Dell Latitude 5491 Review - 14" Laptop with a 6 Core CPU

[@AgileBrute]

The best reviews on the internet! Thank you Lisa!

[@monicahavechristjesus5455]

Lisa is definitely underrated. She’s one of the best techies on youtube. Thanks for another great review!

[@gangatalishis]

>almost 700k sub's >underrated >pick one.

[@TabalugaDragon]

gangstalishis the amount of views her vids get is far less than that usually

[@oscarjung5405]

uhmmmm no.

[@SpookyNeo]

I love Latitude laptops. Since my boss bought me a 14 inch Latitude back in 2010, I love the form factor. Few months ago, we had 12 Latitude 5490 that came in and they are still brillant. The form factor is perfect for me and they have all the ports that they need. Thanks Lisa for the review, as always :)

[@schwamm1798]

The bottom is actually 20% carbon fiber added PC, with some mica and talcum and fire resistant material added, which is not a cheap plastic as you may think, though it does look a bit cheap and undesirable. Because the bottom is thin, so you can easily twist it and it yields; but once joint with the palmrest, it quite strong. PC is generally used in many good quality travel cases, like Rimowa Salsa series, using PC as the case's body material. Latitude 5000 series uses a lot of PC-(MD+TD) as its body material (MD is mica, TD is talcum, they can increase the PC material's hit-resistance ability), and 20% carbon fiber added PC as LCD lid and bottom cover material. While latitude 7000 series use Magnesium-Aluminum alloy (aluminum 9%), as its LCD lid and bottom, and using 50% carbon fiber added PC as its palmrest, which might sound more premium. Well, all material DELL uses is from SABIC. By the way, PC is expensive than ABS, and is stiffer more resistant to hit and strike. I think DELL is good on its material choose and it sometimes does look ugly, but it really not 'cheap' plastic.

[@schwamm1798]

Honestly, the build quality and detail is really good and is even better than Thinkpad T480. But, Thinkpad uses whole Magnesium-Aluminum alloy frame as its inner skeleton, which DELL doesn't use in Latitude 5000 and 7000

[@rightwingsafetysquad9872]

I think I'd prefer it with a dual fan, dual heat pipe setup and no option for a 2.5" drive. These are most often going to be used docked, so better cooling with more storage external if needed would be preferable.

[@d3r4g45]

I love all the push to smaller than 15" to 14" and 13.3". Finally! Laptop should be light and portable. For desk work can always be connected to a monitor.

[@nr9131]

I bought this for coding. VScode with c++, JavaScript, python along with Android Studio and Eclipse for Java when I just need Java. I can run Android Studio easily with no issues and have about 13-20web pages open in Google (yeah I'm a tab horder), 3-4 word documents, and 3-4 PowerPoint open and I've never ran the CPU past 35% and the memory past about 44%. The build quality feels a bit cheap but after close to a year the build has degraded at all which has been surprising. The screen brightness does suck but turn up brightness to Max and it's fine. Does get loud but the heat is about normal to medium high heat for the given tasks. I plan on upgrading the RAM and SSD at some point. Only regret is now that I'm getting into VR/AR the graphics card won't cut it.

[@nr9131]

Portability is nice won't buy another work PC over 15 inches or 4lbs.

[@PearComputingDevices]

I have this model. I specked mine up with a 6 core, nvidia graphics, thunderbolt and windows hello. It's power packed. It's certainly a power user's workhorse. But with all that power comes heat. The fan runs loud and often even using Dell's power management application. That said I find it hard to quibble over given it's power. My other Latitudes (7470 and 6440) are a little better on the ears with the 7470 being almost silent. I just think Dell could have done a better job in that department or maybe I've just gotten accustomed to the near silence of the former.

[@ibrahimabueraq759]

This video is premium

[@SlavaBezgachev]

Good option for Linux - powerful cpu without Nvidia, good for compiling cpp code

[@agaskew]

Wowsers, another great looking machine. Thanks!

[@althds7099]

Yes, finally, a real video about this dell latitude.

[@PearComputingDevices]

I had a choice between the XPS 15 or this and yeah, the 1080 screen is nothing to write home about and neither is the fan noise, but it's beefy and you can stick it in a bag and not worry so much. I ended up redoing the themal paste on mine and upgrading the M.2 to a Samsung 960 pro series and I can say that definitely improved things over all. It's a fantastic for a power user, but if your going to just sit there and watch videos sticking to an XPS13 or the latitude 5490 is a far cheaper option as this thing isn't cheap.

[@burnsiet]

I don't care what anyone says, I have one of these, and it is great. It is the 14 inch "Precision" we have always wanted for people who dont want a 15 inch.

[@vit.khudenko]

Please review Dell 5401 as well.

[@ahmedalmaimoni4352]

Excellent review as usual Lisa!!. Will you be doing a review of the new HP Zbook Studio x360?. Thanks in advance.

[@chengong388]

That Geekbench multi core score is just barely higher than that of the MacBook Pro 13” with 4 cores. And people blame apple for putting six cores in limited thermal environments.

[@JohnDoe-pm3oq]

Excellent review: thorough & VERY technical. My employer provided this computer to me. It replaces a Dell Latitude E7250 my employer previously provided to me. I don't care for it. It's 1.5 inches longer than the older computer. Therefore, it barely fits into my tried & true brief case in service for more than 15 years and across a half dozen countries and more than two oceans / seas. The new computer is light enough, just too large. It'll never be used in an airplane because it is too large. This change also moves me from Windows Operating System 7 to Ops System 10. That's not the computer's fault, but it's an additional reason I don't like it. One thing that is really annoying is the Dell TB16 (thunderbolt) docking station that came with the new computer. The primary problems with this are: 1) the permanently wired cord that runs from the docking station to the computer is TOO SHORT!, 2) it's a big fat block that will not travel in my brief case or Skyroll suit case, and 3) it's just plain stupid.

[@robertktw]

thanks Lisa as always! ^^

[@Vienna6Boy]

Hey there i wanted to ask if you can give me any recommendations on good laptops for Cad 3D modeling? It should be mobile as i will use it for for other university tasks as well. I watched almost all of your videos and it helped a lot to narrow it down a bit but im still very unsure what could be the right choice for me. I hope you will read this Greetings from Vienna ✌🏾

[@adalovelace95]

Is it possibe to make it silent by Windows energy settings or will it turn on the fan anyway every time you start a program or open a large spreadsheet? And thanks for the review!

[@gjessica347]

What is the purpose of the screen folding all the way back?

[@ElmarBischof]

Great Video ! Thank you very much for your Review. What is your thought on the 5591 in comparison to the 5491? Did they improve the cooling/fan system or is it exactly the same story, just an inch and half larger ?

[@pejmansehatpour7838]

Hi Lisa, I'm glad you reviewed this laptop. It is a unique package as you pointed out. I have last year's model (5480) with a core i7 and 32GB RAM. Some of what I do is computationally demanding so it's perfect for my work. It's also a pound lighter than any other laptop in the market with an equal amount of computional power. At the office, when I need more graphic power, I connect it to an external GPU through its thunderbolt.

[@htcm9190]

No man, your I7 is dual core which is very poor comparing to high end quad core I7 like 8650u or 7700hq ... very slow ....

[@pejmansehatpour7838]

@@htcm9190 the one I have in my laptop is a Quad core 45 watt CPU (i7- 7820HQ). That's the whole point, the great thing about the Latitude 54xx models is that you can configure them with very powerful components in a lightweight package and not much heat issues (they are not super thin but aren't heavy).

[@nikos-giorgos]

Why are you talking to Lisa? She never replies!Never.

[@GrymligastPS4]

Watching this on my Latitude 5580

[@jerrygundecker743]

Lisa, you and your team take laptops apart all the time. How about doing a shorty on what tools you use to do that. There seems to be oceans of tools on sale but for which tools on which machines? Just a thought. Regards,

[@DiegoVos]

Can you please do a review about the new Samsung tab S4? Always great reviews from you.

[@Boushin]

How about the i5 version without the dedicated gpu? Would it throttle or be loud?

[@JohnnyOthman]

love your t-shirt!

[@BrutusTheUgly]

Hello Lisa, on the PC MARK 10, Geekbench4 and Fire Strike it is written Dell Lattitude 5194 not 5491 :)

[@mobiletechreview]

Dyslexic me - whoops!

[@duckwerksofficial]

Got one of these at work. Really wish it was a thinkpad instead. The trackpad, "Trackpoint" type nipple and especially the keyboard on the Dell are borderline unacceptable.

[@tek2313]

I don't mind the thickness if it has a lot of ports. Apple should learn from this.

[@firstnamelastname8336]

Neh, apple is going to out two "USB-D" ports and nothing else, the very day USB-D is announced and no one has any peripherals using this standard. "because fuck you customer, WE decide what's good for you". Either that or they refuse to integrate said new standard until 5 years later. Like they did with USB3.0.

[@gaznev2111]

Lisa can you pls do a review of the new dell 5530 (6 core Xeon) laptop ? How is this different to the XPS?

[@Mossmann9]

awesome channel, any suggestion about Vostro 3400 vs. vostro 5502 both with i5 core thanks

[@thany3]

2 fails so far: Thermal throttling - I consider that a manufacturing error. Time for warranty. A laptop should *never* try to overheat itself when new. A dedicated proprietary power connector in 2018 is not done, imo. We have USB-C now for that, using Power Delivery. Even the businessy Thinkpad T480s uses it for charging and has no proprietary connector anymore. Sure you can borrow a charger from an older laptop, but this is not recommended, and doesn't really happen in practice anyway. 2 wins: Two RAM slots - upgrade to 16GB RAM is cheap because of this, and 32GB is possible. This is rare in 14" laptops that are slim, or even quite slim. Lots of ports! Screw those laptops that have few or no ports. Why would anyone want to limit him/herself on purpose?

[@jbhrantz8087]

Please don't assume pronuns just say "who would limit themselves on purpose" thanks.

[@mobiletechreview]

USB-C has a 100 watt charging limit, and this laptop requires 130 watts. That's why gaming laptops don't have USB-C charging.

[@thany3]

I don't buy that. With a 45W CPU the laptop can't be using much more than, say, 70W at full load / everything at full blast. USB-C would then supply an additional 30W to charge, much more when the laptop is closer to idle or turned off. They supply a 130W charger to charge the battery fastest, but 100W is more than sufficient. My T480s comes with a 65W charger, and a 45W charger works just as well, only a bit slower.

[@thany3]

A double heat pipe system doesn't neccesarily remedy the overheating problem. The fan also has to be capable of expelling all that heat energy. I would personally suggest a dual fan layout, like oh I dunno, *all* other 45W CPU based laptops?

[@TabalugaDragon]

thany3 except for short times of usage, this CPU TDP can rise up to 70-80 watts, because of all those cores and frequencies. 45 watts is the power limit that activates at prolonged loads. And charging the laptop takes 40-50 watts, so they made the right choices here.

[@callmelubo]

Why all laptops do overheat and throttle ? I don't get it, add one more fan, make it thicker, I don't care... I just don't get it... seems like all manufactures do this

[@aryanganvir81]

Ya ,I also dislike it. I think the reasons behind that is 1) Bad design for thermal management. 2) Even If they are still 45 watt processors like last year that amount of heat generated considering all the other factors is more 3) The whole laptop industry as a whole is shifting to the 'thin and light laptops' Now the thing is only currently we can see statements from users like "I don't want thin laptop, you can make it thicker if it had better thermal management" but I think the Same users are at the fault too . The reason is that in the past (until last year) whenever there was a gaming laptop announced (which we know are the most powerful breed of laptops around) people always complained about thick bezels and how they don't wanna carry around a brick. If you want you can look around the comments on old laptop announcement and reviews. So ya in my opinion both people and companies are at fault.

[@callmelubo]

@@aryanganvir81 difficult to say... I agree I dont want a laptop that screams I am a gamer, look at me and carry 3 kg on my back. But I think you can manage good thermals and have laptop around 2.3 -2.5 kg due to thin bezzels. So I think its doable. Its just not a good segment for companies, because it may be a bit niche. Also I dont need a fricking gpu that shares heatsink with cpu, really kills the thermals too

[@aryanganvir81]

@@callmelubo I totally agree on this statement. The only professional laptop that doesn't sound scream(apart from business line) gamery and is powerful is XPS 15.Now there is zenbook pro and x1 extreme. It's just that these are more expensive to manufacture than their normal line raising the cost . Personally I do think theycould've have better design for heat management by having separate heat pipes for gpu and cpu, maybe even three as seen in more thick and expensive laptops. But I also believe that we are just in transition period where are seeing things and light gaming laptops by every company and hopefully we can better thermals next year. Also when I say people are also at fault I meant by statements such as- , when XPS 15 was announced we already saw that it had cpu as well as a gpu upgrade and in my opinion 1050ti is powerful enough for professional use (keep in mind these are only laptops having such a powerful cpu+gpu combo providing 8 hrs + battery life) but people are like " Why doesnt XPS provides a gtx 1060 or a 1070 Max q like other gaming laptops " .Now I am not defending XPS line, They definitely need to improve lot of things but people complaining both ways annoys me slightly.

[@alsamuef]

Why all laptops have to satisfy your particular needs and taste?

[@firstnamelastname8336]

Yet another bad Apple trend...

[@1seipai]

It's not exactly the most technical of questions but why did you get rid of the old intro/jingle? I preferred that!

[@mobiletechreview]

I liked it too, but the new jingle seems to fit the new animation better.

[@1seipai]

That's fair enough!

[@hellslayer9638]

where u get your t shirts ? they are cool i haven't seen such unique graphics on t shirts

[@VarunaSingh89]

awaiting the X1 Extreme review

[@sabirkothiya9977]

Hi Lisa, can you please unbox and review the Samsung Galaxy Tab S4?

[@Faeint]

Between latitude 5490 ,Lenovo t450 and hp 840 g1,g2 and g4 which one should I go for ?

[@tim6528]

Hi Lisa, what do you think is the best all around 15 in laptop for $1000 ? Thank you.

[@threepointonefour607]

Tim HP Envy 15 add whatever you can within $1000

[@wyzemann]

I LOVE YOUR KERMIT SHIRT!

[@SWOSTIKSATPATHY]

Please try to benchmark the X1 Extreme and provide your review on the same! Thanks in Advance.

[@lindsaylee386]

Wow a finger print scanner AMAzing

[@firstnamelastname8336]

Have you tried it on Linux? I have ordered one (same specs, except no MX150) and wondering if the LTE modem is going to work...

[@adrianintheweb]

How are you doing on Linux? Any updates so far?

[@gregnixon1296]

Is there a way to disable the pointer stick that sits between the G, H, and B keys? Driving me crazy.

[@cristophercabrera5332]

Saludos,me puedes decir por favor de cuanto watt es el cargador ?

[@Fusionprogamer]

Lisa please review the Dell canvas!!!

[@mobiletechreview]

Before the Dell Canvas was released, Dell promised us a loaner, but it never appeared. I nagged. I tried. Oh well. On another note, I have the Wacom Cintiq Pro 24 in house for review!

[@joydeepdebnath3652]

Can you please review the New Dell Vostro i7 (10th Gen)? Please!

[@nishithpalakodeti2598]

Review the x1 extreme please

[@chawenhalo0089]

Nice to see Dell offering this sort of package. Shame about the built quality...

[@tomek85fcb]

Hello, Is it possible to install SSD Sata III disk together with SSD M.2 ?

[@gate9595]

Why do they even make 1366 displays still.....?

[@althds7099]

Because some people want to cut costs in screen. Idk why they would but probably.

[@cristophercabrera5332]

Can you tell me how many watts is the laptop charger?

[@JorgeEscobarMX]

This is actual competition to the Lenovo Thinkpad T series.

[@davidrepreza7781]

lol

[@muhaiminmahim4535]

Can it be used for programming purpose?

[@aymanshalabi9307]

Is it good for editing

[@MeXtSxDarKmoonX]

You think this computer with the 6 to 8 GB ram version,run the program FL Studio my Dell Inspiron 9335?? (To many numbers haha) (amd a8, 8gb ram, 1tb ssd (I WILL BE IMMEDIATELY SLAPPING IT IN THEIR)) Ran it okay but the sound drives just keep crashing it's 4 -5 years old from personal use and bought it from work after 1 year of use

[@oslo8888]

رائع ، شكرا لك 😘

[@jay55148]

Cool shirt 👚! 👍

[@adilibrahim3759]

Could you please do a review on Lenovo Yoga c930

[@althds7099]

Does the Dell Vostro 7000 series actually exist?

[@tejved1477]

Is it better than Lenovo flex 14?

[@exsah2]

Can I set up preboot autchentication with fingerprint login?

[@sakethkapoor688]

Still waiting for thinkpad x1 extreme review.

[@michawilczynski4992]

Finally!

[@karolwjbsiwnsnzkqem8991]

Miał może ktoś taki przypadek że laptop się włączał i był czarny ekran i tylko jedna kreską i wie co mogło się stać ten sam model laptop Lub jak zrobić reset bez właczania

[@Meligy]

Great review, disappointing laptop, especially for the screen, although it could had been a great option for ThinkPad converts otherwise!

[@johnteslov5870]

Nice Kermit the Frog shirt! Yeet!

[@vipolo]

Low brightness is killing the laptop from buying.

[@TheAdnan13]

Good

[@davidg4512]

Latitude screens all suck. Just go with thinkpad T or P series and get the 4k screen. Keep this in mind, I got a thinkpad t580 which has i7-8560u, 16gb of ram, 4k display, extended battery, 500 gig ssd, 2 years next business day on site warranty repairs for 1400 from Lenovos site. Find me a Dell that will beat those features and price. You just won't.

[@john.john.johnny]

It looks like she has a blue shirt with Kermit looking at camera in front of screen

[@Zoranurai13]

Only the price, warranty and cpu are premium lol

[@ThePayola123]

Nice Tee-Shirt...!!!

[@jessicastarr4427]

Wtf did I just watch? I just wanted to know if this is a good computer or not cause I just bought one but she might as well have been speaking Spanish

[@dylan.606]

the spec isnt balanced. 6 core cpu with 8 gb of ram and a cheap ass gpu? I can live with the gpu but the 8 gb ram is stupid

[@TabalugaDragon]

you look upset Lisa, is everything ok? about the laptop - that price for a laptop without a dedicated GPU and that cooling for such a powerful CPU are both terrible. I don't understand what people who make these things are even thinking.

[@amandabass04]

Business laptop? it must be expensive 🧐

[@amandabass04]

Almost 2k$ for non touch lol no thanks

[@wyzemann]

Amanda04 Well worth it; Latitudes are truly built to last indefinitely. I still utilize my 10yr old D630. I won’t part with it...ever.

[@ravibattula4786]

Horrible model I have ever used. Dead slow, Battery back us very poor only 45mins to 1 hour. Battery is dead in 1 and half year. Disk always shows as 100%.You can boil eggs in at back side of laptop. I am using with windows 10 professional.

[@gavlatennis2824]

Those zany tee shirts are so distracting...

[@nathaphonstikkelorum1068]

Xiaomi Notebook Air 13 (2018) is better for the price you pays and it is very light.

[@firstnamelastname8336]

Xiamo has half the CPU performance. Half.

[@abbasqureshii77]

Any giveaway for me I need a laptop for my school any budget that you can?

[@zianyang1011]

a weird product

[@ritualj0int]

180 nits lol 🤣

[@修理固成-p2t]

1.65kg(；´_ゝ`)。 Little too heavy for mobile use.