Introduction
After two years of desktop replacements (17.3 "and 18.1") I thought it was time to make myself more comfortable and move on to a handy 14 "model. During the past six months I have been playing around in search of the ultimate laptop regularly Pricewatch result, I had an extensive list of demands:. - 14 " - better resolution than 1366 * 768 - no "macbook" keyboard - eSATA - HDMI - Integrated graphics on this basis came as second cheapest Dell Latitude E5430's out, which differed only on the processor: i3 3120m vs i5 3340m . Because the laptop still a few years it needs it seemed prudent to € 100 extra to throw against it in order to make use of AES new instructions and turbo boost. Use Packaging The laptop was sitting in a plain cardboard box with little imprint. Also, the inserts in order to prevent that the laptop computer would shift or damage were made of cardboard. The only plastic on the packaging was a thin plastic cover to the laptop itself. Bonus Dotting Dell for its environmentally friendly packaging. Besides the laptop, the box still contained a 65W charger, getting started booklet, a CD with webcam software and a card with warranty. Initiation As compared with the package is a very solid, no -nonsense laptop. He feels very sturdy, this is due to the magnesium chassis. Unfortunately for a 14 does this have some extra weight on, "it's certainly no lightweight 2 kg. weight is 2.04 kg on average for 14 "laptops but he still feels heavier than you would expect. The case is very sleek design and includes - the (skew pasted) Windows 7 and i5 stickers - no unnecessary frills. The top of the lid is made of brushed aluminum with a gloss in the middle Dell logo. At the bottom we find the 6-cell battery, the connector for the optional docking station and a flap that covers all servicable hardware. This valve is a good invention Dell, with only two screws you have 10 seconds and you can open the bottom of the internal organs. With most laptops I've had owned this was far from easy. Additional hardware Eventually there is still an SSD get it now standing still in a laptop that my roommate borrows to write. his thesis for additional speed and response I have a Crucial M4 128GB SSD built. Unfortunately, this did not go smoothly, because there is a small corner in the HDD compartment, so the SSD does not fall perfectly into place (HDD fits probably because they often have a sloping top). He makes enough contact to properly function. To compensate for the reduced storage I ordered a HDDcaddy, which I can place on the site of the DVD player. 2nd hard drive That drive is a 1TB Hitachi Travelstar. Aside from the disks I have existing 4GB of RAM can be expanded to 8GB First boat after the glands with the hardware it is time to boot. was To have a reboot and voila after setup of Windows 7 Professional tells the necessary things the desktop was visible. At first glance, there seemed much bloatware included, but all the icons on the desktop and in the system tray turn to the part Dell drivers or configuration software. Unfortunately, upon closer inspection of the installed programs that Live Essentials was included, so do some bloatware present ... Energy Dell also turns out to have provided, ranging from "Extended Battery Life ', through' Quiet 'and' Cool 'extra power profiles to "Ultra Performance". There is also the 'Dell' profile, which is most consistent with the default "Balanced" profile. "Extended Battery Life" delivers as Windows almost two hours extra battery life when you just stare at the desktop (7 hours compared to 5 hours with "Dell"). To what extent the estimation of Windows is representative of my daily use (office and Internet) remains to be seen if the academic year has started, this section I will update in due course. Yesterday evening a movie in SD quality look and screen at half brightness and volume 90%. After 2 hours and 45 minutes, windows to have 40% of battery and have yet to join. Sloppy 4 hours laptopook the meantime, it was pleasant to the uni and has me very positively surprised with its battery life. After two lectures of two hours I still had 53% (between lectures also been on standby for another 2 hours). Must say that the brightness was at its lowest. Fun extras The Latitude E5430 is not only my first Dell, but also my first business notebook. This also means that there are all sorts of fun extras in it. My favorite is the backlit keyboard, which is really an addition if you want to type in the dark. In addition, the extensive bios nifty options. For example you can set the wireless card is turned off automatically when a network cable is connected (why this is not default behavior in Windows, I'm still wondering), you can also set the touchpad / trackball are disabled when a loose mouse is connected and of course a whole slew of security and management options which I did not arrive. daring addition to the extra options in the BIOS, the laptop features a number of other business tricks such as a fall sensor on the motherboard to prevent damage to the hard disk To avoid a smart card reader, a TPM and the ability to use Intel's anti-theft technology. general use I have the laptop for a day or 5 to use and have only become more positive about it. The classic keyboard typing delicious, the touchpad is very accurate, but not hypersensitive. Also, the matte 1600 * 900 screen quiet for my eyes. The Intel Advanced N6205 Wireless Adapter supports up to 300 MBps, unfortunately, our router has only 130 MBps, however, by the use of a dual antenna, the Latitude or an image better connection in my room than my previous laptops (35-48Mbps vs 1-8Mbps ) The sound quality of the speakers is a bit disappointing, but that is something logical, it remains a laptop, and also a business. Music I play nicely via mn in amplifier. SSD is only placed at a later date. For simplicity I chose to clone the SSD with EaseUS Backup Free. The original HDD to the transition from the internal HDD to the SSD This went quite smoothly. Now my laptop then used at another location at home, I finally experienced what a relief a matte screen. Even at the lowest brightness, I do not suffer from omgevingsicht and even with a watery sun on the screen to read. Still fine at low brightness The vertical viewing angle is, moreover, not fantastic, but because it is more of a workhorse than a media tray, I do not find that a problem. - Will supplemented as I use the laptop for longer - Performance this point I'm pretty short - see benchmarks processor links in the introduction - For a device without SSD is booting very smoothly and coming out of standby. When watching online video, everything neatly through the video card, so he does not blow when you watch an HD movie on youtube. Even when playing high quality material remains Display Mode processor quiet down, when playing a. mkv with a bitrate of 11 Mbps remained around 15% CPU usage fluctuate. launch Office is also no problem - mainly because of the SSD - it starts immediately after clicking the shortcut. This is in contrast to the previous laptop which was the SSD, which had still a second or 3-4 for that. 's WiFi performance is more than fine, the Centrino chip supports up to 300 Mbps and is very fast connection. The highest extracted connection speed between the laptop and the AP has been on the uni 264 Mbps and 130 Mbps at home. A little thing that struck me is that all keys are equipped with lights, except for the volume buttons. Now these are quite easy to find, but it is quite different. To be continued ... Update 28-09-2013 Information about sd play movie added on battery Update 11-09-2013 Information about battery life at uni, interpretations of screen bright light and wifi behavior added
After two years of desktop replacements (17.3 "and 18.1") I thought it was time to make myself more comfortable and move on to a handy 14 "model. During the past six months I have been playing around in search of the ultimate laptop regularly Pricewatch result, I had an extensive list of demands:. - 14 " - better resolution than 1366 * 768 - no "macbook" keyboard - eSATA - HDMI - Integrated graphics on this basis came as second cheapest Dell Latitude E5430's out, which differed only on the processor: i3 3120m vs i5 3340m . Because the laptop still a few years it needs it seemed prudent to € 100 extra to throw against it in order to make use of AES new instructions and turbo boost. Use Packaging The laptop was sitting in a plain cardboard box with little imprint. Also, the inserts in order to prevent that the laptop computer would shift or damage were made of cardboard. The only plastic on the packaging was a thin plastic cover to the laptop itself. Bonus Dotting Dell for its environmentally friendly packaging. Besides the laptop, the box still contained a 65W charger, getting started booklet, a CD with webcam software and a card with warranty. Initiation As compared with the package is a very solid, no -nonsense laptop. He feels very sturdy, this is due to the magnesium chassis. Unfortunately for a 14 does this have some extra weight on, "it's certainly no lightweight 2 kg. weight is 2.04 kg on average for 14 "laptops but he still feels heavier than you would expect. The case is very sleek design and includes - the (skew pasted) Windows 7 and i5 stickers - no unnecessary frills. The top of the lid is made of brushed aluminum with a gloss in the middle Dell logo. At the bottom we find the 6-cell battery, the connector for the optional docking station and a flap that covers all servicable hardware. This valve is a good invention Dell, with only two screws you have 10 seconds and you can open the bottom of the internal organs. With most laptops I've had owned this was far from easy. Additional hardware Eventually there is still an SSD get it now standing still in a laptop that my roommate borrows to write. his thesis for additional speed and response I have a Crucial M4 128GB SSD built. Unfortunately, this did not go smoothly, because there is a small corner in the HDD compartment, so the SSD does not fall perfectly into place (HDD fits probably because they often have a sloping top). He makes enough contact to properly function. To compensate for the reduced storage I ordered a HDDcaddy, which I can place on the site of the DVD player. 2nd hard drive That drive is a 1TB Hitachi Travelstar. Aside from the disks I have existing 4GB of RAM can be expanded to 8GB First boat after the glands with the hardware it is time to boot. was To have a reboot and voila after setup of Windows 7 Professional tells the necessary things the desktop was visible. At first glance, there seemed much bloatware included, but all the icons on the desktop and in the system tray turn to the part Dell drivers or configuration software. Unfortunately, upon closer inspection of the installed programs that Live Essentials was included, so do some bloatware present ... Energy Dell also turns out to have provided, ranging from "Extended Battery Life ', through' Quiet 'and' Cool 'extra power profiles to "Ultra Performance". There is also the 'Dell' profile, which is most consistent with the default "Balanced" profile. "Extended Battery Life" delivers as Windows almost two hours extra battery life when you just stare at the desktop (7 hours compared to 5 hours with "Dell"). To what extent the estimation of Windows is representative of my daily use (office and Internet) remains to be seen if the academic year has started, this section I will update in due course. Yesterday evening a movie in SD quality look and screen at half brightness and volume 90%. After 2 hours and 45 minutes, windows to have 40% of battery and have yet to join. Sloppy 4 hours laptopook the meantime, it was pleasant to the uni and has me very positively surprised with its battery life. After two lectures of two hours I still had 53% (between lectures also been on standby for another 2 hours). Must say that the brightness was at its lowest. Fun extras The Latitude E5430 is not only my first Dell, but also my first business notebook. This also means that there are all sorts of fun extras in it. My favorite is the backlit keyboard, which is really an addition if you want to type in the dark. In addition, the extensive bios nifty options. For example you can set the wireless card is turned off automatically when a network cable is connected (why this is not default behavior in Windows, I'm still wondering), you can also set the touchpad / trackball are disabled when a loose mouse is connected and of course a whole slew of security and management options which I did not arrive. daring addition to the extra options in the BIOS, the laptop features a number of other business tricks such as a fall sensor on the motherboard to prevent damage to the hard disk To avoid a smart card reader, a TPM and the ability to use Intel's anti-theft technology. general use I have the laptop for a day or 5 to use and have only become more positive about it. The classic keyboard typing delicious, the touchpad is very accurate, but not hypersensitive. Also, the matte 1600 * 900 screen quiet for my eyes. The Intel Advanced N6205 Wireless Adapter supports up to 300 MBps, unfortunately, our router has only 130 MBps, however, by the use of a dual antenna, the Latitude or an image better connection in my room than my previous laptops (35-48Mbps vs 1-8Mbps ) The sound quality of the speakers is a bit disappointing, but that is something logical, it remains a laptop, and also a business. Music I play nicely via mn in amplifier. SSD is only placed at a later date. For simplicity I chose to clone the SSD with EaseUS Backup Free. The original HDD to the transition from the internal HDD to the SSD This went quite smoothly. Now my laptop then used at another location at home, I finally experienced what a relief a matte screen. Even at the lowest brightness, I do not suffer from omgevingsicht and even with a watery sun on the screen to read. Still fine at low brightness The vertical viewing angle is, moreover, not fantastic, but because it is more of a workhorse than a media tray, I do not find that a problem. - Will supplemented as I use the laptop for longer - Performance this point I'm pretty short - see benchmarks processor links in the introduction - For a device without SSD is booting very smoothly and coming out of standby. When watching online video, everything neatly through the video card, so he does not blow when you watch an HD movie on youtube. Even when playing high quality material remains Display Mode processor quiet down, when playing a. mkv with a bitrate of 11 Mbps remained around 15% CPU usage fluctuate. launch Office is also no problem - mainly because of the SSD - it starts immediately after clicking the shortcut. This is in contrast to the previous laptop which was the SSD, which had still a second or 3-4 for that. 's WiFi performance is more than fine, the Centrino chip supports up to 300 Mbps and is very fast connection. The highest extracted connection speed between the laptop and the AP has been on the uni 264 Mbps and 130 Mbps at home. A little thing that struck me is that all keys are equipped with lights, except for the volume buttons. Now these are quite easy to find, but it is quite different. To be continued ... Update 28-09-2013 Information about sd play movie added on battery Update 11-09-2013 Information about battery life at uni, interpretations of screen bright light and wifi behavior added
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