Which Dell refurbished touch screen laptop would you recommend?

ni_bride2b

Hi all,

I am looking for a family laptop and have been looking on Dell refurbished. My children are pre- and primary school age so will need basic usage for online homework games. I like the idea of the touch screen for my children to use some of those websites and for streaming. It will be mainly used at home.

For my use I'd like to be able to take photos and videos off my iphone, transfer them on to an external hard drive and some basic editing. I would probably benefit from some office word for work but it's not a major need. Also I may use it for some online video calls. Also just general browsing, streaming shows and social media. I would hate any slowness in the laptop. 

I would love your opinion on the following 3 laptops on Dell website. With £100 between them it's hard to know which to go for - 

Dell Latitude 7400 2-in-1 Touch £519

Dell Latitude 7400 2-in-1, Standard, 14" FHD Touch (1920 x 1080), Webcam, 1x Intel Core i5 Quad (i5-8365U) 1.60 GHz, 16 GB, 256 GB, No Optical, Intel Integrated Graphics, UK Backlit Keyboard, 64-bit Windows 10 Pro

OR

Dell Latitude 5310 Touch £419

Dell Latitude 5310, Standard, 13.2" Multi-Touch/FHD (1920 x 1080), Webcam, 1x Intel Core i5 Quad (i5-10310U) 1.70 GHz, 8 GB, 256 GB, No Optical, Intel Integrated Graphics, UK Backlit Keyboard, 64-bit Windows 10 Pro

OR

Dell Latitude 5300 2-in-1 Touch £619

Dell Latitude 5300 2-in-1, Standard, 13.3" FHD Touch (1920 x 1080), Webcam, 1x Intel Core i7 Quad (i7-8665U) 1.90 GHz, 32 GB, 512 GB, No Optical, Intel Integrated Graphics, UK Backlit Keyboard, 64-bit Windows 10 Pro


They also have a great deal on precision laptops but they aren't touch screen and I don't think i need that level of power. I am looking at dell only because to add in other brands has overwhelmed me! I am open to suggestions of other brands too if you felt they would give me what I needed.

All advice and thoughts welcome!!

thanks
maria 

Mark_d

I would go for the Dell Latitude 7400. The cheaper model only has 8GB RAM and this could end up being a constraint on the things you do.  The 7400 also has a marginally bigger screen than the other laptops, so this would be of benefit because of how much you will be using the laptop screen (if it was just for occasional use whilst travelling, then the smaller screen would be fine)

ni_bride2b

Thanks Mark, I hadn't considered the screen size. Perfect

ni_bride2b

Aghh, it's gone! 

Bonhomie

1. ni_bride2b said:

Aghh, it's gone! 

This is better at £549
https://www.dell.com/en-uk/shop/laptops-2-in-1-pcs/inspiron-14-2-in-1-laptop/spd/inspiron-14-7435-2-in-1-laptop/cn74605sc

Dell Inspiron 14 7430 2-in-1
AMD Ryzen 7 7730U 8-core/16-thread Processor with Radeon Graphics (8 Core, Up to 4.50GHz, 20MB Cache, 15W)
14", FHD+ 1920x1200, 60Hz, WVA, Touch, 250 nit, ComfortView
Windows 11 Home edition
AMD Radeon Graphics
16 GB: LPDDR4x, 4266 MT/s (onboard)
1TB, M.2, PCIe NVMe, SSD
Platinum Silver Colour
Aluminium exterior shell
MediaTek Wi-Fi 6E MT7922, 2x2, 802.11ax, MU-MIMO, Bluetooth® wireless card
UK Keyboard (BACKLIT)
2 tuned up-firing speakers, audio processing by Dolby Atmos Cores and Waves MaxxAudio Pro
4 Cell, 54 Wh, integrated
1080p at 30 fps FHD camera Dual-array microphones

Integrated Fingerprint Reader
Dells 65W Power Adapter

Maybe Cisco001 can find you something cheaper.

Bonhomie

If you prefer the better build quality of a Latitude, Dell Outlet have this for £570

https://outlet.euro.dell.com/Online/SecondaryInventorySearch.aspx?c=uk&cs=ukdfb1&l=en&s=dfb&sign=PXhcOSHtr1T4IOw/PR7UdVzbYg1yZLCvEbaeWi1rZczFZY5IqfmBfzrrur8OIyOiu0KjoR+ve9fvG6pKziJD043iIh/GtnpvuF+Rw4sVASqbTPMux+gqna3IQbf4+iFEI1strBy+S+Jv9H7lIC4PQxrWI5xQ6fu/1IYX4THFac5Pgj11hmNweTjX+IW3nlkG/ebzZgMIcX+Yysdt77BskUpusaXvFhsqKdokRNcXxk4u2uc/z3p3VQ==

Latitude 13” 5000 (5330) Laptop or 2-in-1

Tech Specs

• Dell Outlet Latitude 13 - 5330 Laptop
• Intel Core 12th Generation i5-1235U Processor (10 Core, Up to 4.40GHz, 12MB Cache, 15W)
• Windows 11 Pro
• 16GB Memory
• 256GB PCIe M.2 NVMe Class 35 Solid State Drive
• Laptop, 13.3 inch FHD (1920 x 1080) Wide View Angle Anti-Glare 300-nits Touch Display
• FHD IR Camera and Microphone
• Intel Iris Xe Graphics
• Intel Wi-Fi 6E 2x2 AX211 Wireless Card
• 4-Cell, 58 WHr Lithium Ion Battery
• No Optical Drive
• UK English Single Pointing Backlit Keyboard

ni_bride2b

Thanks Bonhomie,

I ended up buying this one this afternoon before your comments on the refurb website with 40% off via topcashback, so it worked out at around £380 which I thought was a pretty decent deal!

I have 14 days cooling off to change my mind if it really was a terrible choice, i welcome the feedback! Otherwise for anyone else the 40% off was an amazing offer if you can grab it for any of the 2 in 1s.

Dell Latitude 9410 2-in-1 Touch
Product ID: dell-latitude-9410-2-in-1-touch-000006

• Dell Latitude 9410 2-in-1, Standard, 14" FHD Touch (1920 x 1080), Webcam, 1x Intel Core i5 Quad (i5-10310U) 1.70 GHz, 16 GB, 256 GB, No Optical, Intel Integrated Graphics, UK Backlit Keyboard, 64-bit Windows 10 Pro

thanks
maria 

Bonhomie

ni_bride2b said:

Thanks Bonhomie,

I ended up buying this one this afternoon before your comments on the refurb website with 40% off via topcashback, so it worked out at around £380 which I thought was a pretty decent deal!

I have 14 days cooling off to change my mind if it really was a terrible choice, i welcome the feedback! Otherwise for anyone else the 40% off was an amazing offer if you can grab it for any of the 2 in 1s.

Dell Latitude 9410 2-in-1 Touch
Product ID: dell-latitude-9410-2-in-1-touch-000006

• Dell Latitude 9410 2-in-1, Standard, 14" FHD Touch (1920 x 1080), Webcam, 1x Intel Core i5 Quad (i5-10310U) 1.70 GHz, 16 GB, 256 GB, No Optical, Intel Integrated Graphics, UK Backlit Keyboard, 64-bit Windows 10 Pro

thanks
maria 

Looks good.

ni_bride2b

HI, 

this question might warrant a new post so can move if needed, but my new laptop has arrived and looks good it has a little bit of the rubber off the 'feet' at the bottom of the laptop but aside from that looks good.

I comes with little to no instructions. A leaflet included says press F11 for partial operating systems, but I don't know whether this applies to mines or not? I left it and it went ahead and set up windows 10 automatically. It went through the set up and is working well, but everytime i start it the F11 option appears and questions whether to run with dell recovery. There is also a Dell recovery icon on the desktop. Is there something special i should do when setting up a refurbished laptop? i assume that Dell will have wiped all previous owners' info so I don't need to do that? I'm struggling to find anywhere online to give me directions!

thanks

cerebus

Sounds like the usual dell bloatware that you should disable on start up and running in the back ground 

ni_bride2b

Thanks Cerebus, I had to google bloatware- I'd never heard of it. Would you recommend deleting and how would I do that please?