expirediconian | Staff posted Jan 28, 2026 06:21 PM
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expirediconian | Staff posted Jan 28, 2026 06:21 PM
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The Type C connector for the power adapter is a major weak spot. It's soldered to the motherboard, but the connection is easily damaged. Once it's damaged, there's nothing you can do. With the older barrel adapters, there was a DC in-cable that also could fail (not often), but you could replace it.
The plastic they're using for the Latitude top & bottom case is very brittle. It's easily damaged. especially around the hinges and the air holes.
Some Latitudes - not all - have soldered RAM. You have to read the specs carefully over at Dell.com to determine whether this is the case.
Dell Refurbished also isn't delivering the same product they delivered 6+ years ago. I've received Latitudes from them in recent years with the fan caked with dirt. I returned two like this - they're not even making an effort to inspect the computers, let alone truly "refurbish" them.
I've experienced various other problems with these computers, although the problems with the Type C connectors for power failing has occurred in several.
I kept trying with Dell Latitudes probably long after I should have, but after a series of failures with several computers, I'm pretty much done with them. Cannot recommend them any longer.
Latitudes used to be very good - I'm still occasionally using a Latitude I got in 2016. It's slow, but it's solid. The plastic in the case isn't brittle - not breaking at all. I wish they were still built that well.
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Correction: looks like it only works with the i5 cpu configuration.
Correction: looks like it only works with the i5 cpu configuration.
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