Dell Latitude 14-e7440 Pro Reviews

The rugged Dell Latitude E7440 Touch business ultrabook offers a nice mix of premium features, good performance, excellent battery life, and compatibility with other E-series Latitude laptops in Dell's stable.

Overall, the Dell Latitude E7440 Touch offers premium features for a premium price. While $1,849 for a top-of-the-line configuration may seem steep, the E7440 boasts a bright and crisp full HD display, admirable keyboard, comprehensive security suite, and seven-hour-plus battery life—all wrapped up in a durable, attractive chassis. The fact that it's backed by a three-year warranty helps make the cost easier to swallow.By the time you upgrade competitors' warranties to on-site service, you're looking at similar price tags, and still not getting most of the security features included with the E7440. If peace of mind is your greatest concern when shopping for a business laptop, and you don't mind paying extra for a 1080p touch screen, we think the Latitude E7440 Touch is money well spent.

The sturdy Dell Latitude 14 7000 Series is generally excellent, with rapid components, extensive connectivity, a good screen and comfortable keyboard, but it can’t quite become the ultimate office Ultrabook: the battery life can’t match the MacBook Air’s longevity, and its £1522 price makes it pricier too.

A sturdily built 14in business Ultrabook that offers great performance and a surprising amount of upgradability

For once, we want to start our review verdict with the negative aspects. But why? Well, the Dell Latitude E7440 does not really have any serious drawbacks. One issue is definitely the mediocre WXGA display. The low resolution and luminance are not really appropriate for a notebook with a price above 1,000 Euros (~$1356) excluding VAT. We also would have appreciated a fast SSD and a larger battery, but the runtimes are satisfying even with the smaller 34 Wh version. If you are willing to spend more money you can remove all those points of criticism. For instance, the notebook can be configured with mSATA SSDs up to 256 GB, 802.11ac WLAN, WWAN module, Full HD display or a 45 Wh battery; a review of the formerly mentioned touchscreen configuration should follow soon. You do not have to pay any additional price for the excellent input devices, the noble metal case or the wide port variety, which can even be extended via docking station. We also want to give the manufacturer credit for the illustrated user guide with instructions for upgrades and maintenance. This is not a matter of course for a thin ultrabook (although only the touchscreen version is a real ultrabook). Finally we want to list the attractive rivals from HP und Lenovo. Each product has its own advantages, however, both notebooks are still based on the older Ivy Bridge platform - if you really need the latest Intel processors the Latitude E7440 is currently the only option.