Design
The Latitude E5450 can be marketed as a mainstream business laptop, but it is actually an Ultrabook in everything but name. Measuring 0.9 by 13.2 by 9.1 inches (HWD) and weighing 3.98 pounds, it may not be as slim as the Dell Latitude 14 7000 Series (E7450) or the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch (2015) $ 1,329.00 and Lenovo, but the laptop meets the basic requirements, with a 0.9-inch thickness, an Ultrabook-class processor, and solid-state drive (SSD) storage.
The system is equipped with a 14-inch full HD (1920-by-1080-pixel) display. While a significantly lower resolution than 2560-by-1600 resolution of the Apple MacBook Pro 13-inch Retina Display (2015) $ 1,299.00 on Amazon or the display 2560-by-1440-pixel Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch ( 2015), it is on par with the Lenovo ThinkPad T440s $ 999.00 and Lenovo and Dell Latitude 14 7000 Series (E7450). The touch screen is covered with a layer of Gorilla Glass, and the 270-nit panel is bright and clear. Display is rather narrow bezels to maximize screen real estate, but not too tight for the use of touch controls such as edge swipes. The quality of detail and color will look great while showing the latest trailer for Mad Max: Fury Road, and the built-in stereo speakers provide clear sound, with room-filling volume and no obvious distortion.
The keyboard has a straightforward, chiclet-style design, the firm keys and great depth of action, but there is no backlighting can expect to come standard in this price range. While many opt systems business for a design of dual-pointer, with a pointing stick on the keyboard, the Latitude E5450 keeps things simple with a multitouch trackpad that handles all your cursor control and gestures.
Features
There's a reasonable selection of ports, but most of them are located on the back of the system, which is an irritating design choice, because it makes connecting peripherals a little less convenient. Along the back of the system you'll find an Ethernet port, a VGA output, an HDMI-out port, and two USB 3.0 ports, plus a power jack. On the right is an SD card slot and a single USB 3.0 port, this is one of continuous power for charging devices. The left headset jack and a slot-lock case.
Internally, the system has a dual-band 802.11ac Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.0, with support for Intel widi streaming. Optional features include mobile wireless broadband connectivity and WiGig, but the extra will need to be added during configuration. On the laptop of an equal number of management and security features, such as FIPS-certified Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 1.2, Intel vPro, and a built-in connection for the E-Dock docking station Dell desktop.
A 256GB SSD provides storage, although it is much smaller than the capacity of 1TB hard drive found in the Dell Inspiron 14 (5447). Despite differences in capacity, SSDs offer faster performance than traditional spinning hard drive. Dell does not clutter the drive with unwanted programs, however. In addition to Windows 8.1 Pro, only the system come with a 30-day trial of Microsoft Office 365 covers Dell system with a one-year warranty with mail-in service.
Performance
The Latitude E5450 is equipped with a dual-core processor, the same 2.19GHz Intel Core model i5-5200U CPU found in the Dell Latitude E7450 14 and the consumer-focused Dell XPS 13 and Dell Touch $ 1,299.99, and this pair processor with 8GB of RAM. This combination provides pretty good performance, with solid scores like PCMark 8 Work conventional (2670 points) and Photoshop CS6 (5 minutes 19 seconds). It was in the same range performance as the Dell Latitude E7450 14 (2681 points PCMark8, 5:22 in Photoshop), you'll see even better performance in multimedia at Apple MacBook Pro 13-inch Retina Display (2015) , Photoshop finished a full minute faster (4:17).
Relies on integrated Intel HD Graphics 5500 solution, graphics performance is enough for a working system. It ended with 4532 points in 3DMark CloudGate and 279 points of Fire Strike Extreme. Also did well in testing gaming system, returning 13 frames per second (fps) and 14fps in Heavenly Valley, both in the setting of Medium-quality. Although I say it is good these tests, the figures are not indicative of the performance gaming-grade, but low scores in the teens is par for the course for business systems.
Finally, the Latitude E5450 lasted 8 hours 9 minutes in our battery rundown test. That falls right in the middle of the business category, with systems such as the Apple MacBook Pro 13-inch Retina Display (11:10) and the Dell Latitude E7450 14 (10:12) by outlasting a healthy margin, and others, such as the Lenovo T440s (7:21) and the Dell XPS 13 Touch (7:40) following behind. Regardless of where it is in relation to other systems, Latitude E5450 should take you through a full 8-hour work day without having to be plugged in, and that's an important bar for any work laptop to clear.
Conclusion
The Dell Latitude 14 5000 Series (E5450) is a fairly straightforward job laptop, with a healthy selection port, a nice full HD display, and enough battery life to take you through an entire day of work . It is a competent work machine, but other systems that offer similar performance with more portable design, premium features, and longer battery life. Consequently, the slimmer Dell Latitude 14 7000 Series (E7450) remains our Editors Choice 'for the category, offers a similar feature set and performance in a thinner, lighter design.
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