2026 Dell XPS 13 reviewed: oddly placed
Not quite a MacBook Neo competitor, but definitely among the closest you can find, the 2026 Dell XPS 13 is definitely interesting, even if it doesn’t nail the formula.
Not quite a MacBook Neo competitor, but definitely among the closest you can find, the 2026 Dell XPS 13 is definitely interesting, even if it doesn’t nail the formula.
Another stab at the budget-but-premium laptop space is coming from Dell, as its XPS 13 is set to get a sibling of sorts.
Armed with solid specs and made from aluminium, the Acer Swift 16 AI is pricey and made to look premium. It even comes with an OLED screen.
Making a computer to be very slim and very light doesn’t mean it’s slim or light on performance, as a new Asus model aims to counter with.
The options for gaming portables could get more interesting in 2026, as Intel looks set to offer chips to take on the Z-series AMD inside devices.
Apple’s sub-$1000 MacBook Neo won’t be the only aluminium-clad cut-cost laptop in Australia, as Dell reworks its XPS 13 to match things with Windows.
At over $6000, you’d expect the Zenbook Duo to be exceptional, and the two-screen laptop-desktop hybrid definitely wins points. But that price is a killer issue.
These days, the biggest laptops are 15 and 16 inches. Sometimes 17 inches. But a second-generation concept for Asus will some how make 14 inches bigger, but also letting it work like a 28 inch desktop.
A return to form with a name that matters, the 2026 Dell XPS 14 impresses in a lot of seriously important ways, while still needing tweaks here and there.
The HP Omen 16 almost feels like a machine lost in time. On the one hand, the specs seem solid, but the speed isn’t there the way it should be.