Im an HVAC technician who needed a laptop that could give me lots of hours for looking at digital prints, and I always have a 120v charger with me. The 5490 is excellent for what I need, no fancy graphics, all I need to see is the engineers specs. Battery life is unlimited in my truck. Plus, from what Ive read from other contractors, in their dusty, dirty vehicles, is that this laptop does quite well.

I made the jump from a 7th gen I7xxu cpu to a 8th gen i7xxxu cpu and the difference in performance is quite significant. So if a 7th gen u series processor works most of the time for you, but some more power is needed, the 8th gen is your way to go.

This was helpful, thanks. I have the 5491 with i7-8850H and matte 1080p screen. It's a really nice machine. I watched to learn a bit more about the internals in case I need to change things in the future.

Thank you 😊 the description on site for shopping was odd lol. Yet your video let me know the 5490 is what I want. The 5491 would be great for gameplay

We had 5490 and it fails for some reaso (very bloated battery and mobo failure), luckily dell warranty did a motherboard and battery replacement. I do like the 5490 design (it has a trackpad). You might also want to show the dell boot diagnostics demo. F12 > Diagnostics

I was really set on getting a used 5491 because of its beefier 6/12 CPU, but reddit folks say its heatsink is inadequate and doesn't let the 45W CPU shine. So probably 5490 would be better since it comes with the same heatsink, but CPU is less hot at 25W. Yes, 4/8 i7-8650U should not be compared to 8850H, but it should be sufficient for browsing, KZfaq, mail checking and watching blu-ray movies.

i just bought the 5491 for cheap from a friend, and as someone who normally wanted a Thinkpad, i do have one complaint: The heatsink is clearly too small and not capable of cooling an i5 8400H and MX130 efficiently. I do appreciate a large fan and a decently sized heatpipe, but i would prefer a smaller fan and a larger heatsink. not something that liquid metal and adjusting the fan/power profiles couldn't solve, but i had a Thinkpad P50s (T560) and that thing never overheated and barely spun the fan at all unless it was at heavy loads. but to be fair, that's a dual core 15W CPU and not a 45W quad core CPU, but still, the heatsink was smaller than the Thinkpad. Overall i am happy with it as it is and are enjoying it for what it's meant to do for my needs.

I just found one of the 5491 laptops at my local dump in the e recycling bin... it was missing the ram and ssd 😅

Laptop Retrospective ThanksMuch for sharing !

Thanks for your review, I was really looking for it. I bought a Dell 5491 on Amazon, but the back cover says 5490 and it caused me quite a stir to know if I had been scammed, but when I opened the device I realized that it really is a 5491... what happened? I have one cover of another model hahahaha

mistake: <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="138">2:18</a> states 5491 has 35W TPD design. In fact it is 45W. Because it has 8300H, 8400H (<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="175">2:55</a>), which are rated at 45W TPD by Intel

I want one of these but I only have 149 USD saved up after working for 6 months in my country I have seen people selling these around 139 but delivery is around 100 dollars :c

Am More for performance but didn't know they had a intel H version an i already bought the i5350u am upset but happy i got a laptop it touch with 16gb ram an 256 SSD but didn't see your video

Hello Laptop Retrospective I recently got the Dell Latitude 5491 and i noticed that, it doesn't have the NVIDIA geforce mx130. Is that a normal occurrence for this particular model?

Very nice and quick

Thanks,do you have a review for Dell 5490 i5 7300u?

Dell latitude 5490 i5 8th gen....have Nvme m.2 Ssd Slot or not... please reply

i have lattitude 5490 but i dont have amd or nvidida graphics card why?please tell me.

Bagged a Precision M6800 recently because it was pretty cheap but anyway I noticed some things that compared to the M6700 be it mainly cost cutting that was well pretty odd even compared to much older models. First was they deleted two grommets used for the keyboard then there was the connector for bluetooth was also deleted (very odd) and the cpu cooler could have been better as well. The mxm is much easier to install on the M6800 though the cooler could have been a little better there as well but far from terrible. Lastly was the display panel which was very noticeably of a cheaper grade than the 120hz and RGB panels of my two M6700s beyond that not bad especially compared to the castrated ultrabooks. Also those on the defunct notebook review forum were wrong that the wx 7100 does work with 60hz edp panels at least in the M6800 without any issue at all.

I wouod preder batterg life in a laptop ahead of performance

Can it charge via the USB C port?

I noticed that the new models of Dell Latitude don't have the TrackPoint? is it gone?

Please which one would you go for : thinkpad T480 or dell 5491, great comparison btw

I got a dell 5490 and it doesn't have the point track, I don't understand how ?

I love my keyboard and trackpad on my 5490, absolutely great input devices married to a decent 1080p screen. The 5420 on the other hand is one hell of a downgrade. Even the 5400 that replaced thr 5490 was still really decent. The 1080p ips display and clickpad absolutely sucks. Reminds of an expensive Inspiron. Even the keyboard doesn't feel right and get this no nipple. I am highly disappointed. Especially once you consider the price once piling on thr options. A huge step backwards. I seen this trend with the 7410, now even the 5000 is getting the treatment. It also feels cheaper then any Latitude 5000 series I have ever touched and the cooling can't be an improvement either. Our i5 model throttled upon testing. It might be our configuration but it seemed to run a little hot. But over all it did feel a touch faster the 5400. All in all though very disappointed. Maybe if this was priced like the inspiron 5000 series the

Nice review, performance every time for me! :)

Which one is better to buy used laptop dell 5490 i5 8th or Lenovo t480 i5 8th gen . Can you suggest me sir

have you checked out any of the thinkpad x1 yogas

Hello. Good video... I have a question, let's see if you can help me. Is the matte screen of the 5490 the same as the matte version of the 5491? I think so... Thank you.

if we compare all these to 7390?which one is better? u should do a series of 8th i5 by dell business laptops! its so confusing.

On a laptop I choose battery life, on a desktop I choose performance.

A single heatpipe for 8850H and an nvidia GPU. 🤦 This one should be really loud under the load.

For someone looking for a used affordable laptop what do you recommend? Lenovo think pad or dell? I currently have a thinkpad t430 and am looking to upgrade to something a little better but still affordable and available in Canada.

Dell 5490 with 8400H is it good or should i take the 8350U

Dell latitude 5490 i5 8th gen....have Nvme m.2 Ssd Slot or not... please reply