Dell XPS 16 (2026) review: Return of the king

Last year, Dell came this close to abdicating its throne as the maker of the best premium Windows laptops when it announced it was killing off the XPS brand. Thankfully, the company regained its wits, [...]

It took guts for Dell to admit its mistake, here's how XPS will make its big comeback

Last year when Dell decided to kill off the XPS name, it felt like a big mistake. In fact, we said so multiple times. But at CES 2026, Dell is righting wrongs by bringing back its iconic laptop brand [...]

It took guts for Dell to admit its mistake, here's how XPS will make its big comeback in 2026

When Dell made the decision to kill off its XPS laptop name last year, it felt like a big mistake. We said so, in fact, multiple times. But at CES 2026, the company is righting its past wrongs by resu [...]

Dell XPS 14 (2026) review: A beautiful laptop that excels at almost everything… except typing

There is so much to love about Dell's new XPS 14, it's hard for me to discuss it without sounding like a total fanboy. Its new design makes it incredibly thin and light. And Intel's Pan [...]

Alienware 16 Area-51 review: A fully retooled gaming mothership

Alienware is at its best when it makes no-holds-barred gaming machines that are big on style and performance. By reviving an iconic nameplate and combining it with an all-new design packing some serio [...]

All the laptops that caught our eye at CES 2026

CES remains a key stage for laptop makers to lay out their plans for the year ahead. At CES 2026, that meant new flagship productivity machines, reconsidered gaming notebooks and solid incremental upd [...]

Dell dumps its PC brands to be more like Apple

So long XPS, au revoir Inspiron, later, Latitude. Dell is officially giving its existing PC brands the boot at CES 2025 and moving to terms that normal people will actually understand: Dell, Dell Pro [...]

Dell announces new Premium replacement for the XPS line

After going through a controversial branding change that eliminated the beloved XPS name, Dell has launched its replacement. The new Dell 14 Premium and Dell 16 Premium Windows 11 laptops represent th [...]

Alienware 27 (AW2726DM) QD-OLED monitor review: A budget PC gamer's new best friend

The price of nearly every type of gaming gadget has skyrocketed recently. RAMageddon has caused the cost of memory to double or triple in the last six months, with companies like HP saying that RAM no [...]