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Posted by LPDDR6 in 2027?
 - Today at 10:21:57
Quote from: winston95 on Yesterday at 02:51:41next, fans?! it is mind boggling to me that dell is still using fans in 2026. don't they see the macbook air??? passive cooling is the new norm. FAILURE.
I agree that a fan-less design would be awesome. This may be thanks for INTEL's bad, power inefficient, process node, but AMD is using TSMC and is still not offering a low-power APU for fan-less designs either. Don't know if x86 arch is to blame here to a certain degree.

Quote from: winston95 on Yesterday at 02:51:41also, why is it so heavy??? again dell needs to wake up and look at the macbook air. i will never use a laptop unless it is 0.7kg or lighter!!!
Are you trolling? The 15-inch MacBook Air weighs 3.3 pounds (1.51 kg) and the lowest-weight, 14-inch, laptops are about 2.2 pounds (slightly below 1 kg), which is as good as it gets right now. I don't see any 13-inch laptops, or any laptops for that matter, weighting 0.7kg, either. Which laptops weight 1.5 pounds (0.7kg)? Don't get me wrong, 1.5 pounds / 0.7 kg in a 14-inch laptop would be awesome.

Quote from: winston95 on Yesterday at 02:51:41their supposed to be good!!! but it doesnt even break 10k in time spy... LOL!!! once again, another failure...
This is a rather small (but may be expensive) 128-bit APU chip. The performance it achieves is very good (6.8k in Time Spy at 45W (notebookcheck.net/Intel-Panther-Lake-Arc-B390-performance-and-efficiency-analysis-Intel-s-new-iGPU-trades-blows-with-the-Nvidia-GeForce-RTX-4050.1212582.0.html)). Of course, 10k in Time Spy would be, again, awesome. Maybe the successor is going to achieve it, but the bandwidth would need to be increased by 42% (1.42 = 10/7). If INTEL want still to use a small and cheap-ish 128-bit wide APU, then they'd need to upgrade from LPDDR5X-9600 to LPDDR5X-13600, which is unlikely by 2027, unless they use LPDDR6.

Quote from: Mark. L on Yesterday at 18:24:11Going forward, it would be great to see last year's (lower-watt) RTX 5050 graphics compared against the B390 in real-world performance, both for pro software and for games.
100%. Like using 50 games and see where INTEL's performance claims of "Arc B390 = 4050 Laptop" really stands.
Posted by Mark. L
 - Yesterday at 18:24:11
Going forward, it would be great to see last year's (lower-watt) RTX 5050 graphics compared against the B390 in real-world performance, both for pro software and for games.
Posted by winston95
 - Yesterday at 02:51:41
i ahgree with X and the other posters in this comment - i can tell we are very similar people. good job fighting the good fight!

this is BY FAR the worst laptop ever built! its mind blowing!!!! first off, it cannot sustain peak power draw!!! that is a FAILURE of design!!! any drop in power draw or clock speed at any point = failure. next, fans?! it is mind boggling to me that dell is still using fans in 2026. don't they see the macbook air??? passive cooling is the new norm. FAILURE.

battery life is VERY bad compared to macbooks air and other laptops too. i don't think its because of the oled because they use oleds on phones and those last for a LONG TIME. also, why is it so heavy??? again dell needs to wake up and look at the macbook air. i will never use a laptop unless it is 0.7kg or lighter!!! and the graphics... their supposed to be good!!! but it doesnt even break 10k in time spy... LOL!!! once again, another failure...

again, thank uyou posters like X and oops and the other guys - thank you for agreeing with me. we need people to know what is good!!! and this is not it!!!
Posted by FlexUser
 - February 09, 2026, 23:29:23
Quote from: ooops on February 09, 2026, 16:56:03so comparing this with the expertbook ultra which has the same rating!?
this xps is slower, way heavier and bulkier, a useless smaller totally reflective screen, sh*tty port selection etc..
and now tell us, why!

I am not sure if this is the reason that merits an equal store, but an XPS will survive an Expertbook by a magnitude of three.
Posted by X
 - February 09, 2026, 20:32:26
Web, this CPU + bigger battery should give something else. This is biggest disappointment of the year - something is draining battery a lot (funny haptic touchpad or what?). Instead of being first in CES Dell should make it better and I don't care if this is UEFI, drivers, Windows or something else. From gen to gen we see the same story and now for example 0.8W in standby - what will be next? 5W?
Posted by Web
 - February 09, 2026, 20:18:38
X, if I remember correctly, other reviewers' battery test may score even lower battery life.
Posted by X
 - February 09, 2026, 19:50:48
I'm just wondering - why they released it when it seems to be worse in battery life  than XPS13 or Pro Premium 13? (somebody will say, that this screen, but I don't buy it) Generally speaking it was enough to clone some 14" laptops (880g or a little more) or even old Dell designs, but no... They advertise it with almost 40h on video playback or 27h with wifi and boom... 17h in review. Joke.
Posted by ooops
 - February 09, 2026, 16:56:03
so comparing this with the expertbook ultra which has the same rating!?
this xps is slower, way heavier and bulkier, a useless smaller totally reflective screen, sh*tty port selection etc..
and now tell us, why!
Posted by Laitude_userNL
 - February 09, 2026, 13:04:16
Hi,

I hope they release a successor to the Latitude (now Premium/Pro) with Panther Lake soon. I couldn't find any announcements. Is there already any news for "business" users?
Posted by Connor
 - February 09, 2026, 01:44:33
how can the lack of a USB A port not be considered a con on such a thick laptop!
Posted by abort!
 - February 09, 2026, 00:53:49
Quote from: keep_this_shit on February 08, 2026, 19:34:23Do I see that right that the fans never stop, even when idling?

This is a travesty if true, and it seems to be case for other Panther Lake laptops as well.

Really really incompetent design.

The new XPS 14 is able to stay quieter for longer than on last year's model.

?? Can't read ??
Posted by FlexUser
 - February 08, 2026, 21:45:07
I am typing this message on a XPS 9570, 8 years old, that has outlived a Zenbook purchased a bit later. Still a good laptop although I am considering a replacement. Currently waiting to see Lenovo's Thinkpads T with Panther Lake and hopefully an IPS panel.

Also, I hope you guys at NotebookCheck get your hands on a XPS 16 with IPS panel. I do have a second Zenbook (no way it is constructed as this old XPS) that I carry with me and I do not like the OLED panel, too glossy, too many reflections, too tiring.
Posted by Mikeymikeymike
 - February 08, 2026, 20:05:55
Would like to know if these can charge and run at full power from a generic high-wattage charger. The error message XPS's usually display when not on its own charger has meant I can't roll these out for my office.
Posted by keep_this_shit
 - February 08, 2026, 19:34:23
Do I see that right that the fans never stop, even when idling?

This is a travesty if true, and it seems to be case for other Panther Lake laptops as well.

Really really incompetent design.
Posted by X
 - February 08, 2026, 19:15:40
It means - heavier than other 14" (many designs have 900g-1kg), without hinges with 180 degrees and with battery life looking worse than for various Lunar Lake designs. Ha ha ha.