Dell Latitude 5491

The Latitude 5491 is a well-built laptop that's a pleasure to use, but if all you need in a business notebook is a traveling partner for word processing and spreadsheets, the $2,370 configuration tested is about twice as powerful and twice as costly as a suitable system.

Stellar six-core performance; Snappy keyboard; Old and new ports ranging from VGA to Thunderbolt 3

Expensive; Unexceptional battery life; Noisy cooling fan

Dell Latitude 5491 (8850H, MX130, Touchscreen) Laptop Review

The Latitude 5491 with hexa-core i7-8850H CPU and Nvidia GeForce MX130 outperforms the Latitude 5490 models with ULV CPUs and integrated graphics - at times substantially so. Of course, in order to benefit from the two additional CPU cores, the application has to be designed to take advantage of the...

good build quality; great performance; dedicated GPU; good input devices; very fast SD reader; 180 degree display; Thunderbolt 3

dim display with noticeable backlight bleeding; big and bulky power adapter; some keyboard flex; high minimum power consumption; poor turbo boost sustainability; reduced battery life compared to the 15 W model; extremely hot under load