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Dell
Precision 5000 5490
10 positive 0 neutral 3 negative
Based on 13 Reddit mentions
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Help needed to decide which to choose - P14s Gen 6 (Intel) or P16s Gen4 (AMD)
Yeah, it’s not as reinforced as the older ThinkPads, but overall I still think it’s a solid choice. If you’re looking for a chassis that’s clearly more rigid than modern ThinkPads, you’d probably have to look at a MacBook Pro 14 or something like the Dell Precision 5490 / HP ZBook Firefly 14 with a
...Nervous-Blacksmith-3 in r/thinkpad
December 16, 2025 12:40 PM
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Help needed to decide which to choose - P14s Gen 6 (Intel) or P16s Gen4 (AMD)
I’ve worked with both the MacBook Air M1 and the Dell Precision 5490. When I joined the company, they initially gave me the Dell. The machine is beautifully built. The touchpad is decent for the model, and it even had a touchscreen, although I honestly never found any real use for it. Due to limitat
...Nervous-Blacksmith-3 in r/thinkpad
December 16, 2025 5:05 PM
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Affordable Basic Laptop
Are you in the US? $200 is basically ebay money. Search up Dell Precision 5490, 5400, 5410, 5420, and 5430. Ideally you want to get 16GB of RAM and a 256GB SSD at minimum. This one, for example, looks pretty good: https://www.ebay.com/itm/236593763992 - you might want to cover that black blemish wit
...Cory5413 in r/laptops
January 23, 2026 12:16 AM
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What laptop would you suggest for me as a freshman girlie in IT?
Lenovo would be my choice of the two, but if you extend your budget a little, I'd get https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-laptops/precision-5490-workstation/spd/precision-14-5490-laptop/xctop5490usvp On the 5480 myself and its great all arounder.
NickE25U in r/it
November 14, 2025 5:17 PM
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