expirediconian | Staff posted Jan 04, 2023 06:32 PM
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expirediconian | Staff posted Jan 04, 2023 06:32 PM
Dell 14" Latitude 5490 Laptop (Refurbished, various configurations)
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Micro Center deals often attract thumbs down on slickdeals because of their limited retail footprint. Though the logic for some might be "if you don't live near MC, just ignore the deal", there are others who tend to approach MC deals as "get this MC deal out of my face".
The Micro Center deal is for a new retail device at an above average price for the range seen on slickdeals (and also notable a price over $100 above the range for the laptops in this deal). Searching for comparable laptops with the CPU model i3-115G4 will identify a typical range of $200-300.
The CPU in the MC laptop deal is an 11th generation dual-core i-series model whereas the laptops in this deal are 8th generation four-core i-series models. Dual-core i-series systems are certainly functional PCs which are also head and shoulders above any of the Atom-based CPU competition. However, four-core i series CPU laptops have historically presented a much better long-term investment as productivity PCs (just ask all the users with aging 4th generation and older i5 systems who don't consider their PC unusable for basic browsing and Office apps).
As much as I'd want to draw your attention to the CPU distinction, for many slickdeals users items 1 and 2 are likely driving the traffic. Honestly, price is probably a bigger factor than I mention since I've seen plenty of objectively good deals at one price get massively overshadowed by the traffic generated by deals on garbage at a marginally lower price. In laptops, this sometimes happens where a nice four-core i3-1125G4 at $250 gets limited exposure but an Atom-based laptop at $199 generates a million "will this run Minecraft?" posts.
As to the CPU distinction I think that really highlights the interesting value of these old Dells. The i3-1115G4 in the newer MC laptop is going to beat the 8th generation CPUs in these Dell laptops in single core performance (easily by 30% or more). The newer i3 would also certainly keep pace with the "bigger" 8th generation CPUs in 2- and 4-thread loads (note that both CPUs are also multi-threaded, so each core handles two threads). However, the additional core capacity means that the 8th generation CPU would still have the potential to pull ahead of the newer i3 in highly multi-threaded loads. This is noteworthy in a world where even internet browsers are multi-threaded. Is one really superior over the other for basic productivity? I'd dare say they're about the same. However, I'd personally give the edge to the four core 8th generation CPU (and really any supported four-core i-series model) for long-term viability as a Windows platform device, especially when both CPU models are included in support for Windows 11 [microsoft.com].
Good luck!
Jon
I emailed them about it a month after I got it and they said they don't have any replacement batteries so they gave me a link for an authentic OEM one from partspeople which was $80 and said they could refund me $90.
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These are about 5 years old give or take (released 2018) depending on production month. Take it for what you will but understand your getting 5 year old tech.
With hat said they were strong for the daily grind office tasks. Not much wrong with them.
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I emailed them about it a month after I got it and they said they don't have any replacement batteries so they gave me a link for an authentic OEM one from partspeople which was $80 and said they could refund me $90.
(4*1.7=6.8 GHz) > (2*2.6=5.6ghz)
So yea
Jk. It really depends what you do and the application.
2 x 2.6 = 5.2 from where I'm sitting... And yes, I am THAT guy.
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I actually don't think refurbished is the right way to describe this laptop. It is better described as "a used laptop that has been heavily used in a corporate environment for 4 years, but has been cleaned and inspected for functionality."
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- Micro Center deals often attract thumbs down on slickdeals because of their limited retail footprint. Though the logic for some might be "if you don't live near MC, just ignore the deal", there are others who tend to approach MC deals as "get this MC deal out of my face".
- The Micro Center deal is for a new retail device at an above average price for the range seen on slickdeals (and also notable a price over $100 above the range for the laptops in this deal). Searching for comparable laptops with the CPU model i3-115G4 will identify a typical range of $200-300.
- The CPU in the MC laptop deal is an 11th generation dual-core i-series model whereas the laptops in this deal are 8th generation four-core i-series models. Dual-core i-series systems are certainly functional PCs which are also head and shoulders above any of the Atom-based CPU competition. However, four-core i series CPU laptops have historically presented a much better long-term investment as productivity PCs (just ask all the users with aging 4th generation and older i5 systems who don't consider their PC unusable for basic browsing and Office apps).
As much as I'd want to draw your attention to the CPU distinction, for many slickdeals users items 1 and 2 are likely driving the traffic. Honestly, price is probably a bigger factor than I mention since I've seen plenty of objectively good deals at one price get massively overshadowed by the traffic generated by deals on garbage at a marginally lower price. In laptops, this sometimes happens where a nice four-core i3-1125G4 at $250 gets limited exposure but an Atom-based laptop at $199 generates a million "will this run Minecraft?" posts.As to the CPU distinction I think that really highlights the interesting value of these old Dells. The i3-1115G4 in the newer MC laptop is going to beat the 8th generation CPUs in these Dell laptops in single core performance (easily by 30% or more). The newer i3 would also certainly keep pace with the "bigger" 8th generation CPUs in 2- and 4-thread loads (note that both CPUs are also multi-threaded, so each core handles two threads). However, the additional core capacity means that the 8th generation CPU would still have the potential to pull ahead of the newer i3 in highly multi-threaded loads. This is noteworthy in a world where even internet browsers are multi-threaded. Is one really superior over the other for basic productivity? I'd dare say they're about the same. However, I'd personally give the edge to the four core 8th generation CPU (and really any supported four-core i-series model) for long-term viability as a Windows platform device, especially when both CPU models are included in support for Windows 11 [microsoft.com].
Good luck!
Jon
Dell Latitude 5491 Notebook, 14-in FHD (1920 x 1080), Webcam, 1x Intel Core i5 Quad (i5-8400H) 2.50 GHz, 8 GB RAM, 256 GB SSD, No Optical, Intel Integrated Graphics, Backlit Keyboard, Windows 10 Professional
UPDATE: Price was lowered to $329, so the JAN23DEAL2 coupon no longer works since it only applies to $349+ builds.
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