Dell Latitude 9440 2-hauv-1 Review

Thaum Dell's Latitude kab ib txwm muaj kev sib txuas nrog cov lag luam laptops, Latitude 9440 2-in-1 (pib ntawm $ 1,919; $ 3,093.60 raws li kev sim) muaj qee qhov DNA los ntawm nws cov neeg siv khoom zoo. Cov kev ua si hloov pauv tshiab tau tsim kev paub ntau ntxiv los ntawm futuristic Dell XPS 13 Plus dua li nws cov neeg koom nrog ua ntej. Nws yog ob qho tib si kev txhim kho thiab ci ntsa iab, nrog cov yam ntxwv tshiab, ntxiv kev tswj hwm, thiab tsim lub laptop ruaj khov. Peb tsuas yog xav kom 2-hauv-1 yam tau txais kev saib xyuas me ntsis, raws li lub tshuab hloov ntawm elegant mus rau txawv txawv li soon raws li koj quav rov qab lub vijtsam rau hom ntsiav tshuaj.

Configuration Options Galore

Cov lag luam laptops zoo li Latitude series tsis tshua tau yuav tawm ntawm lub txee, nrog cov neeg tsim khoom muag ntau yam kev xaiv rau txhua yam los ntawm cov txheej txheem thiab cia rau kev sib txuas thiab lwm yam khoom sab nraud. 9440 2-hauv-1 tsis muaj qhov zam. Lub hauv paus qauv muag rau $ 1,919 thiab los nrog 13th Gen Intel Core i5 CPU, 16GB ntawm kev nco, 256GB solid-state drive, thiab 2,560-by-1,600-pixel IPS touch screen. Peb chav tshuaj xyuas qib nce mus rau Core i7-1365U (ob lub Performance cores, yim Efficient cores, 12 threads), 32GB ntawm RAM, thiab 1TB SSD thiab muag rau $ 3,093.60.

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Lwm qhov kev xaiv suav nrog txog li 64GB ntawm lub cim xeeb, ntau npaum li 2TB ntawm kev cia, tus ntiv tes nyeem ntawv hauv lub xib teg, 5G mobile broadband los tuav lub SIM qhov, thiab ob peb lub roj teeb thiab charger xaiv.

Raws li lub tshuab ua lag luam, Latitude kuj tseem muaj nrog ntau cov kev xaiv software, xws li Microsoft 365 suite mus rau Adobe Acrobat thiab 12-hli subscription rau McAfee Kev Tiv Thaiv Kev Lag Luam. CPUs nrog Intel's vPro IT kev tswj hwm thev naus laus zis muaj nyob rau ntawm ntau qhov kev teeb tsa, xws li kev tso npe rau Dell Apex Managed Device Service, nrog rau lwm qhov kev pabcuam txuas ntxiv uas suav nrog kev txhawb nqa rau hnub tom ntej.

Slick Lag luam Laptop, Tacked-On 2-hauv-1

Dell sau nqi Latitude 9440 2-in-1 raws li "lub ntiaj teb qhov tsawg tshaj plaws 14-nti coj mus muag PC," thiab thaum peb tsis tau muab piv rau txhua tus neeg sib tw ua tau ib qho kev tshawb fawb nrawm qhia tau tias nws 0.64 los ntawm 12.2 los ntawm 8.5 ntiv tes yog qhov tseeb ntau dua. compact dua li 14-nti HP EliteBook 840 G9 clamshell thiab Lenovo ThinkBook 14s Yoga Gen 2 hloov pauv. Lub Dell txawm muaj tus hneev taw me dua li ultraportable Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 11.

Txawm hais tias nws yuav yog lub cev me, nws tsis sib dua. Ntawm 3.4 phaus, aluminium chassis yuav luag ib phaus hnyav dua li X1 Carbon. Tsis yog nws yog qhov yooj yim tshaj plaws 2-hauv-1 los tuav hauv cov ntsiav tshuaj hom: tapered clamshell tsim tawm ntau ntawm cov npoo tawv kom sib cav nrog thaum koj sim tuav nws, thiab xibtes lub ntse ntug tseem tsis xis nyob thaum koj ' rov xav tias nws khawb rau hauv qhov nkhaus ntawm koj txhais caj npab.

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Ergonomics ib sab, tus qauv 2-hauv-1 yog ntau tshaj qhov ua haujlwm. Lub pob khawm 360-degree ua rau nws yooj yim rau tig ntawm lub laptop thiab ntsiav tshuaj hom, nrog kev nthuav qhia cov tsev pheeb suab ntaub thiab hom kiosk nyob nruab nrab. Lub vijtsam QHD daws teeb meem zoo li zoo heev hauv txhua hom, thiab IPS vaj huam sib luag tsuas yog ci ntsa iab thiab muaj yeeb yuj hauv toj roob hauv pes thiab portrait hom, tsis muaj xim. shiftthaum koj hloov koj lub kaum sab xis saib. Lub kov rhiab heev yog qhov zoo heev, thiab Dell qhov ze li ntawm bezel-dawb InfinityEdge tsim yog yooj yim tuav thiab tuav yam tsis muaj kev cuam tshuam dab tsi ntawm lub vijtsam kov. Thiab koj yuav pom tias tsis muaj laj thawj tsis txaus siab nrog kev siv kov ntawm no-Dell tau ntxiv cov tshuaj tiv thaiv smudge thiab anti-glare coatings rau cov iav npog.

Zuag qhia tag nrho, qhov zoo yog qhov zoo heev, nrog ze-dub graphite tiav uas yuav saib hauv tsev hauv txhua qhov chaw ua haujlwm, thiab qhov kev npaj txhij txog tawv txawm tias tus qauv slim. Dell hais tias Latitude 9440 2-in-1 tau dhau los ntawm MIL-STD 810H kev xeem tiv thaiv kev mus los xws li kev poob siab thiab kev co; vim nws tsis yog lub laptop rugged kuv yuav tsis sim ua kom ntub dej los yog coj mus rau hauv plua plav cua daj cua dub, tab sis nws yuav tsum muaj sia nyob pob, nqaij tawv, thiab lub rooj qhov siab poob.

Kov Tswj: Nres, Sib Koom Tes, thiab Mloog

Raws li tau hais, 9440 qiv cov "zero-lattice keyboard" tsim uas tau nthuav tawm xyoo tas los XPS 13 Plus, thiab thaum nws txawv txawv hauv kev saib thiab xav rau koj lub lag luam nruab nrab lub laptop, kuv yuav tsum lees tias nws loj hlob rau kuv. Teeb nrog mini LEDs kom muaj kev ci ntsa iab ntau dua yam tsis muaj teeb meem roj teeb lub neej, cov square keycaps zaum yaug nrog rau saum npoo ntawm lub lawj, uas ua rau muaj qhov zoo nkauj thiab futuristic me ntsis. Tsis zoo li XPS 13 Plus, txawm li cas los xij, Latitude's keyboard tsis hla ntug mus rau ntug tab sis yog flanked los ntawm ob peb lub suab hais lus.

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Cov keyboard yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws. Dell tau hais meej meej rau cov neeg thuam cov keyboard laptop: Tus qauv tsim txhawb kev ntaus ntawv yooj yim uas tsis muaj kev kawm nkhaus, kev mus ncig txaus rau txhua tus yuam sij, thiab kev paub zoo tshaj plaws. Qhov kev tsis txaus siab nkaus xwb yog lub xibtes so, uas nws cov ntug tawv yuav khawb rau hauv koj lub dab teg yog tias koj tsis ceev faj. Kuv yog txhua tus rau cov kab huv si thiab cov qauv tsim zoo nkauj, tab sis me ntsis softening ntawm cov npoo yuav mus ntev mus rau kev txhim kho qhov hloov pauv qhov kev nplij siab.

Lub touchpad loj heev stretches los ntawm cov keyboard mus rau di ncauj ntawm xibtes so, tsis muaj ib tug nqaim strip framing nws ntawm ob sab. Hu ua Kev Sib Koom Tes Touchpad, nws muaj kev tawm tswv yim zoo nrog rau plaub lub teeb ci LED uas tsuas yog tshwm sim thaum hu video. Cov glowing glyphs no yog kev tswj ceev ceev rau Zoom thiab lwm yam cuab yeej videoconferencing, tso cai rau koj sai sai tshuaj ntsuam qhia, sib tham, mute thiab unmute lub microphone, thiab toggle webcam video.

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Lub webcam hauv nqe lus nug ua ke tag nrho HD 1080p daws teeb meem nrog IR lub ntsej muag lees paub rau Windows Hello kev ruaj ntseg logins thiab lub kaw lus tsim los tiv thaiv snooping thaum koj tsis siv nws. Nias F9 hauv kev siv txhua hnub lossis kev tswj lub touchpad thaum lub sijhawm Zoom hu ua rau lub cev kaw sab hauv sab saum toj bezel. Lub hau muaj cov xim liab uas yooj yim-rau-siv, yog li koj paub thaum lub koob yees duab offline. Lub LED dawb qhia tias lub webcam ua haujlwm.

Txhua qhov chaw nres nkoj koj xav tau… ntev npaum li nws yog Thunderbolt

Ib qho ntawm Latitude 9440 2-in-1 uas tsis hnyav ntawm cov yam ntxwv yog nws qhov chaw nres nkoj xaiv, uas muaj ib qho trio ntawm Thunderbolt 4 ports es tsis txhob siv cov khoom sib txuas xws li USB Hom-A lossis HDMI. Txhua ntawm peb lub USB-C txuas tuaj yeem tswj tau AC adapter cable lossis them lwm yam khoom siv nrog Fais fab xa tuaj lossis haum rau DisplayPort saib dongle. Yog tias koj xav siv hom chaw nres nkoj qub, koj tuaj yeem nrhiav chaw nres tsheb thiab adapters, tab sis nws yog qhov teeb meem me ntsis.

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Xav txog ntau npaum li cas Dell's XPS 13 Plus kom meej meej cuam tshuam rau Latitude tus qauv tshiab, Kuv xav tias peb yuav tsum ua tsaug rau 3.5mm audio jack ntawm lub laptop txoj cai flank. Lub ultraportable jettisoned qhov tseem ceeb txuas ntawm qhov kev xav tias koj yuav siv Bluetooth headphones lossis hais lus nkaus xwb.

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Hais txog Bluetooth, koj tau txais qhov ntawd thiab Wi-Fi 6E rau kev sib txuas wireless. Yog tias koj mus ncig qhov twg tsis muaj Wi-nkaus pom, cov lus hais saum toj no 5G mobile broadband yog $ 214 ntxiv rau thaum koj teeb tsa koj lub cev.

Ntsuam xyuas Dell Latitude 9440 2-in-1: Kev Ua Lag Luam-Ready Performance

Rau peb cov qauv ntsuas ntsuas, kuv tau muab piv rau Dell Latitude 9440 2-in-1 nrog rau ob lub lag luam hloov pauv, HP Dragonfly Folio G3, thiab tus qauv xyoo tas los, Dell Latitude 9430 2-in-1. Kuv tau sau cov kab kos nrog ob tus thawj coj ultraportables, 13-nti Apple MacBook Pro M2 thiab Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 11. Tag nrho cov laptops no tau txais kev ntaus nqi siab, thiab feem ntau yeej Editors 'Choice khoom plig, yog li kev sib tw hnyav. Txhua lub laptops nyias-thiab-lub teeb nrog cov duab sib xyaw ua ke ntau dua li tsis sib xws GPUs; 16GB ntawm RAM zoo li yog tus qauv, tab sis Latitude tshiab boasts 32GB, uas yuav tsum muab nws ib tug multitasking boost.

Productivity Tests 

Lub ntsiab lus tseem ceeb ntawm UL's PCMark 10 simulates ntau yam kev tsim khoom hauv ntiaj teb tiag tiag thiab cov ntsiab lus tsim ua haujlwm los ntsuas kev ua haujlwm tag nrho rau cov haujlwm hauv chaw ua haujlwm xws li kev ua cov lus, kev nthuav dav, kev tshawb nrhiav hauv web, thiab videoconferencing. Peb kuj tseem khiav PCMark 10's Full System Drive test los ntsuas lub sijhawm thauj khoom thiab kev xa tawm ntawm lub laptop cia.

Peb qhov ntsuas ntsuas tsom rau CPU, siv tag nrho cov cores thiab xov, 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 qhov chaw nyuaj, thaum Geekbench 5.4 Pro los ntawm Primate Labs 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 tus tsim khoom ua haujlwm 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.

Intel's 13th Gen U-series processors tau ua pov thawj tias yog lub hnab sib xyaw ua haujlwm-ntse ntse. Piv nrog rau lawv cov 12th Generation predecessors, qhov kev ua tau zoo yog qee zaum meej tab sis lwm zaus tsis muaj; Qee zaum qhov no yog mus rau qhov tshwj xeeb ntawm kev tsim, nrog rau yam xws li chassis airflow ua lub luag haujlwm. Txawm li cas los xij, koj yuav tsum tsis txhob xav tias lub laptop nrog 13th Gen Intel silicon yuav yeej ib txwm yeej ib qho nrog 12th Gen. Tseeb tiag, xyoo tas los Latitude 9430 2-in-1 edged xyoo no 9440 hauv peb cov qauv CPU.

Nyob rau hauv ntau daim ntawv thov-oriented es tsis yog cov hluavtaws ua tau zoo, txawm li cas los xij, tus tshiab Dell ua tau zoo, tshaj tawm cov qhab nia zoo hauv PCMark 10 thiab Photoshop. Nws yog ib qho kev xaiv zoo rau kev ua haujlwm niaj hnub xws li Microsoft Excel thiab PowerPoint thiab txawm tias lub teeb tawm kho kom raug, yog tias tsis yog tus qauv ntawm lub zog M2 nti hauv MacBook Pro.

Graphics Tests 

Peb sim Windows PCs 'graphic nrog ob lub DirectX 12 gaming simulations los ntawm UL's 3DMark: Hmo ntuj Raid (ntau tus qauv, haum rau lub laptops nrog cov duab sib xyaw), thiab Lub Sijhawm Spy (ntau xav tau, haum rau gaming rigs nrog discrete GPUs). 

Rau kev pom cov duab ntxiv, peb kuj tseem khiav ob qhov kev ntsuam xyuas los ntawm cross-platform GPU benchmark GFXBench 5, uas cuam tshuam rau ob qho tib si theem qis xws li texturing thiab qib siab, game-zoo li duab rendering. Lub 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.

Cov duab sib xyaw ua ke yog lub npe ntawm qhov kev ua si thaum nws los txog rau feem ntau convertibles thiab ultraportables, tab sis koj yuav pom ntau yam tshwm sim hauv peb qhov kev sim ua piv txwv txawm tias lawv tag nrho luv ntawm GPUs siab ntawm gaming laptops. Apple tseem ceeb tsim lub GPU muaj zog rau hauv M2 nti thiab tsoo nws hauv peb qhov kev xeem GFXBench, thaum Latitude 9440 2-in-1 yuav zoo rau kev ua haujlwm hauv chaw ua haujlwm yog tias tsis muaj kev ua si nyuaj lossis chaw ua haujlwm-chav kawm CAD lossis CGI.

Roj teeb thiab Zaub Tests 

Peb sim lub laptop 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. 

Txhawm rau ntsuas kev ua tau zoo, peb kuj siv Datacolor SpyderX Cov Neeg Tseem Ceeb saib ntsuas ntsuas ntsuas ntsuas thiab nws 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 qhov siab tshaj plaws nyob rau hauv nits (candelas ib square meter).

Hauv peb cov vis dis aus rundown, Latitude 9440 2-in-1 tau siv sijhawm ntev txog 16-thiab-ib-ib-teev teev, taug qab lub zog zoo kawg nkaus ntawm MacBook Pro tab sis handily ntaus lwm lub Windows nrog rau nws cov thawj coj. Qhov ntawd yog lub sijhawm ua haujlwm ntev dua li ib nrab ntawm cov tshuab hauv peb lub lag luam zoo tshaj plaws laptops roundup thiab tsim nyog rau peb cov npe ntawm cov laptops nrog lub roj teeb ntev tshaj plaws.

Dell cov zaub zoo yog qhov txaus txaus, ib yam nkaus, me ntsis txaj muag ntawm mobile workstation lossis OLED xim fidelity tab sis ntau tshaj li nplua nuj thiab vivid txaus rau kev tsim khoom lag luam. Nws qhov ci ntsa iab kuj yog qhov siab heev, raws li ib qho ntawm ob peb lub laptops tshaj tawm 500 nits ntawm qhov ci thiab tom qab ntawd tshaj tus lej hauv kev sim.

Kev txiav txim: Ib pab neeg ua si, tsis yog MVP

Peb pom ntau yam nyiam txog Dell Latitude 9440 2-in-1 hauv hom laptop. Cov zaub yog thawj tus nqi, xa cov xim zoo nkauj thiab ci ntsa iab, thiab cov keyboard yog qhov yeej loj heev, nrog rau tus qauv tsim tsis muaj teeb meem thiab lub touchpad loj heev nrog ib qho kev kov Zoom tswj. Nws lub roj teeb lub neej kuj nyob ze rau saum peb cov kab kos. Tab sis nyob rau hauv hom ntsiav tshuaj, 9440 qhia nws qhov tsis raug, nrog ib qho nyuaj-edged xibtes so thiab me ntsis ntawm heft ntxiv. Dell qhov yooj yim xaiv qhov chaw nres nkoj yog qhov zoo yog tias koj twb muaj cov khoom sib dhos lossis chaw nres tsheb, tab sis maddening yog tias koj tsuas yog xav ntsaws rau hauv HDMI saib. Thiab tshwj tsis yog lub roj teeb lub neej, qhov hloov pauv tsis pom qhov ua tau zoo los ntawm Intel's 13th Gen kho vajtse piv rau qhov sib npaug 12th Gen Core i7 nti peb tau sim hauv Latitude 9430 xyoo tas los.

Qhov ntawd tsis txaus los khaws Latitude los ntawm qhov qhab nia zoo, tab sis nws khaws nws los ntawm Editors 'Choice honors. Cov neeg siv khoom lag luam ncaj ncees rau Dell yuav txaus siab zoo kawg nkaus, tab sis peb xav txog HP Dragonfly Folio G3 yog tus hwm zoo dua 2-hauv-1 thiab tag nrho-tab sis-tsis muaj qhov tsis zoo Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon zoo dua ultraportable.