PC World - USA (2019-08)

86 PCWorld AUGUST 2019

REVIEWS DELL LATITUDE 7400 2-IN-1

smartcard contact reader

within the chassis.

Instead, the webcam

doubles as a Windows

Hello biometric login,

and includes infrared

sensing. There’s no

privacy shutter, however,

though many competing

notebooks now include

this feature.

If you buy the Latitude

7400 2-in-1, consider

investing in a dedicated

webcam for your monitor.

Images taken with the

webcam (0.9MP still

images, 720p video)

were fuzzy, and areas of

the image were

overexposed, even with

HDR capabilities turned

on. I’d like to see a bit

more attention paid to

the webcam inside a

notebook designed for business users.

CONSUMER-QUALITY

SPEAKERS

Though Dell designed the Latitude 7400

2-in-1 for business users, its audio is

comparable to, or better than, what you may

find on a consumer laptop. That’s thanks to

the MaxxAudioPro by Waves enhancement

technology, which serves as both a graphic

equalizer and a positional sound feature.

Turning on the MaxxAudioPro equalizer,

along with its MaxBass technology, boosts

the low-end audio to a pleasing level that

evens out the listening experience from lows

to highs. Additional features like Width

widen the stereo experience using just the

laptop’s speakers. Though PCWorld hasn’t

Along the right side of the chassis is a headphone jack, USB Type-A, an SD

card slot, (optional) WWAN SIM holder, and a lock port.

Another USB Type A slot appears on the left side of the Dell Latitude 7400

2-in-1, plus a pair of Thunderbolt ports and a dedicated HDMI port.