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expirediconian | Staff posted Feb 21, 2024 10:14 PM
Dell Refurbished Savings/Coupon: 50% Off Dell Latitude 7400 Laptops
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Intel was introducing new 8th gen CPUs as late as Q3 2019
Scratches will be minor in B grade laptops, and close to nonexistent in A grade
Battery will be replaced if it's under 80% capacity
A used latitude in good shape will likely outlast a new Inspiron, and $399 is more than double the price of this deal.
You can return these on Dell Refurbished's dime if there is anything wrong (such as loose hinges).
It's on my desk now, driving two 32" 4K monitors from the HDMI sand USB-C ports, plus the 14" screen, running 50 edge tabs, notes, outlook, chrome, and teams. I'm managing Azure & M365 resources, coding in PS via the portal. it's durable, well-supported, easy to buy parts for (I put in a 2TB drive for my photography, for which I run PS and LR Classic).
In short, a perfectly fine laptop for those who don't game.
A semi-pro purpose-built scan tool with same same capabilities would have run me at least $500 or more (and they typically are custom android tablets). As a bonus, this is a Windows 11 laptop that can serve other purposes.
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I've imaged dozens of these 7400s at work the last few months and they are a bargain at <200 bucks. They still have hundreds in use at my work as the refresh cycle is pretty long here.
-- The machine is a good machine. The case I received was metal and is heavy compared to my other machines.
-- The overall build quality is good.
-- For general office use it is perfect.
-- It is upgradable to Windows 11.
-- The machine was wiped and I did not see too much bloatware on it.
Issues that I had:
-- The keyboard did not work out of the box. I contacted Dell and they could not send me a new keyboard but provided a credit of $30 so I could pick up a new one from the "Bay" company. Replacement keyboards were not in over abundance.
-- Essentially I had to rebuild the machine, so I also replaced the thermal paste at the same time.
-- I did run the battery test and it was borderline for replacement, so I also had that with the keyboard. I was sent a replacement battery.
-- It seems to be a known issue that the rubber strip that is a "foot" for the case does peal off and the replacement is expensive. I have tried the glues that some recommenced, but they do not work. I had to use two sided sticky tape.
-- The screen is not as bright as an older Dell Ultra machine I have or a older MacBook Air
Price paid was about the same as now.
I've imaged dozens of these 7400s at work the last few months and they are a bargain at <200 bucks. They still have hundreds in use at my work as the refresh cycle is pretty long here.
Since then, I've never spent over $430 for a replacement and some of those were new.
Rocking a $300 Asus Core i5-8250 with 8GB of RAM bought used in 2018. The keyboard has a few keys that stopped working. I have that issue with all laptops, except Dell, so to me, the slight premium to get a Dell Laptop with 6500 passmarks and 8GB of RAM is fine.
Always check the passmarks for any CPU to avoid being screwed. Some core i3 are faster than Core i7 from just a few years ago and cost much less.
Typing up documents, doing regular-sized spreadsheets and PPTs just don't need that much RAM or power.
When I need to get real work done, I don't use a laptop. To me, laptops are remote access and portable entertainment devices, nothing more. If one gets stolen in an airport, I don't care (that much). On the way to a job, I'd stop by the local big-box store and buy a replacement. Coming home, I have time and don't need to be rushed. I've waited over 6 months between a dead laptop and replacement.
I have yet to find a laptop that can connect to 40TB of infiniband storage.
These days, I've been using an Android tablet for travel and haven't taken a laptop for a few years. Clients don't want a foreign computer on their networks anyway. I borrow one of theirs and boot my OS off flash media.
"Business" laptops are about replacement parts. When you have a business with 120K employees, you want laptop parts to be interchangeable and to have just a few standard models in the "approved" list. "Business line" laptops from all vendors mean that the vendor has an agreement with their suppliers to provide identical parts for at least 3 yrs from the release date.
With consumer laptops, we get whatever parts are available that month. The supplier may be at the end of the run, so finding that exact laptop with those exact parts in 3 months, new, may be impossible. This is why business line laptops are more expensive and consumer line laptops are cheaper.
Anyway, I need to see if there's a reasonable model for my needs.
Looks like mostly CoreM CPUs. I've found those to be terribly slow. They are more about optimizing power use. Be careful.
I've imaged dozens of these 7400s at work the last few months and they are a bargain at
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-- Essentially I had to rebuild the machine, so I also replaced the thermal paste at the same time.
-- I did run the battery test and it was borderline for replacement, so I also had that with the keyboard. I was sent a replacement battery.
-- It seems to be a known issue that the rubber strip that is a "foot" for the case does peal off and the replacement is expensive. I have tried the glues that some recommenced, but they do not work. I had to use two sided sticky tape.
-- The screen is not as bright as an old
ORDER SUMMARY
Dell Latitude 7400 Touch
Product ID: dell-latitude-7400-touch-000016
Dell Latitude 7400 Notebook, 14-in FHD Touch (1920 x 1080), Webcam, 1x Intel Core i7 Quad (i7-8665U) 1.90 GHz, 16 GB RAM, 512 GB SSD, No Optical, Intel Integrated Graphics, Backlit Keyboard, Windows 10 Professional
Status: In Stock
1 x $429.00
Subtotal $429.00
Shipping & Handling $14.99
Promo Codes
50% off 7400 Laptops (YEAREND7400, - $229.49)
Promo Code Discount - $214.50
Shipping Discount - $14.99
Tax $19.31
Total $233.81
In for the same... Core i7, 16GB, 512 SSD and a touch screen seems like a solid computer for a little over 200 bucks.
I've order a few of these dell refurb items before and have been very satisifed. For the kids, I got a micro form factor PC, a small form factor PC, and a laptop for my mom.
Fun stuff.
So I did not complete the order.
I was excited to get this laptop.
Bummed out now.
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Dell Latitude 7410 Notebook,
14-in FHD Touch (1920 x 1080),
Intel Core i7 Quad (i7-10610U) 1.80 GHz,
16 GB RAM,
512 GB SSD
$318 shipped/taxes....
Thoughts?
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