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How a Virtual CIO Can Save Your Business Money on IT
22 Feb, 2026







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AI-generated summary
At £1,697 ex-VAT, the Dell Pro 14 Plus (Core Ultra 7 / Copilot+ branding) is priced like a proper business premium machine, not a “budget but decent” laptop. In real day-to-day terms, you’re buying for portability, a modern platform, and solid enterprise manageability—plus you want the newer Copilot+ features to matter for your workflow rather than just marketing. This is the sort of device I’d shortlist for sales leadership, consultants, and IT/admin staff who live in Microsoft 365/Teams and need a responsive laptop that can handle lots of tabs, heavier documents, and occasional compute-heavy tasks without feeling sluggish.
That said, I’d be cautious if most of your use is simple office work, web conferencing, and email. For that, you can usually get 80–90% of the experience for less money with a “less fancy” spec path. Also, Copilot+ is only great if your licensing and rollout plan are sorted—if your business won’t fully use those AI features, you’re paying extra for potential rather than immediate value.
**Who should buy:** UK SMEs/teams with a clear Microsoft-first workflow, staff who carry laptops constantly, and a preference for Dell’s enterprise-friendly support/management ecosystem. **Who should skip (or renegotiate):** anyone buying at this price point for general admin users without a Copilot+ use case, or buyers who don’t need the latest platform. If you tell me the typical user workload (apps + whether it’s mostly Office/Teams vs dev/data work), I can say whether this is good value or an overpay.

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