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Great for everyday computing

Metal casing provides durability

Good keyboard with good travel and softness

Discounts available on Dell's outlet channel

Can handle Zoom meetings and other tasks easily

Great quality keyboard

Large keys with less gaps and low backlight bleed

Overall good quality

Compatible with Linux

Thunderbolt charging capabilities

Not ideal thermals, can get too hot on the lap

Touchpad is far from perfect

Expensive

Not budget friendly

May have issues with difficult monitor set ups

Not suitable for those who prefer Thinkpad or Spectre keyboards

Verdict

The Dell Latitude 7420 is a great laptop for everyday computing, with a metal casing that provides durability. It has a good keyboard with good travel and softness, but the thermals are not ideal and it can get too hot on the lap. The touchpad is also far from perfect. It is expensive, but you can find discounts on Dell's outlet channel.

Verdict

The Dell XPS 13 is a premium laptop that can be configured with a touchscreen. It has a good quality keyboard and large keys with less gaps, and low backlight bleed. It also has an overall good quality, though it may have some issues with difficult monitor set ups. It is compatible with Linux and comes with Thunderbolt charging capabilities. However, it is on the expensive side.

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Battery Life

\- Dell Latitude 7420. I want one that's longer lasting and has a good keyboard, and more importantly have more battery life on Linux for writing and web browsing. I may use it for GIMP and other applications that would use more power, but I do not plan mine for games and intensive apps.

Positive

2 years ago

reddit.com/r/linuxhardware

So lightweight!

The battery life is very short (4ish hours) and it takes a long time to charge (about 1 1/2 hours). The brick on the cord gets very hot as it charges as does the bottom of the laptop. Otherwise it runs cool. I really like that there is no separate place to plug in the charger

5/5

3 years ago

amazon.com

Performance

Latitude/precision / vostro ,which model or line series has the longest lifespan as a laptop that i will use daily for graphic designing.

Latitude 7420 is a toast - pretty warm and with almost everything soldered to a motherboard. I wouldn't buy it without at least 3Y warranty. Latitude 5420 is better in this case, but it can't take prolonged load - a strong throttling is applied after a minute or two of load (about 30% performance loss). Precision 7560 took prolonged load rather well and have probably the best touchpad in non-Mac devices

Positive

3 years ago

reddit.com/r/Dell

BEWARE!!!! Paid full price for a new one and received a used one!!!

Laptop seems to be working "ok" as of now besides the WiFi issues everyone has been having and apps like Netflix and Hulu not properly working. Another thing that is concerning is the packaging. I'm pretty sure I was sent a used product considering it came in a cheap cardboard box and not in it's original XPS box/packaging. Also the laptop itself was not even wrapped in any kind of plastic or padding or anything and I am at a military base in Iraq

2/5

3 years ago

amazon.com

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