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Cool, comfy, competent and classy are some of the words that come to mind when you've tried out the Dell Latitude E6420, the company's rugged 14-inch business laptop that boasts of a battery life lasting nearly nine hours.
Unfortunately those words are soon followed by costly and cumbersome, as all that computing power and toughness can't come without some sort of trade-off. But despite its starting price of $1,075 and weight of about 6.2 lbs. (that includes the 1.12 lbs nine cell battery), an array of useful features and a choice of Intel Sandy Bridge chip configurations make the E6420 an enticing bargain for many business users and remote workers.
The model we tested was decked out with an Intel Core i5 processor and a nine-cell battery such as Dell Latitude D810 Battery , Dell Latitude D820 Battery , Dell Latitude D830 Battery , Dell Latitude PPL Battery , Dell Latitude PPX Battery , Dell Latitude X1 Battery , Dell Latitude X300 Battery , Dell PP19L Battery , Dell Precision M20 Battery , Dell Inspiron 5150 Battery . Although a USB 2.0 connector but also came with an auxiliary USB 3.0 driver and an extra six-cell battery.
Out of the box, the E6420 exhibits an attractive but muted design. The magnesium alloy and aluminum body, its crisp lid latch and metal hinges exudes an air of functionality and toughness. The model has a ruggedized version – the E6420 XFR, which is designed to survive four to five-foot drops, but the moment you clasp the E6420 in your hands you know that this is not wimpy laptop either.
The version of the XPS 13 that I tested is the entry-level model. For $999, you get a Core i5-2467M with Intel integrated graphics, 4GB of RAM, and a 128GB solid-state drive. For $300 more, you can upgrade to a 256GB SSD; and another $200 will boost the CPU to a dual-core Core i7. Our baseline configuration proved to be pretty zippy on its own, delivering a strong WorldBench 7 score of 136. Chalk that performance up to the SSD, which helps the system boot up in about 17 seconds and performs basic file operations very speedily. In our battery tests, the system lasted just a hair under 6.5 hours. However, that number drops precipitously if you crank up the screen brightness, which can get quite bright.
The design and build quality are a cut above anything we've seen from Dell in a long time, and among the best we've seen in any thin-and-light laptop on the market. The base, composed of carbon fiber, has a pleasant soft-touch feel, and it hides the obnoxious service tag info under a flip-up metal plate for a cleaner look. The matte-black magnesium-alloy keyboard deck and the aluminum lid add rigidity where it's needed. The whole machine weighs 3 pounds--nearly the same as Apple's 13-inch Macbook Air. Dell's system, despite having a 13.3-inch screen, is actually shorter and narrower than Apple's, thanks to the extremely narrow bezel around the edge. Dell likes to say that it put a 13-inch screen into an 11-inch chassis, which is a bit of a stretch, but the laptop's compactness is impressive. The XPS 13 felt solid and dense in my hands, and it didn't flex at all.