Dell Latitude E5400 14.1" Laptop (Brushed Metal Black)

by Dell

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 16.7 x 14.2 x 8.5 inches ; 10.4 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 pounds
• ASIN: B002UIVK0E
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #91,175 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: December 19, 2005

Product Description

Dell Latitude E5400 Notebook Intel Centrino Duo Core 2 Duo T7250 2 GHz - 14.10

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Ok, if you need something for occasional use., August 15, 2010

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A. K. Naravanekar (Seattle, WA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dell Latitude E5400 14.1" Laptop (Brushed Metal Black) (Electronics)

Note: My company gave me this laptop for work purposes. I've used it for over a month now. I didn't pay for it, so don't know what the cost of this laptop is elsewhere on the internet or in stores.

Build: Looks like a good sturdy laptop for office use. Durability wise, no problems so far.

It does feel heavy for it's size though. It is ugly because it's a "business class" product and not a home or a media class product. The screen size is thicker than other laptops that you get today.

Configuration & Performance: Mine came with a Core 2 Duo, and 4 GB ram. Shipped with Windows 7 professional. So far it has handled whatever I've thrown at it quite well. I've tried a couple of videos on it, the speakers are alright. I've used it for running Visual Studio (2010) and Eclipse (Helios) and it's handled both really well. The boot up time feels a little high for the configuration, but it's not too bad.

Noise: The fans are extremely silent and not just on power save mode. I haven't heard a peep out of this laptop so far. I'm really weird about the noise factor and I have to say so far this laptop has fared well in that department. The hard drive is dead silent (as it should be!).

Keyboard & Pointer devices: The keyboard just sucks. The keys are way too soft so you don't get the feel of pressing them. Yet, they make that typing sound. Just weird. The touch-pad isn't responsive enough even after a lot of tweaking with the dell software. Neither is the pointer in between the keyboard. In fact the pointer is so weird, it registers a left click when you accidentally touch it while typing. That's really annoying when you're trying to get work done! Overall, the keyboard, the touch-pad, the pointer seem very cheap and flimsy. The behavior is erratic and I don't think it's a software issue.

Display: The brightness is fine. The "auto-brightness" is nonsense. The laptop has a light sensor which adjusts the brightness level depending on ambient light. It just doesn't work. As much as someone's shadow standing over your shoulder messes it up to a huge extent. At times there is no change in light and it still flickers. I've just turned it off. The max-brightness is bright enough for work in direct sunlight. Overall, the display is ok. Nothing to brag about, but nothing really big to complaint about either.

Adapter etc: The power brick is nice and thin and the cord has a power indicator on the tip that connects to the laptop. The problem is it stays on even when not connected to the laptop, but I guess they designed it that way so you'd know. The LEDs on the laptop aren't very bright. BUT, I find the HDD light rather annoying. It keeps flickering way too much indicating heavy disk activity even when it's just idling. This indicator shouldn't even be there IMHO. It's pointless.

One thing I like is the ability to stop the battery from charging so you can leave the laptop constantly plugged in when you want without worrying that it'll reduce the overall battery life.

Conclusion: Ok, if you want something to work with occasionally. It's not very comfortable to carry around. You might want to get a mouse and keyboard to use with this thing. I'd say this laptop is worth 500$ given what I've seen so far.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Piece of Junk, April 1, 2010

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Art Lady (Tennessee) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dell Latitude E5400 14.1" Laptop (Brushed Metal Black) (Electronics)

Our school purchased a Latitude laptop for every teacher in our school this year. They are very useful if you are looking for a paper weight or need to flatten out student paintings from art class. Otherwise, they are useless. All of them crash at least once a day, and I mean with the ominous blue screen featuring the ominous fatal error message. Several crash in lieu of a screen saver-- students come in for a class, you teach for an hour and return to the computer to complete you work and, Voila!, the lover blue screened fatal error message. This has happened this morning six times already and it is only 10:26 am. I recommend you spend your money elsewhere, Perhaps in decorative paper weights with the blue bird of happiness instead of this lap top with the blue screen of despair.

5.0 out of 5 stars Latitude computer, May 25, 2011

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Tiffany (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dell Latitude E5400 14.1" Laptop (Brushed Metal Black) (Electronics)

We have a Latitude computer,, it is the E5400. It was givenn to my son to use with his school work. We have had it all school year. Because of it's durabliity and size we have just started using it as our home computer. It is 11:54 pm and I am online looking to see how much it would cost to replace this computer. I have to give it back tomorrow and I dont want to. We have nine children all have touched/used this computer over the last nine months nad it is in amazing condition. It has wonderful keys. I just really like it. And if I can afford one I will be getting one.. or perhaps two. Really no joke. it has not crashed nor has it been repaired. We have had not one problem with it. I would highly recomend this computer. Really I will miss it a lot.