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The Latitude E7440 is bulky for a 14-inch Ultrabook - it's almost a pound heavier than Lenovo's X1 Carbon Touch. On the other hand, it's super tough. You could drop it on the sidewalk and it'd still deliver the sales projections for tomorrow's meeting. It's outfitted with both HDMI and DisplayPort. On the other hand, you'll need to carry a VGA adapter to connect it to the old video projector in the boardroom. Its battery croaks after just 4.5 hours. On the other hand, it's removable, so you can swap in
The E7440 manages to be both pretty and rugged, its shell formed by the tough metal and carbon-composite material quickly gaining favor with higher-end PC makers. When I gripped the E7440 by the two ends and tried to twist it, it didn't give one iota. Even the screen panel, a mere quarter-inch thick, barely flexed when I whipped the lid up by just its corner and snapped it shut again.
The Latitude E7440 has a gorgeous, non-glare, 14-inch IPS touchscreen with native resolution of 1920x1080 pixels and the best off-axis viewing I've seen so far. The keyboard flexes in its middle and its keys bounce a little much, but they don't clatter and they render nearly every keystroke correctly. The slightly concave keys are nicely islanded from each other, and offer just the right level of friction. Four levels of backlighting are available, which makes the computer easier to use and reduces the load on the battery when you don't need its brightest settings.
Too many Ultrabook designers drop important ports in pursuit of ever-thinner profiles. The E7440 offers nearly everything you could ask for in a laptop this size, including hardwired Ethernet, HDMI, mini DisplayPort, an SD card reader, and three USB 3.0 ports.
| SPECIFICATIONS |
| GENERIC |
| Ports | 4 x USB-3, 2 x USB-2 |
| Ethernet | 1000-GB |
| WIFI | 2.4GHz and 5GHz |
| CPU | 8-core I7 (4th gen) |
| Memory | 16Gb DDR-3 3200 |
| Keyboard | 102-key International, USB |
| Mouse | Standard USB office mouse |
| OS | Not Included |
| DISPLAY |
| Screen size | 1024 pixels |
| Pixel Depth | 64 bit |
| AntiAliasing | Supported |
| POWER USAGE |
| Wall power | 600W start-up, 300W coescient |
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