Just received the new Inspiron 14 7000 today. I ordered the top of the line spec from Dell Australia on Oct 20th and it was delivered today after being assembled overseas.

First impressions below. It's basically the same form as my 2017 Asus Zenbook 13, but with a way bigger screen due to basically no bezels.

PROS

• Screen is really nice - bezels are tiny, decent brightness (although could be brighter), 16:10 QHD is a nice upgrade from my old 1080p Asus Zenbook

• Keyboard and mousepad are great - good travel, decent size

• Speakers are super loud (although basically no bass)

• Nice and fast, quick to bootup

• Port selection is decent - TB4 USBC, 2 USB-A, HDMI, aux

• Solid build - diamond cut edges, brushed aluminium

CONS

• Fans are quite loud when they spin up - also blows hot air on to bottom of screen like Asus Zenbook due to the hinge

• Can get quite hot pretty quickly under the keyboard and top of base near the screen

• Seems still a little underpowered - noticed it struggling a little under heavy loads e.g. downloading many updates while running multiple Chrome tabs

• Battery life is not looking amazing. Right now on "better battery" mode I'm at 75% with 6 hours battery left

• Backlit keyboard during day makes letters impossible to see almost, but without backlight is fine. Would have preferred black keys but this is unique at least

Overall though I', pretty happy with it - great form factor, seems fast. Hoping it can play some older games decently.

Ran Cinebench R20 a couple of times. On battery - got about 1360 and then with power plugged in on performance mode got about 1750.

Feel free to ask me any questions and I'll try to answer them!