For what reason does the Dell Latitude 3490 (begins at $449; $1,189 as tried) must be so overwhelming? It's a fundamental however able 14-inch business laptop with few champion highlights, so you'd believe Dell's specialists would have the capacity to wrap the greater part of its segments into a bundle that weighs under 3.85 pounds. For a few reasons, one of which more likely than not needs to do with its heritage input/yield choices, they didn't. The 3490 is in this manner not a prime decision for street warriors, and the way that it's canvassed in stodgy dark plastic doesn't help. Then again, it's prominently configurable, and the adaptation we tried has a lot of processing execution, making it a decent alternative for companys needing its uncommon nowadays VGA port.
A Humdrum Look
At first look, the Latitude 3490's weight isn't entirely quite a bit of an anomaly. It coordinates precisely with the 3.74-pound heave of the 14-inch Lenovo ThinkPad T470, one of its fundamental rivals. Indeed, the beginning weight of the Latitude 3490 is 3.79 pounds. (Our setup incorporates a few additional items, for example, a unique mark peruser, that include a couple of quills.)
The ThinkPad T470 has far predominant styling, be that as it may. Notwithstanding its pleasingly delicate touch outside (done up in matte charcoal dark, versus the Dell's solidified dark plastic), the Lenovo's keys are more agreeable, its touchpad is bigger, and at 0.79 by 13.25 by 9.15 inches (HWD), it is both slimmer and smaller than the Latitude 3490 (0.82 by 13.34 by 9.52 inches).
When you begin to stretch out past standard business laptops into thin-and-light models, the Dell's weight turns out to be the same amount of an issue as its styling. The 14-inch Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon, for example, weighs only 2.45 pounds, despite everything it figures out how to incorporate the agreeable keyboard and substantial touchpad you'll discover on the ThinkPad T470. You're paying more to shed this weight, however, since the X1 Carbon begins at about $1,500. What's more, obviously, most 13-inch customer ultraportables weigh under 3 pounds, from $300 machines like the Acer Swift 1 to the quill light yet costly 2.01-pound LG Gram 13.
For a little subset of SMB purchasers, in any case, the Latitude 3490's weight and stodgy dark plastic outside merit enduring for its VGA port, an undeniably uncommon availability choice that has generally vanished from standard business and shopper laptops. As a moderately substantial simple connector, it takes up the full tallness of the Latitude 3490's correct edge. For companys that would prefer require or not to redesign their more established screens or inherent meeting room AV systems, a VGA port is helpful; it dispenses with the need to mishandle for connectors.
The left edge likewise includes a USB 2.0 port, a full-measure SD card space, and a repository for a security bolt. On the right, in the interim, you'll discover a USB 3.1 Gen 1 port, a USB-C port, a full-estimate Ethernet jack, a HDMI yield for more present day shows, a sound info/yield jack, and the power port. The absence of Thunderbolt bolster and the choice to incorporate just a single USB 3.1 port while consigning the other to USB 2.0 paces is frustrating, yet in the event that you're purchasing this as a machine that will invest a large portion of its energy connected to a work area dock, that is to a lesser extent a worry.
On the off chance that you are anticipating toting this laptop around, then again, you'll welcome the implicit 802.11ac Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.1, and you can include a LTE modem as a discretionary additional. You'll likewise value that the keyboard deck is strong and the keys are backlit, yet you'll likely weep over the hardened keys, their shallow vertical travel, and the absence of committed left-and right-click catches for the touchpad.
The unique finger impression peruser in our arrangement is a discretionary additional, just like the IR webcam that gives you a chance to sign in to your Windows account utilizing face acknowledgment. The camera offers satisfactory video quality, yet graininess rapidly increments as encompassing light declines.
With a full HD (1,920 by 1,080) polished touch show, the Latitude 3490 presents fresh content and pictures, and it considers wide review points on account of the In-Plane Switching (IPS) center display innovation. You can likewise settle on a matte 1,366-by-768 screen without the IR webcam, which will enhance battery life since it has less pixels to control, in spite of the fact that it will likewise aggravate the photo quality extensively.
Sound quality from the Latitude 3490's descending terminating speakers is great, with fresh vocals and an unmistakable scope of highs and lows while watching a gushing TV news communicate. Indeed, even at the laptop's most extreme volume setting, notwithstanding, the yield is insignificant, which implies you'll unquestionably require earphones or outer speakers for video conferencing.
For a little company without an IT staff, one of the benefits of purchasing a SMB laptop from Dell is the broad scope of help alternatives, including nearby repairs and multiyear guarantees. A large portion of these choices will cost additional, nonetheless. A one-year guarantee with remote analysis is incorporated standard. In the mean time, in the event that you do have an IT staff, the Latitude 3490 doesn't offer much in the method for administration highlights, for example, Intel vPro innovation. Those are accessible just on higher-end Latitude models.
Loads of Configuration Options
Capacity and memory choices are copious on the Latitude 3490. Our test machine brags a 256GB SSD, which makes for expedient boot times and slack free multitasking or web perusing with heaps of tabs open. The drive is a M.2 SSD demonstrate from Samsung that associates utilizing the SATA interface rather than the additionally bleeding edge PCI Express. Except if you require a huge amount of inner stockpiling, you'll certainly need to choose this or the 128GB SSD alternative rather than the 500GB or 1TB turning hard drives; the last will influence the system to feel unquestionably drowsy.
Notwithstanding the 8GB of memory in our arrangement, which is sufficient for some business applications, you can venture up to 16GB in the event that you intend to have numerous applications open on the double or control substantial spreadsheets in Microsoft Excel. We don't suggest choosing the base 4GB alternative except if your financial plan is tight.
In view of its most recent age Intel Core i5-8250U CPU, our Latitude 3490 did well on the PCMark 8 Work Conventional benchmark test, which measures general registering execution by reenacting web perusing, video conferencing, and other fundamental errands. Any score over 3,000 on this test demonstrates fantastic execution, so the Latitude 3490's consequence of 3,232 is amazing, however a couple of focuses behind comparatively valued contenders, for example, the Lenovo IdeaPad 720s and the Asus ZenBook UX430U.
The Latitude 3490 additionally turned in a respectable score on the Handbrake video-encoding test (a class-driving 1 minute, 13 seconds) and on account of its four processor cores, it accomplished another class-driving consequence of 638 on the Cinebench 3D rendering test. Battery life was great, at 9 hours and 39 minutes, which recommends that it will last throughout the day with incidental use before requiring an outing to the electrical plug. All things considered, the majority of its rivals offer better outcomes on this test, extending from only longer than 10 hours for the ZenBook to longer than 16 hours for the MacBook Pro. The base model accompanies a 42Wh battery, despite the fact that our unit includes an overhauled 56Wh battery.
With their coordinated graphics processors, gaming execution is almost nonexistent on the Latitude 3490 and its rivals. Try not to expect smooth gameplay for requesting titles, even at mid-range quality settings, despite the fact that web-based games and fundamental time wasters like Solitaire should work fine and dandy.
Useful for Legacy Displays
In the event that you require a VGA yield to interface with a more established screen or meeting room show, the Dell Latitude 3490 is justified regardless of a look. It's likewise a decent decision in the event that you intend to abandon it connected to one of these showcases more often than not, since you can furnish it with an intense CPU and 16GB of memory while stripping ceaselessly different trivial items to keep the cost beneath $1,000. Something else, for an all the more balanced SMB laptop, you ought to consider the Editors' Choice Lenovo ThinkPad 13 or a customer ultraportable like the Dell XPS 13.
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