Dell Latitude 9430 2-hauv-1 Review

Lub Latitude 9430 yog Dell's premier 14-nti ua lag luam laptop - deb ntawm pheej yig (pib ntawm $ 2,169; $ 2,994 raws li kev sim) tab sis nrog qhov zoo tshaj plaws lub tuam txhab yuav tsum muaj, los ntawm Intel qhov tseeb ua thiab kev sib txuas ntawm silicon rau xaiv 4G lossis 5G mobile broadband. Muaj nyob rau hauv ob qho tib si clamshell thiab peb tau sim 2-hauv-1 daim ntawv hloov pauv, 9430 muab kev ua tau zoo thiab kev sib txuas thiab roj teeb zoo, txawm tias peb poob siab me ntsis nws tsis muaj 4K lossis OLED screen xaiv.

Tus Tsim: Haum rau Flagship 

Lub Latitude 9430 2-in-1 tsis hloov ntau npaum li cas xyoo tas los 9420 2-in-1, nrum tib lub txhuas chassis nyob rau hauv ib tug me ntsis darker xim thiab muab ib tug 12th es tsis txhob ntawm 11th Generation Intel processor nyob rau hauv. Lub vijtsam yog tib yam 2,560-by-1,600-pixel IPS vaj huam sib luag nrog 16: 10 nam piv, thiab lub webcam muaj tib yam kev txawj ntse SafeShutter uas snaps qhib tau txais thaum koj tso lub app nrog lub koob yees duab tso cai.

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Qhov tsis hloov pauv, clamshell-style laptop Latitude 9430 pib ntawm $ 2,169 nrog Core i5-1245U CPU, 16GB ntawm RAM, 256GB NVMe solid-state drive, thiab 1,920-by-1,200-pixel zaub. Peb $ 2,994 xeem 2-hauv-1 txav mus rau qhov siab dua-kev daws teeb meem kov npo; Core i7-1265U nti (ob lub Performance cores, yim Efficient cores, 12 threads) nrog Intel's vPro tswj thiab kev ruaj ntseg technology; 512GB SSD; Rechargeable Active Pen stylus; thiab peb xyoos tom ntej-kev lag luam-hnub kev pabcuam ntawm qhov chaw nrog Dell's deluxe ProSupport. (Kev daws teeb meem rau qhov kev pabcuam hauv tsev yuav txuag tau $ 137.)

Ntawm 0.54 los ntawm 12.2 los ntawm 8.5 ntiv tes (HWD), Dell yog me me trimmer dua li nws cov neeg sib tw Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga Gen 7 (0.61 los 12.4 los ntawm 8.8 ntiv tes), txawm hais tias Lenovo yog sib dua (3.04 piv rau 3.2 phaus). Tsuas muaj me ntsis ntawm flex yog tias koj tuav lub kaum sab xis lossis nias lub lawj keyboard. Qhov screen bezels yog slim; lub ntsej muag paub lub webcam thiab tus nyeem ntiv tes hauv lub zog khawm muab rau koj ob txoj hauv kev hla cov passwords nrog Windows Hello.

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Ntawm Latitude sab laug, koj yuav pom ob lub USB-C / Thunderbolt 4 qhov chaw nres nkoj (xws li haum rau AC adapter), HDMI video tso zis, microSD daim npav qhov, lub suab jack, thiab qhov ntsuas kev ruaj ntseg. Tib qhov chaw nres nkoj ntawm sab xis yog USB 3.2 Hom-A txuas.

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Wi-Fi 6E thiab Bluetooth yog tus qauv, thiab 4G lossis 5G mobile broadband yog xaiv tau. Yog tias koj muaj USB Ethernet adapter, qhov khoom siv Dell Optimizer tuaj yeem txhawb kev rub tawm nrawm los ntawm kev siv ob lub xov tooj thiab wireless tib lub sijhawm.

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Txhua yam rau Enterprise 

Ob txoj kev dag ntxiv Dell Optimizer tuaj yeem ua tau yog siv IR webcam txhawm rau xauv thiab qhib lub kaw lus thaum koj taug kev thiab rov qab los, thiab plooj lub vijtsam yog tias qee tus neeg nres nres ntsia ntawm koj lub xub pwg nyom. Nws kuj tshem tawm cov suab nrov tom qab hauv kev sib tham hu thiab muaj kev xaiv ntawm cov cua txias thiab kev ua haujlwm hom. Hais lus ntawm lub webcam, nws muaj 1080p es tsis txhob lowball 720p daws teeb meem, thiab nws captures zoo teeb thiab muaj yeeb yuj dluab nrog tsawg zoo li qub. Ua tau zoo, muaj.

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Cov keyboard backlit npaj tus cursor xub tuav hauv kab HP-style kab, nrog nyuaj-rau-ntaus, ib nrab-loj nce thiab nqis xub stacked ntawm tag nrho-loj sab laug thiab sab xis, tsis yog qhov tsim nyog, zoo dua inverted T. Nws kuj ua rau koj khub Fn qhov tseem ceeb thiab cov xub ntsug rau Nplooj Up thiab Nplooj Down, txawm hais tias muaj cov yuam sij Hauv Tsev thiab Kawg ntawm kab saum toj kawg nkaus. Ntawm qhov zoo, cov keyboard muaj qhov yooj yim snappy, me ntsis suab nrov zoo nkaus li, thiab lub khawm tsis muaj touchpad glides smoothly nrog nias yooj yim. 

Cov neeg hais lus flanking keyboard tsim qee lub suab nrov tshaj plaws uas peb tau hnov ​​​​los ntawm lub laptop, tsis cuam tshuam los yog hollow txawm tias lub ntim ntim. Tsis muaj ntses bass thaj tsam ntau, tab sis highs thiab midtones yog qhov tseeb (uas yog qhov zoo, vim tias tsis muaj software nrog suab paj nruag lossis yeeb yaj kiab presets, lossis qhov sib npaug), thiab nws yooj yim los ua cov kab sib tshooj.

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Raws li peb tau hais, peb xav tias Dell ploj lawm qhov ua kom yuam kev los ntawm kev tsis muab 9430 2-hauv-1 nrog kev daws teeb meem siab dua lossis ritzy OLED screen. Hais tias, lub kov vaj huam sib luag yog hais txog zoo li IPS zaub tau txais, nrog nplua nuj, zoo-saturated xim; huv si tom qab; thiab ntse sib piv. Brightness yog txaus, thiab saib cov ces kaum yog dav. Cov ntsiab lus zoo hauv cov duab thiab cov npoo ntawm cov ntawv zoo li nkig. Dell's 6-nti PN7522W Bluetooth stylus yog tus cwj mem tiag tiag uas xav tias zoo tuav, tsis yog tawv tawv swizzle stick, nrog ob lub nyees khawm thiab USB-C them chaw nres nkoj. Nws sketched thiab scribbled kom raug nrog zoo xibtes rejection thaum kuv ua si nrog nws.

Kuaj Latitude 9430 2-in-1: Corporate Convertibles Clash

Rau peb cov qauv ntsuas ntsuas, peb tau sib tw Latitude tawm tsam peb lwm 14-nti 2-hauv-1 qauv: kev lag luam tsom Asus ExpertBook B7 Flip, Lenovo's ThinkPad X1 Yoga Gen 7, thiab peb Cov Kev Xaiv Xaiv tus yeej ntawm cov neeg siv khoom zoo, cov Lenovo Yoga 9i Gen 7. Qhov chaw kawg tau mus rau 15-nti qauv uas straddles cov neeg siv khoom thiab kev lag luam ntiaj teb, Samsung Galaxy Book2 Pro 360. Koj tuaj yeem pom lawv cov specs yooj yim hauv cov lus hauv qab no.

Productivity Tests 

Hmoov tsis zoo, Latitude yog ib qho ntawm ib qho ntawm cov khoos phis tawj Windows nkaus xwb uas tau raug kev txom nyem software hiccup thiab balked ntawm peb qhov kev tsim khoom tsim tau zoo, UL's office workflow simulator PCMark 10, txawm hais tias nws khiav PCMark's Full System Drive cia kuaj yam tsis muaj kev cuam tshuam. 

Peb lwm cov qauv ntsuas tsom rau CPU, siv tag nrho cov cores thiab threads, los ntsuas lub PC qhov tsim nyog rau kev ua haujlwm hnyav. Maxon's Cinebench R23 siv lub tuam txhab Cinema 4D lub cav los ua ib qho chaw nyuaj, thaum Primate Labs 'Geekbench 5.4 Pro simulates nrov. apps xws li los ntawm PDF rendering thiab kev paub hais lus rau kev kawm tshuab. Thaum kawg, peb siv qhov qhib-qhov video transcoder HandBrake 1.4 los hloov 12-feeb video clip los ntawm 4K rau 1080p daws teeb meem (qis dua lub sijhawm zoo dua). 

Peb qhov kev sim ua tiav zaum kawg yog Puget Systems 'PugetBench rau Photoshop, uas siv Creative Cloud version 22 ntawm Adobe's nto moo duab editor los ntsuas lub PC qhov kev ua tau zoo rau cov ntsiab lus tsim thiab kev siv multimedia. Nws yog qhov kev txuas ntxiv uas siv tau uas ua tiav ntau yam dav dav thiab GPU-nrawm Photoshop cov haujlwm xws li qhib, tig, hloov pauv, thiab txuag cov duab rau kev siv lub qhov ncauj qhov ntswg, gradient fills, thiab lim.

Lub Latitude's 15-watt U-series CPU tso nws ntawm qhov tsis zoo ntawm cov tshuab nrog 28-watt P-series chips, tab sis nws yog ib tus neeg ua yeeb yam zoo nkauj, tau txais txiaj ntsig nyiaj hauv peb qhov kev sib tw Photoshop. Nws tsis yog CGI rendering lossis data analysis workstation, tab sis multitasking nrog ntau lub chaw ua haujlwm apps thiab browser tabs tsis muaj teeb meem. 

Graphics Tests 

Peb sim Windows PCs 'graphic nrog ob lub DirectX 12 gaming simulations los ntawm UL's 3DMark kuaj suite: Hmo Raid (ntau dua, haum rau cov khoos phis tawj nrog cov duab sib xyaw), thiab Sijhawm Spy (ntau xav tau, haum rau gaming rigs nrog discrete GPUs). 

Peb kuj tseem khiav ob qhov kev xeem los ntawm tus ntoo khaub lig-platform GPU benchmark GFXBench 5, uas nyuaj rau ob qho tib si theem qis xws li texturing thiab qib siab, game-zoo li cov duab rendering. 1440p Aztec Ruins thiab 1080p Kev Sib Tw Tsheb Sib Tw, ua rau offscreen kom haum rau cov kev daws teeb meem sib txawv, cov duab kos duab thiab suav cov duab ntxoov ntxoo siv OpenGL programming interface thiab hardware tessellation feem. Qhov ntau thav duab ib ob (fps), qhov zoo dua.

Lub Dell tsaws nyob rau hauv nruab nrab ntawm ib tug kwv yees nruab nrab pob ntawm no. Zoo li txhua lub laptop peb tau sim nrog Intel's Iris Xe thiab lwm cov duab sib xyaw ua ke, 9430 2-in-1 tsis ua txuj ua si xav tau kev ua si - nws yog lub chaw ua haujlwm tsim khoom PC uas zoo rau kev ua si xws li gaming thiab streaming video.

Roj teeb thiab Zaub Tests 

Peb sim lub laptops lub roj teeb lub neej los ntawm kev ua si hauv zos khaws cia 720p video file (qhov qhib-qhov Blender movie Kua muag ntawm hlau(Qhib lub qhov rais tshiab)) nrog zaub brightness ntawm 50% thiab lub ntim ntawm 100%. Peb xyuas kom meej tias lub roj teeb tau them tag nrho ua ntej kev sim, nrog Wi-Fi thiab keyboard backlighting tua. 

Peb kuj tseem siv Datacolor SpyderX Cov Neeg Tseem Ceeb saib ntsuas ntsuas ntsuas ntsuas thiab nws lub Windows software los ntsuas lub khoos phis tawj lub vijtsam xim xim - pes tsawg feem pua ​​​​ntawm sRGB, Adobe RGB, thiab DCI-P3 xim gamuts lossis palettes cov zaub tuaj yeem pom - thiab nws 50% thiab ncov. brightness nyob rau hauv nits (candelas ib square meter).

Tag nrho tsib lub convertibles xa cov roj teeb zoo heev, yooj yim tuaj yeem coj koj mus rau lub dav hlau transcontinental thiab tom qab ntawd ua haujlwm puv hnub ntawm koj qhov chaw. Lub Latitude lub vijtsam kuj yog qhov zoo heev, nrog rau cov xim zoo nkauj thiab ci ntsa iab rau IPS vaj huam sib luag, yog tias tsis yog lub ntuj-siab sib piv ntawm Yoga 9i thiab Galaxy Book2 360.

Kev Txiav Txim: Ib Yam Khoom Siv-Account 

Peb nyiam nws 9420 tus thawj coj thiab peb nyiam Dell Latitude 9430 2-in-1 heev; cov tuam txhab IT cov thawj coj yuav pom tias nws muaj peev xwm ua tau yooj yim, siv tau yooj yim nrog cov yam ntxwv zoo nkauj xws li nws lub hnub ci screen kom muaj 4G lossis 5G. Qhov uas khaws cia los ntawm Editors 'Choice Honors tsis yog nws qhov tsis muaj OLED npo, txawm tias qhov ntawd yuav yog lub cim zoo. Nws yog tus nqi siab - peb paub cov lag luam laptops raug nqi ntau dua li cov neeg siv khoom, tab sis Latitude yuav luag $ 3,000 thaum OLED-screened Yoga 9i yog qis dua $ 2,000. Txawm li cas los xij, yog tias koj lub tuam txhab tuaj yeem txo qhov mob ntawd ntau dua peb mus rau tsib xyoos, Dell yuav muab nqi zog rau koj.