Latitude 7490

A random corporate ewaste laptop. Mine happens to be a Dell 7490 with 32GB RAM and i7. They are $100-150 on eBay.

8665U will probably do those things vine. The heaviest of webtech apps (Canva, most conferencing/communication apps these days) could struggle a little bit compared to something newer but stuff should basically run fine. The machine is basically 8 years old and the battery might nto be great. This i

Hi, thanks for the response and thoughtful questions. I run Windows and play mostly single-player RTS/strategy games, so don't need anything intensive for competitive online play. Coming from a 2018 Dell Latitude 7490 that struggled running 10 year old games and anything that's come out recently was

At any given time I'm running a pair a systems: a media-oriented desktop (Windows) and a developer-oriented laptop (Linux, until recently). The desktop has a 4k screen, nice speakers, discrete GPU, and I use it for all video (from YouTube to feature films), music, and games (GOG, Steam). Thanks to w

I think things are heading that way. It's worth remembering first-wave 8th gen launched in 2017 and so T480 and any similar system are marching their way toward being nine full years old. My personal laptop is a Latitude 7490 and as a result of being nine years old, it's got some loose screws, the T

E series is fine. if you can find one with the specs you need for a budget you can afford, do it, they're nowhere near as bad as people say. If you are in the T14 Gen4/5 are just starting to hit, alongside Dell 5440/5450 and 7440/7450. (which I mention because they regularly sell for half what equiv