Dell 16 Touchscreen Laptop -AMD Review

This Dell 16-inch laptop is a weird one. It's got a solid amount of RAM and storage for the price, but it's held back by some truly baffling choices. The one thing you need to know? It's a big, heavy machine that feels like it's from a different era, and its performance doesn't justify the bulk.

The AMD Ryzen 7 CPU is decent, landing in the 72nd percentile, so it'll handle your code compilation or video exports without too much sweat. But the discrete Radeon R7 GPU is a major letdown, sitting in the bottom 18th percentile. For a laptop this size and weight, you'd expect way more graphical power. It's fine for basic tasks, but calling it a 'creator' or 'developer' machine feels like a stretch.

At around $1030, it's not a terrible deal for the RAM and storage alone. But you're making huge compromises on portability, screen quality, and graphics power. For the same money, you can find laptops that do most things better, even if they have less RAM.

Forget the high-end gaming laptops on the competitor list. A more direct comparison is the ASUS Zenbook Duo. It's lighter, has a far more innovative dual-screen design, and likely a better screen, though you'll get less RAM. If you need raw CPU power and a great screen, a base model 14-inch MacBook Pro with an M3 chip destroys this Dell in performance, battery life, and build quality, even if it costs a bit more. The Dell only wins if your absolute top priority is having 32GB of RAM at this price point, and you don't care about anything else.

I can't recommend this for most people. It's a niche machine for a very specific user who needs max RAM on a tight budget and doesn't mind carrying a brick with a subpar screen. For everyone else, the compromises are too great. Look at a refurbished business laptop, a base model MacBook Pro, or even a Lenovo IdeaPad for a better overall experience.