PC World - USA (2021-01)

JANUARY 2022 PCWorld 43

slightly under your finger before you click
down the whole way. While the touchpad
surface is fairly smooth, it still has a bit more
friction than what you would find in higher-
end laptops.

WEBCAM, SECURITY, AUDIO
Like most Windows laptops, the Dell Inspiron
14 2-in-1’s 720p webcam is nothing special.
It’s passable for videoconferencing in well-lit
rooms, but it shoots grainy video in lower
lighting conditions. Microphone quality isn’t
great either, resulting in thin-sounding vocals.
The camera does include a privacy
shutter, which is another nice touch typically
found on higher-end laptops. While it lacks
face recognition support, there is a
fingerprint reader built into the power button
on the keyboard.
Speaker quality is also a pleasant
surprise, as the Inspiron 14 2-in-1 produces
some of the loudest and punchiest audio
you’ll find on a Windows laptop. Although

the sound does distort a bit at maximum

volume, you’ll never strain to hear what’s

happening while watching videos or tuning

into conference calls.

PERFORMANCE

For a laptop with an AMD Ryzen 7 5700U

processor on board, the Dell Inspiron 14

2-in-1’s performance is just about what you’d

expect. It tears through multi-threaded tasks

such as video encoding and it feels sufficiently

zippy for web browsing and document

A slim switch above the webcam lets you cover it up—no tape necessary.

LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE

Dell Inspiron 14 7000 2-in-2Ryzen 7 5700U

HP Envy x360 15Ryzen 7 5700U

Samsung Galaxy Pro 360Core i7-1165G7

Lenovo ThinkPad 14s YogaCore i7-1165G7

Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 9310Core i7-1165G7

5,337

5,362

5,181

5,204

4,877

PCMark 10

CPU performance