The Dell Latitude E7270 may be small, but this 12-inch business laptop is powerful enough to plow through any workload.

Design

The E7270 has a utilitarian look (it's a tool, after all), with an all-black case, a woven carbon-fiber lid and few adornments besides the Dell logo in black plastic on the lid. The checkered pattern on the lid adds a bit of business flair. Upon opening the lid, you'll find a backlit Chiclet-style keyboard and a 12.5-inch 1080p touch screen surrounded by a thick, black bezel.

Keyboard and Touchpad
The E7270's backlit keyboard has 1.6 mm of key travel, and feels nice and clicky, despite requiring only 55 grams of force to press. On the 10fastfingers.com typing test, I sped along at 107 words per minute, which is in my average range of 100 to 110 wpm, and my error rate of 2 percent was also business as usual.