AUGUST 2019 PCWorld 83and a power-sipping display,
serves as the Intel ecosystem’s
answer to what Qualcomm
and its partners promise.
Dell touts the Latitude
7400 as the world’s most
compact 14-inch commercial
2-in-1, and that’s probably
accurate. What that means,
however, is that the Latitude
7400 is decidedly chunky,
with a few more millimeters of
Z-height than a thin-and-light
design. Dell uses this to its
advantage, however, by
including a full cadre of ports.
The Latitude 7400’s
3.3-pound heft, while not svelte, weighs less
than expected. It’s also fair to say that the
78Wh battery option will allow you to leave
the charger at home in most cases, which
would otherwise bring the total travel weight
to 4.08 pounds.
Dell’s Latitude 7400 certainly doesn’t look
like the stereotypical function-over-form
business notebook. The silvery aluminum
exterior offers a bit more style. More and
more notebook vendors of this generation are
trimming the bezels to streamline their
products, and the 7400 is no exception: The
side bezels are just 0.4mm thick, with a bit
more space (0.6mm) allocated to the top
bezel to accommodate the webcam.
The Latitude 7400’s display also
emphasizes battery life, with a conventional
1080p display that’s protected by Gorilla
Glass 5. Not only does the Latitude’s
display use extremely low power, the
amount of light it emits is limited: Dell rates
it at 300 nits, though ours emitted a
maximum of 284 nits. While that’s not
enough to combat outdoor glare in the
summer sun, we plopped the Latitude 7400
next to a well-lit window and tapped away
without issue. We didn’t measure its color
accuracy, but after comparing it to several
other displays, it matched up well with a
Microsoft Surface Book 2.
All told, the combination of slim bezels
and the compact 14-inch display mean that
the chassis measures just 12.59 inches wideWhile the display in this shot isn’t fully illuminated, the screen didn’t
give us any issues when working in illuminated spaces. Outdoors,
however, colors quickly washed out.