Are there any alternatives?

The Asus ZenBook 13 OLED UM325UA is one laptop that offers an outstanding display to go with superior performance and battery life. It’s not a 2-in-1, but it’s about the same price for a color-accurate OLED display, a faster AMD Ryzen 7 5800U CPU, and a 1TB PCIe SSD.

　　The Asus VivoBook Flex 14 is almost as fast as the Inspiron 14 2-in-1 and has a similar display, but it’s $300 less. Its build quality isn’t quite as good and it has half the RAM and storage, but if you’re looking to save some money, but still have a well-performing productivity workhorse, then the VivoBook is a good option.

　　

How long will it last?

The Inspiron 14 2-in-1 is built well enough that you should expect years of productive service. The same goes with its components, which are modern enough to keep Windows 10 (and Windows 11) running for quite some time. (It’s too it lacks Thunderbolt 4, though.) The one-year warranty is disappointing, as usual, but the industry standard.

　　

Should you buy it?

Yes. The Inspiron 14 2-in-1 is fast and power-efficient, but the display’s poor brightness and colors limit its usefulness for creators. If you don’t care about wide colors, then it works well as a productivity machine without any creative aspirations.