Unfortunately, the 7424 Rugged Extreme lacks Microsoft Precision drivers, which makes the touchpad a nuisance to use. The temperatures are moderate, which is a testament to the fan's ability to deal with the heat emissions. The thick base unit of the Dell Latitude 14 5420 does not yield under pressure and the lid feels solid as well. 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 28. If the audio quality isn't to your liking, the Latitude 5420 comes with Dell's MaxxAudioPro software, which lets you adjust sound frequencies using a simple EQ interface.

Confidently plan future product roll-outs with Dell Latitude’s long lifecycles, transitions and ImageWatch™ advance look at software and hardware changes.Still, it’s hard to excuse this laptop’s drab, silver-gray plastic when a MacBook Air, Dell XPS 13, or HP Spectre 14t can be purchased for less. If you need it to last and not let you down when you are trying to get through a days work, you will enjoy this Dell. Dell Latitude 14 5420’s IPS panel has comfortable viewing angles, a good contrast ratio, and a non-flickering backlight.

Fortunately, that was the only location on the laptop that breached our 95-degree comfort threshold. While cutting the Trackpoint may still have been acceptable, many Latitude fans will sorely miss the four mouse buttons. The high notes in this electric guitar-driven song were hollow, and the drum hits sounded shrill rather than forceful.Stay productive with a variety of battery life options, including a 4-cell, 6-cell, 9-cell and 9-cell (97Wh) 3-year limited hardware warranty Lithium Ion battery options. The right side of this laptop is where you'll find a removable SATA storage bay, an SD Card slot, a SIM card slot (for LTE connectivity) and a third USB 3. The rear of the laptop houses an HDMI, two Ethernet ports (one of which is optional), a serial RS-232 port, a lock slot, a DisplayPort and an exposed power input. With a speedy time of 1 minute and 29 seconds, the Latitude 7424 Rugged just edges out the premium laptop average (1:31) on our Excel Macro Test, which involves pairing 65,000 names with their corresponding addresses. Our standard battery test, which uses a script to simulate real-world web browsing, ran for nine hours and 31 minutes before the last watt ran dry.