Good
robust case
VGA available
above-average CPU performance
good battery life
relatively good speakers
two RAM slots
Bad
abysmal HD TN display
no pointing stick
lack of keyboard illumination
bad positioning of the microSD card reader
only 12 months of warranty can buy 3 years.
only a SATA-III SSD
The Latitude 5290 is a compact laptop that Dell has optimized through and through for use in business – with all the advantages and disadvantages that are accompanying such an orientation towards specific target groups.
The advantages include for example, the good keyboard and the robust case. The Latitude also has VGA, a connection that is probably still appreciated by some users in the business sector, since there are probably still many VGA projectors around. Furthermore, the Latitude always runs very quietly during idle, while still offering an above-average CPU performance. The battery life is good, and the speakers are also not bad for a small business device. With two RAM slots and up to 32 GB of working memory, the Latitude is also expandable and very easy to upgrade RAM and hard drive.
The greatest problem of the Latitude 5290 which casts a cloud over everything else is the LCD panel. Dell uses an absolutely inferior HD TN display, as you can still find it today in many business laptops. That is why most of them are still belonging to the below-1000-Euro price range (~$1200). But in terms of its price, the Latitude 5290 plays in a higher league. So this display is just completely out of place. Compared to this, the other problems of the Latitude such as the lack of a TrackPoint or a keyboard illumination, the bad positioning of the microSD card slot, the short warranty, or the SATA-III SSD are rather minor blemishes.
Business customers who care about the eyes of their employees should look for others models such as the Lenovo ThinkPad X280 or the HP EliteBook 830 G5.
There is also a Dell Latitude 5290 2-in-1 that we are also doing a review on that we hope to get up soon.
Specification
Display: 12.5 inch
Processor: i5-8250U 1.60 GHz
Graphics: Intel UHD Graphics 620
Internal memory: 8 GB DDR4-SDRAM
Storage: 256 GB SSD
Battery:
Weight: 1.36 kg
