The Dell Latitude series has always been popular with business buyers. As they deliver precisely the feature sets that corporate IT wants at a price the finance department can stomach.
The lowest rung on the Latitude ladder is the 3000 series machines with 11” screens that use a Celeron CPU. At the opposite end of that scale are the high-end Core i7 7000 series systems with all manner of sophisticated features. And between those are 2-in-1 designs, ruggedised models, and what we’re investigating today; the 5000 series.
The Dell Latitude 5490 is the latest 5000 series design to be added and aims to keep Dell well represented when the debate turns to new productivity tools at the next board meeting.
Price, availability and value
For those unfamiliar with the Dell approach to selling computers, a basic selection of sub-models for any design and you can customise them to varying degrees from there.
The Latitude 5490 comes in eleven different configurations that start at £709 (around $965) ex VAT and go up to £1,109 (around $1,500) depending on processor, memory, display and storage options.
You can also make them cost more by adding options like a SmartCard reader, LTE modem …read more
Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac