The Latitude 7440 sports a sleek and attractive all-black design. The notebook’s lid is made of a sturdy soft-touch carbon fiber material that reminds us of the Kevlar back on Motorola Droid phones. This carbon fiber is backed by an aluminum frame and reinforced steel hinges.Underneath the surface, hp t610 power supply Dell deployed its MIL-STD-810G-tested Tri-Metal chassis for extra durability. This means the E7440 should be able to withstand extreme temperatures and vibrations more than your average notebook. Specifically, MIL-STD-810G-tested notebooks can operate in temperatures ranging between 32 degrees and 95 degrees Fahrenheit and at altitudes between minus 50 and 10,000 feet. Both the $1,749 Lenovo ThinkPad T440s and $1,229 Toshiba Tecra Z40 are similarly certified.The Latitude 7440’s keyboard deck sports the same texture as its lid, 14-b109wm charger which felt comfortable while typing. We love the subtle blue accents Dell added to the Latitude’s keyboard. The baby blue color of the keys’ Fn symbols matches the outer lining of the pointing stick, which adds a pleasant contrast to the otherwise black body. The E7440’s display is capable of folding all the way back, enabling it to lie flat. This is a good position for giving presentations.lenovo 0b47010 Measuring 12.2 x 8.3 x 0.79 inches and weighing 3.9 pounds, the Latitude 7440 has a smaller footprint than the slightly heavier Lenovo ThinkPad T440s (13.3 x 8.89 x 0.8 inches, 3.8 pounds with 3-cell battery). The Toshiba Tecra Z40 (13.3 x 9.3 x 0.8 inches) is a much lighter 3.2 pounds, while the Acer Travelmate P645 is taller and wider but lighter (12.9 x 9.3 x 0.8 inches, 3.5 pounds).
Keyboard
The quality of the input devices is without a doubt one of the most important aspects of a good office notebook. Contrary to the rivals, Dell still uses a classic keyboard design for the E7440 instead of a modern chiclet version. Whether this is good or bad is mainly a subjective question; dell m4800 battery the generously sized keys (18 x 14 mm) are definitely not a bad choice from an ergonomic point of view. We can already feel the quality of the matte black keyboard with the first key stroke. Compared to the praised ThinkPad keyboard it is softer but that does not mean it is less precise or that the feedback is reduced. battery toshiba z830 In combination with the generous travel for a notebook this results in an excellent typing experience that quickly compensates for small drawbacks like the slight bouncing in the center. Finally, the background illumination is the icing on the cake. It can be adjusted in 4 steps and improves the typing experience in dark environments.
Touchpad and Trackpoint
The 9.0 x 4.7 centimeters touchpad is provided by the manufacturer Alps Electric and supports common features like several multitouch gestures or a convenient palm sensor. Precision and gliding capabilities of the mouse replacement leave no room for criticism. alienware x51 power supply This also includes the dedicated mouse buttons with their soft and exact pressure point. Fortunately, they have not been waived in favor of a click pad. A real professional device should always be equipped with the traditional Trackpoint. It can be an interesting mouse alternative if you are used to it, although the precision of the small joystick can subjectively not compete with the counterpart from Lenovo. The three according buttons (including one for scrolling) leave a very high-quality and durable impression.
Business Connections
Too many Ultrabook designers drop important ports in pursuit of ever-thinner profiles. The E7440 offers nearly everything you could ask for in a laptop this size, medion e6220 akku including hardwired Ethernet, HDMI, mini DisplayPort, an SD card reader, and three USB 3.0 ports.Many of these ports are located on the notebook¡¯s rear deck, which makes them a bit of a hassle to access. Dell outfits the E7440 with an 802.11ac Wi-Fi adapter. But if you find yourself frequently deskbound, Dell includes a docking station port on the bottom of the computer. A combination VESA monitor stand and docking station is available for $225. You can further beef up the notebook¡¯s enterprise chops with a mobile broadband adapter, a Smart card slot, and a fingerprint scanner.
Display
Dell Latitude 7440 DisplayThe Latitude 7440’s 14-inch 1920 x 1080 glossy touch screen produced vivid colors, but it’s not the brightest in its class. When watching a trailer for “The Amazing Spiderman 2,” we enjoyed bold orange explosions and we were impressed with the energetic red shade of Spiderman’s suit.The Latitude’s display registered 238 lux on our light meter, beating the Toshiba Tecra Z40’s matte display (169 lux) and the thin-and-light notebook category average (209 lux). samsung power adapter pa 1400 24 The Dell also shined brighter than the Travelmate P645’s 1920 x 1080 235 lux display. However, the Lenovo ThinkPad T440s’ 14-inch 1920 x 1080 touch screen notched a higher 294 lux.We found the touch screen to be responsive during everyday use. We had no issue selecting and moving tiles in Windows 8 and using pinch-to-zoom to enlarge images.
Audio
The Dell Latitude 7440’s bottom-mounted speakers produce boisterous audio for a notebook of its size. When blasting “Royals” by Lorde, we felt the bass notes thump, and the snaps in the background sounded crisp against the singer’s smooth vocals.The 7440 also pumps out louder audio than your average notebook. At 88 decibels, toshiba charger pa5072u 1aca the E7440 scored higher on the LAPTOP Audio Test than the Toshiba Tecra Z40 (79 dB), the Acer Travelmate P345 (83 dB), the Lenovo ThinkPad T440s (81 dB) and the thin-and-light notebook category average (82 dB).
Performance
Our configuration of the Dell Latitude 7440 features a 1.9-GHz Intel Core i5-4300U processor with 4GB of RAM and a 256GB SSD. This combination of components enabled the notebook to multitask with ease. With 10 apps open, including the camera app, Internet Explorer, Bing News and the Windows Store, we streamed an episode of “Family Guy” in one window while playing “Cut the Rope” in another and didn’t notice any latency or hiccups.samsung np740u3e charger The Latitude 7440 delivered mixed results in synthetic benchmark tests. The notebook scored 4,544 on PCMark 7, which is higher than the 3,493 thin-and-light category average and the Tecra Z40 (2,542, 1.9-GHz Intel Core i5-4300U with 8GB of RAM). Both the 2.6-GHz Intel Core i5-4200U-powered ThinkPad T440s (4,970) and 1.8-GHz Intel Core i7-4500U Acer TravelMate P645 (4,886) scored higher.On the Geekbench 3 test, which measures multicore processor performance, the Latitude 7440 score of 5,259 fell short of the 5,939 thin-and-light category average. This is also lower than the Tecra Z40’s score (5,326) and the TravelMate P645 score (5,945), but it still beats the T440s (5,151).It only took 14 seconds for the Dell Latitude 7440 to load Windows 8 Pro, pa5110u 1brs which is twice as fast as the 28-second thin-and-light category average. The Lenovo Thinkpad T440s booted Windows 8 Pro in the same amount of time.The Dell transferred 4.97GB of mixed media files in 39 seconds, equaling a rate of 130.5 MBps. This is twice as fast as the average thin- and-light laptop (60 MBps) and much quicker than the Tecra Z40’s 320GB 7,200-rpm hard drive (23 MBps).samsung np900x3a battery Other business Ultrabook SSDs are faster though, including the Acer TravelMate P645 (175.5 MBps) and ThinkPad T440s (188.5 MBps).The Latitude 7440 matched 20,000 names to their corresponding addresses in OpenOffice in just 4 minutes and 46 seconds, faster than the 6:17 thin-and-light category average. This is also quicker than the Lenovo ThinkPad T440s (5:14), but on a par with the Toshiba Tecra Z40 (4:45) and Acer TravelMate P645 (4:42).
Battery Life
Dell Latitude 7440 BatteryThe Dell Latitude 7440s doesn’t have the staying power of other business Ultrabooks. During the LAPTOP Battery Test, which consists of continuous Web surfing over Wi-Fi at 40 percent display brightness, the notebook’s 4-cell 45 Whr battery lasted 5 hours and 52 minutes. charger for galaxy note 10.1 That runtime is shorter than the 6:49 thin-and-light notebook category average, and also falls behind the ThinkPad T440s’ standard battery (7:01) and the Toshiba Tecra Z40 (9:28). You’ll have to pay $276 for Dell’s 9-cell 97Whr battery slice to get extra battery life.