Dell Latitude E5430 14.1 Inch Business High Performace Laptop (Intel Core i5-3320M up to 3.3GHz, 4GB RAM, 320GB HDD, WiFi, DVDRW, Windows 10 Professional) (Renewedd)

At first glance the top is dented and scratched a little hadn't had a chance to really check the functionality of the laptop but will post after I get it charged up and will post again soon!!Well after attempting to turn the laptop on I haven't been able to turn it on the battery wouldn't charge up! I guess you buy cheap you get cheap!!

Needed to copy some old CDs for music and PC games and this has plenty of storage and processing speed to get it all done and kept in 1 place and playable. Great price, delivered fast and with no issues.So thankful someone is still keeping this tech alive and not price gouging for it.

One of the first things I did when I got this computer is replace the hard drive with an SSD. This was actually pretty painless to do. From there, I just reinstalled Windows.I bought this computer mainly for the processor. Since one of the other reviewers noted that their computer came with an i3, and I was buying this purely because it came with an i5, that's the first thing I checked. To my surprise, the processor in my computer was slightly better than the one advertised. My computer came with an i5 3340 (2.7/3.4ghz) which is better than the 3320m it was supposed to come with (2.6/3.2ghz). I intend on using this computer for programming so I installed Visual Studio, SSMS, etc. With the SSD they all load within a few seconds, and I'm fairly happy with the performance.As I'm writing this review, I'm pretty happy with the keyboard. This was a business class laptop, and you can definitely tell from the construction. It feels pretty solid.There are some cons to take into consideration however:The maximum resolution on the display is 1376 x 768. My old laptop, which I'm going to be replacing with this one, was 1920 x 1080. So it's a bit disappointing that I'm going to be losing some screen real estate. I intend on having the programs open with the ebooks next to them. So the screen resolution will make it harder to have them side-by-side. In addition to the resolution, the screen is not touch screen.I was having an issue connecting to my wifi for some reason. The issue was fixed when I reinstalled Windows on the SSD. I'm not sure if it was due to using the SSD or due to reinstalling Windows. But whatever the case may be, that fixed the issue.The battery life on the computer looks like its a maximum of two hours. On my previous laptop it was 5 hours. So something like this is a bit disappointing, especially from a computer that's supposed to be a business class laptop. You may have to replace the battery with another one online if you hope to have a decent battery life.As someone from an accounting background, the lack of a ten-key is disappointing.Lastly, the computer ships with 32-bit Windows. While this probably won't be an issue for most people, it does prevent you from using all of the ram that the computer ships with. And, for someone like me, it may also limit performance.Overall, I'm fairly happy with this computer. I bought this mainly for processing power and I sure got it. However, depending on what your needs are, this may not be the computer for you. But I think it'd be hard to go wrong with this computer. A review from PCMag from around 4 years ago notes that this computer sold for around $830. So you're getting quite a good value paying significantly less than that.

The hard drive went completely belly up less than a month. I took it to a computer specialist friend to see about getting it repaired but the computer was fried and nothing could be done to make it work. Id like to have a partial refund if not for whole purchase b/c had to take it to professional where they spent almost 2 weeks trying to get it working. Dell, in general, is a good brand. However, I feel cheated and got no use out of it. I had purchased it, originally, to take online courses but had to cancel those plans putting me even more behind in classes. I did place an order for a 2nd Dell laptop. I'm giving it benefit of doubt that it works great, as advertised however, I wouldn't know since no power cord was included with the purchase. So, without the cord, I can't even tell if it's a good laptop just sucks. I've never purch a laptop online, person to person or in a store when the power cord was not included with purchase of lapto. It was very disappointed to see it but unable to use it. Since that fried first broken computer was & still is in the shop, I haven't had a chance to start up my most recent Dell laptop. Sent note to second Amazon seller asking if they can send the cord. So far, all my computer purchases via Amazon, specifically Dell users, have been a bad experience and wouldn't recommend it to others. If I decide to buy 3rd laptop, I'll look for different brand, seller & brand new. So far I spent roughly$400 on Dell laptops that are next to worthless. With that money spent, I could've bought something new.Not having that power cord for the 2nd Dell laptop forced me to delay online classes a 2nd time, too. Not to mention the money lost from my computer repair man who was unable to fix the 1st one & in his custody for 2 weeks. If no refund of some sort of satisfaction is given, The first laptop will be thrown out. I'd don't want to purch a cord for 2nd Dell laptop if it's supposed to be included. If that laptop is in just as bad as shape as my first one & my repair guy can't fix, it too, will go in the trash.Hope to hear some type of response to make it right. I've purchased many items over the years with Amazon and these computers are my first real complaintsMy email address is [email protected] you for your time.