Dell Latitude E7440 Touch

The Dell Latitude E7440 Touch ($ 1,949 list) is part of Dell's Latitude 14 7000 series of Ultrabooks business. It has a great mix of premium features, great performance, great battery life, and compatibility with other Latitude E-series laptops Dell stable. By Mil-Spec ruggedization, it is ready to live day-to-day grind of your mobile workforce. This carbon-fiber clad laptop is highly recommended, and is our latest Editors Choice 'for Ultrabooks business.

Design and Features
The Latitude E7440 Touch follows the design features we have seen earlier in the 12-inch Dell Latitude E7240 Touch, which is essentially a shrunk down version of Latitude E7440 Touch. Use the same system seen painted metal and carbon fiber construction to show strength. In contrast, the Lenovo ThinkPad T440s paints over its carbon fiber and metal construction so resembles older systems Lenovo ThinkPad laptop. The ultrabook measures about 0.8 by 13.2 by 9.1 inches, similar to the Lenovo T440s, an imperceptibly and weighs 3.85 pounds heavier. It is noted that the Lenovo T440s has a smaller 13-inch screen than the 14-inch display with Latitude E7440 Touch.

The IPS display is brilliant and clear, with a 1,920-by-1, 080 full HD resolution. The screen is quick to register touch, taps, and swipes, which means you can fully utilize Windows 8 Pro on this system. The system is Windows 7 Professional downgrade rights, but we tested it under Windows 8. There is a bit of gloss one screen our review unit, but you can opt for an anti-light non-glare touch screen for Latitude E7440 if you downgrade to a non-touch display, 1366-by-768 resolution.

The Latitude E7440 Touch has a traditional keyboard, rather than found in other systems such as the Apple MacBook Pro 15-inch (2013) chiclet-style keyboard. The keyboard has four levels of brightness, and is comfortable to use right off the bat. Thanks to MIL-spec ruggedization system, you can use the Latitude E7440 Touch environmental hot, cold, rainy, or even wind-blown dust. The keyboard is protected against spillage, so the Latitude E7440 Touch is ready for just about anything your users dish out, short of active combat duty.

Keyboard with a pointing stick, multi-touch trackpad, and separate mouse buttons, so it easy for users to switch veterans compared with the Lenovo T440s, with a one-piece trackpad with integrated buttons for the pointing stick . There are physical volume controls near the hinge, and a switch for the wireless radios on the right side of the chassis. Ports include three USB 3.0 ports, HDMI, mini-DisplayPort, Ethernet, and an SD card reader. SmartCard is an option that is not included in our system, but can be added for increased security configuration. HDMI and mini-DisplayPort capabilities give the Latitude E7440 Touch multi-monitor.

The system can be configured with 4G LTE WWAN, although our review unit came with Intel vPro-certified 802.11ac Wi-Fi card with Bluetooth 4.0. The ultrabook works with both wired dock as other recent E-series Latitude systems, but can also work with Wireless Dock D5000 Dell's (WiGig) ($ 269.99), so you have a variety of ways to connect external peripherals and display.

Because it is a corporate business systems, can be configured Latitude E7440 Touch according to needs and wants of your company. Our review unit only came with Windows 8, and testing software for Microsoft Office and McAfee Central. It has a 256GB solid-state drive (SSD) with 185GB free out of the box. It is a boon, because there is a lot of space for your files and programs. The system has a three-year standard limited warranty with onsite service.