From its art-splashed Studio notebooks to the runway-worthy Adamo, Dell has been trying harder than ever to make it products stand apart from the competition on the fashion front these days. And with graduation season in full swing, the company has unveiled the new Studio 14z, a slim little notebook targeted at cash-strapped grads who need a little money left for books and beer, but still want a machine worthy of some peer envy when they show up to class with it.
Think of it as a more practical alternative to the MacBook Air: In exchange for a little extra meat on the ribs, you pick up a much faster 2.0GHz Pentium Dual-Core processor, a larger 14-inch LED-backlit display that will handle 720p high-def video, and twice as much storage, courtesy of a 250GB hard drive. As for graphics, both machines pack the Nvidia GeForce 9400M, which isn’t exactly a gamer’s dream, but will competently handle all the HD video you can throw at it.
Just how much thicker is the poor man’s MacBook Air? Just a hair. The Dell Studio 14z measures 0.79 inches thick to the MacBook Air’s 0.67 inches thick. It’s also adds a little more oomf to the backpack, weighing 4.3 pounds to the Air’s 3.0 pounds.
Unfortunately, unlike both the latest crop of netbooks and ultra-light notebooks akin to the Air, this one has no optical drive, so Junior won’t be watching DVDs or installing software from CDs without picking up an external model.
The most basic Studio 14z sells for $649, but coddling parents and overzealous kids can stack the price north of $1,200 with upgraded processors, displays, memory, hard drives and colors: (it’s available in black, red, blue, green, purple and pink, but any besides black will cost you an extra $40). More information is available at Dell.
Apple has just introduced a redesigned MacBook Pro with a few bells and whistles. The focus this time around is on a thinner and lighter build, and an upgrade to a touch-sensitive OLED screen without any ugly notch. And, in case you were wondering, there is definitely a price premium to pay for these niceties, which also include a glowing Apple logo at the back. What if you wanted to get the best that Apple has to offer? Well, the numbers are finally here.
For a mere $14,549, you can get yourself the fully kitted 16-inch MacBook Pro PROLED XDR with the beefiest laptop chip that Apple has to offer, and the best memory configuration in tow. For nearly $15,000, you treat yourself to the 16-inch version of the laptop with a nano-texture glass layer on the screen to reduce reflections and glare.
Apple has unveiled its first-ever touchscreen MacBook Pro. The company seems a bit confused about the naming, calling it the "MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display," which is tough to remember. If you look past that and review the full spec sheets, you might ask a genuine question: what are the differences between the touchscreen and non-touchscreen versions?
Given that Apple continues to sell both variants together, that's a genuine question. Luckily, you don't have to spend more time lining up the spec sheets side by side and hunting for differences hidden in the fine print. I took that bullet for you. Here's everything that's different between the PROLED XDR Display and the regular MacBook Pro.
MacBook Pro you can touch is genuinely exciting. We've been talking about it for more than a year. All the pent-up anticipation has finally ended. But now there's a new headache: pricing.
The new MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display is available in two screen sizes: 14-inch and 16-inch. Pre-orders open today, October 28, 2026, and deliveries and store stock follow on Friday, November 6, 2026.