Dell Latitude E5530 15.6-inch Laptop (Intel Core i3 2350M 2.3GHz 4GB RAM, 320GB HDD, DVDRW, LAN, WLAN, BT, Integrated Graphics, Windows 7 Professional)

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From its mag-alloy reinforced chassis to its aluminum LCD back cover, the E5530 is a capable business partner. The Hitachi Z7K320 drive posted good speeds exceeding those of most 5,400 RPM drives, but far below that of many 7200 RPM drives.

Enter the E5530, which, as a direct successor to the E5520, one-ups its predecessor with the help of the optional new Ivy Bridge chipset. Finally, Dell’s remote BIOS management and either TruManage technology or Intel® vPro systems management iAMT 8.

It’s worth mentioning that the praise we’ve lavished upon the Latitude’s keyboard doesn’t necessarily apply to all variants of the model. Adding extra memory is one of the most cost-effective ways to make your operating system and applications run faster and smoother for peak performance.

Before testing, we fully charged the unit and disabled sleep, hibernation, screen and hard drive timeouts, and all wireless radios. The bottom line is that the Latitude E5530 will pleasantly surprise any business user who’s interested in some periodic gaming—just as long as they aren’t planning on enjoying any Crysis 2 or Battlefield 3, of course. Should a broken LCD panel ever result, the bezel is convenient to remove, secured only by a series of plastic tabs surrounding the panel. You will be asked to agree to the terms of the applicable license at the time that you install the software. Signs of wear can include moderate to major aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn corners, screen spots or other imperfections.The material wrapping the notebook’s corners is entirely plastic as well (on the E6530, by comparison, it is magnesium alloy), and while it is very similar in appearance to that of the E6530, it’s not 100 percent flawless in terms of fit and finish; there is one particular corner on our review unit that is noticeably separated from the rest of the base unit. Finally, if you’re a fan of the pointing stick, you’ll find it included with the backlit keyboard only, complete with three additional mouse buttons as usual. S. manufacturer (based in Texas) of computer hardware founded in 1984 and is one of the largest international manufacturers in terms of both market share and notebook models. In this test, the notebook lasted for 7 hours and 21 minutes, which ought to be more than long enough to enjoy any feature-length film… multiple times. GHz, includes HD 4000 GPU» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.