made our favorite line o...