Dell Latitude E7450 design
The E7450 puts on a professional air with its no-nonsense black-on-black color scheme and rock-solid build quality. It even has high-quality design features such as a carbon-fiber lid and magnesium-alloy chassis, although you would be hard-pressed to notice them on your first pass.
The matte-black lid opens to reveal a chiclet-style keyboard, five mouse buttons and a pointing stick in the middle of the keyboard. Ports are spread among both sides and the back, while the device's E-series docking port, fans and removable battery lie on the bottom. The only component to break up the sea of black is the metallic-gray hinge and its trio of white indicator lights.

Dell Latitude E7450 durability and security
The E7450 passed testing for a military-standard 810G rating, so it's perfect for road warriors who are going to put a lot of miles on their machines. That means you get resistance against both high and low temperatures, shocks, humidity, and more. The E7450 even comes with a Gorilla Glass display if you opt for a touch-screen model. There's almost no flex, which allowed me toss the laptop around without ever worrying about damaging the case.

Dell Latitude E7450 keyboard and touchpad
The E7450's spacious, backlit keyboard features two levels of brightness, good key travel (1.55 millimeters) and springy but not-too-soft keys (60-gram actuation weight). From the moment I put my fingers on the keyboard, I felt right at home. On my first run through the 10fastfingers.com typing test, I hit 81 words per minute, on the high end of my typical 75-80 wpm average.