Plus, with over a decade’s worth of experience in working with sustainable materials, you can feel good about less environmental waste in product and packaging. The Dell Latitude 7490's got the speed you need (and then some), a keyboard that's comfortable enough for writing all day long and a battery that supports a full 8-hour workday.

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We especially liked the trackpad, which has keys at both top and bottom instead of using a flexible lower edge. dB(A) 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 Deep Bass Middle Bass High Bass Lower Range Mids Higher Mids Lower Highs Mid Highs Upper Highs Super Highs 20 36. Business machines are more focused on security than consumer notebooks, and the Dell Latitude 7490 is well endowed to keep its contents safe. The three main pieces of the security puzzle are a Smart Card reader, NFC sensor and fingerprint reader. In the event of a broken screen, technicians will need to take care to separate the bezel and panel surround without damaging anything.The Dell policy on memory and storage is that these things aren’t generally adjustable in the customization part of the purchase path, and therefore if you want more, then you need to choose a different model.

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Plus, the replacement/upgrade procedure (as we covered previously) is simple—so if cost trumps top-end performance concerns, this would be a logical place to pull back. Partially because of its lack of NVMe storage, the Latitude 7490 is an extremely efficient device while idling. Using a Datacolor Spyder5 calibrator, we analyzed the screen and found that it could display 99% of the sRGB gamut and 75% of AdobeRGB. An amazing display that lasts all day See the difference: An optional touch-enabled, high resolution display makes it simple to view and manage your work throughout the day. The Latitude 7490 is no exception; its chiclet keys are well-spaced, the layout is familiar, and visibility is very good (thanks to the black keys with white labels and a two-stage backlight that’s mostly even).While it’s true that the 7490 is primarily an iterative (rather than revolutionary) update—preserving the perennially-lauded magnesium casing, terrific keyboard, straightforward maintenance, and all-day battery life—this year’s revision also introduces a few other significant improvements.

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As a replacement for the previous 7480 models, the new 7490 looks much the same from the outside, but has had a complete overhaul internally. It's close to the 124-percent rating from the Huawei MateBook X Pro and the 114-percent rating from the HP EliteBook 1040 G4. Using the PCMark08 Work test, we ran the machine at maximum speed for 7 hours 51 minutes, and configured for longevity, the laptop managed an impressive 10 hours 51 minutes. Just don’t expect much to happen rapidly on all of them if you do this, as only one will be GPU accelerated.However, the X1 Carbon runs away with the crown with a whopping 89% of AdobeRGB; the 7490 manages to cover just 64% of its displayed color gamut. Made with premium materials like recycled carbon fiber, you can rely on your Latitude’s durability while taking advantage of the smallest and lightest form factor on the planet. While the ThinkPad T480s and the EliteBook 840 G5 in our comparison table only achieve results slightly above these, the X1 Carbon absolutely blows them all away with an average brightness of 533 cd/m²—and the 840 G5 offers a superior FHD IPS display option with a mind-blowing 630 cd/m² result. All the while, I never stopped repairing computers, and in 2006, I started a technology consulting company in Louisville.

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Smooth and precise: An upgraded Microsoft Precision touchpad allows for improved gesture controls and swiping. Of these, the 7000 Series is an Ultrabook range and contains machines that have 12, 13 or 14-inch displays, and either 7th-gen Intel hardware, or, as with the new Latitude 7490 model reviewed here, 8th-gen processors and chipsets. Coverage picks up where your previous warranty leaves off and is ideal for high-risk environments and mobile workforces.

All-day power: Work confidently with a laptop equipped with all-day battery life and improvements to both web browsing and video playback time. Splitting my screen between a 1080p YouTube video and a dozen Google Chrome tabs (including Giphy, Slack and Google Docs), I saw no stutter or pause in the video and experienced smooth scrolling in my TweetDeck columns. That means it can be used in areas as hot as 140 degrees Fahrenheit, survive transit through locations with extreme humidity, and endure shocks, vibrations and dust.