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Take your office wherever you go with the redesigned Dell Latitude E5520. This laptop is built for the mobile business class with the durability, productivity, security and easy manageability you've come to expect from the Latitude E-Family laptops.
Dell's Latitude range is aimed at professional users from the business field. The Latitude range is to bid these users robustness, security and be easy to manage. It can also score with many useful detail solutions. No matter if it's t
Case
The Latitude E5520's manufacturing quality is nearly perfect. The display lid, made of brushed aluminum, makes a high-end and robust impression. Quite a bit of pressure is needed to twist it. Moreover, the surface is very fingerprint resistant. They have a hard time staying on the display lid. However, fingerprints can be easily removed with a soft cloth should they become visible. The base unit proves to be very stable. The surface doesn't yield a millimeter, not even under strong pressure. It looks different for the keyboard. It can be depressed with little force especially above the optical drive. In return, the display hinges are positive. They are made of metal (not massive) and keep the display firmly in place. It hardly teeters. Very wide opening angles are possible due to the hinge design. The display is kept closed by a zinc alloy lock.
Connectivity
The Dell Latitude E5520 notebook comes with a wide variety of connections. Unfortunately, the notebook doesn't have any cutting edge USB 3.0 ports. Thus, you won't have the pleasure of connecting external hard disks to the laptop via the fast port in the future. At least Dell has installed an eSATA port. However, it can't reach the speeds of the new USB 3.0 interface. Alternatively, you can use the FireWire port for this.
It can easily happen that big plugs cover a neighboring port because of the interface arrangement. Dell has namely placed the ports quite close to each other. It can very well happen that a broad USB stick covers the other USB port or even the HDMI socket on the left. The ExpressCard slot that Dell has given the Latitude E5520 is appreciated. Thus, the notebook has an uncomplicated expansion possibility.
Dell also offers two docking stations for the Dell Latitude E5520. First, the Dell Docking Station / Port Replicator (452-10768) for 129 euros and second the Dell Advanced Docking Station / Port Replicator (452-10761) for 149 euros. Both docking stations differ in the number of interfaces.
Security
The Latitude E5520 only has a Kensington slot for leashing the laptop to something. There is no fingerprint reader. In terms of software, you are protected against viruses by a software subscription, Trend Micro Worry Free Business Security 3.5 (15 month subscription). The subscription can be extended up to 36 months for an extra charge. Dell additionally provides options for theft security and assets tagging. These options have to be selected while ordering the notebook in Dell's online configurator.