Hands-on review: CES 2016: Dell Latitude 13 7000 (2016)

By Kevin Lee

In the Ultrabook world it’s a race to the bottom for who can make the lightest, thinnest, and smallest notebook of all. Last year, Dell pulled out all the stops with the XPS 13, which jammed a 13-inch screen into an 11-inch frame. Now the Round Rock-based company is hoping to make a splash on the enterprise front with the Latitude 13 7000.

Although we’ve seen a grow space of fanless, Intel Core M-powered business notebooks, the new Latitude comes as 12.5-inch notebook packing the full power of an Intel Core i7 processor. On top the beefier processing power, thin and light rig also looks promising thanks to its unique Infinity screen, carbon fiber body and $1299 (about £880, AU$1,785) starting price.

Design

Much like Dell’s recent enterprise-oriented Chromebook 13, the Latitude 13 features a completely carbon fiber-lined chassis. The material helps make the 12.5-inch laptop lighter than other Ultrabooks and at the same time gives the screen lid an attractive woven-finish look. The surface is also coated in a resin clear coat that’s soft to the touch and manages to repel fingerprints fairly well.

Still if you’re not a fan of the carbon fiber, …read more

Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac