Staff Laptop for 2018-19 is the Dell Latitude 7390 2-in-1

After testing many laptops over the past year we have finally chosen the Dell Latitude 7390 2-in-1 as the replacement laptop for 2018-19. The Toshiba model we have been using for the past 3 years has served us well and many staff have been happy with it - several of them asking if they could buy back the device - always a good sign! However, the new replacement model from Toshiba, although with great specs and very light, did not have enough ports (2xUSB type C), which ultimately I think would have proved frustrating for staff. The Dell has a rugged design and relatively good specs. We managed to push them to offer the 512GB SSD hard drive so there will be a few more happy campers. My only complaint so far is the cramped keyboard - but after time no doubt I will get used to it, and the stiff hinge - no doubt it's like that for a reason. The sound on the new Toshiba was poor, as well as a very loud fan. The sound on the Dell is very good - almost as loud as a MacBook Air. I'll keep adding material (manuals, reviews etc) to this blog post for others to refer to.

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