Dell's Inspiron laptops are positioned below its higher-quality, more powerful XPS series, but you'd never know it from the Inspiron 14 7000 (starts at $829.99; $1,126.99 as tested). The new 7000 (specifically, model 7490) boasts a magnesium-alloy chassis that's virtually as thin, light, and sturdy as an XPS enclosure, and the ultraportable pulls off the neat trick of squeezing a 14-inch display into a 13-inch form factor. Under the hood, it offers Intel's 10th Generation "Comet Lake" CPUs and optional Nvidia GeForce MX250 dedicated graphics. Unless you need the 4K (3,840-by-2,160-pixel) resolution available with Dell's XPS 13—and I'd argue you don't in a 13.3- or 14-inch screen size—the Inspiron 14 7000 replaces the XPS 13 as the ultraportable to own and our Editors' Choice pick.