The base model is well equipped for its price of £839 inc VAT, with a 1.9GHz Core i5-4300U CPU, 4GB of DDR3L RAM and a 500GB SATA HDD. Inside, the Latitude boasts an attractive array of components. The only niggle is that the panel crushes the darkest greys into black to give images an artificially bold, stark look. Image quality is excellent, boasting saturated colours and pin-sharp images. However, its contrast ratio of 1038:1 blows the X1 Carbon’s score of 647:1 out of the water. It’s easily as good as the ThinkPad X1 Carbon’s 1600 x 900 display: its maximum brightness of 342cd/m² is almost identical to that of the X1 Carbon, and its colour accuracy is the same (both scored an average Delta E of 4). The E7440’s Full HD screen is impressive. The aluminium lid is honed to a brushed, matte finish, and the rest of the chassis is supported and strengthened by a metal skeleton and reinforced steel hinges, lending the Latitude E7440 a pleasingly sturdy-feeling exterior. The design is tasteful, though, if rather plain and understated, and there isn’t a sharp edge to be found every corner of the E7440’s chassis is carefully rounded off. It measures 21mm thick at the bulkier, battery-housing end of the chassis, and weighs 1.63kg – which is admittedly rather portly by ultrabook standards.
It’s certainly an attractively crafted machine. See also: what’s the best laptop you can buy in 2014? The chassis Boasting a higher-resolution screen than the E7240, a Haswell CPU and plenty of upgradability, the Latitude E7440 makes an aggressive play for the business laptop crown. The Dell Latitude E7440 is the larger of Dell’s recently announced duo of Latitude 7000 Series business-oriented Ultrabooks, the other being the 12.5in Latitude E7240.
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