Dell Plus 14 2-in-1: A versatile, inexpensive touchscreen machine

The Dell Plus 14 2-in-1 isn't exciting, but it's a well-rounded budget 2-in-1 that offers good bang for your buck.

- BY MATTHEW S. SMITH

If you haven't heard, Dell dropped a bombshell earlier this year. It announced the company has done away with its well-known Inspiron, XPS, and Precision brands and instead opted for an entirely new hierarchy.

At the bottom of this hierarchy, you'll find laptops like the Dell 14 Plus 2-in-1. Last year, this would've been called a Dell Inspiron 14 2-in-1, and despite the change in name, it still fills its role of providing an affordable entry point into computing.

SPECIFICATIONS

The Dell 14 Plus 2-in-1 that PC World received for testing is an entry-level AMD configuration with an AMD Ryzen Al 5 340 processor at its heart. Dell offers many different Ryzen Al processors, as well as Intel models, but this is among the least powerful configurations available.

CPU: AMD Ryzen Al 5 340 (6 cores, up to 4.8GHz)

Memory: 16GB LPDDR5x

Graphics/GPU: AMD Radeon 840M

NPU: AMD 50 TOPS

Display: 14-inch 1920x1200 60Hz WVA 300-nits touchscreen

Storage: 512GB M.2 PCIe 4.0 NVMe solid state drive

Webcam: 1080p 30fps camera

Connectivity: 2x USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 with Power Delivery and DisplayPort, 1x USB-A 3.2 Gen 1, 1x HDMI 1.4, 3.5mm audio jack

Networking: WiFi 7, Bluetooth 5.4

Biometrics: Fingerprint reader

Battery capacity: 64 watt-hours

Dimensions: 12.36 inch×8.9 in×0.65 in

Weight: 3.51 pounds

Operating System: Windows 11 Home

Price: $849.99 MSRP/$599.99 at time of testing (Best Buy)