An elegant 2-in-1 laptop with exceptional battery life, lacking the performance punch for power users.
This metal-skinned 2-in-1 cleverly fits a 14-inch display into the size of what would typically be a 13-inch chassis.
Except one of those claims is a massive overreach.
Can you guess which one?
It also jumps on the AI bandwagon, even if most users aren’t embracing that technology daily.
Both these lower-spec machines have only 16GB of RAM and 256GB of storage.
For $2,779, the top SKU comes with 32GB of LPDDR5X memory and 512GB of storage.
Where this Latitude becomes more openly annoying is in its port selection.
There are three Thunderbolt/USB 4.0 ports, an audio jack and a security slot, and that’s it.
I blame Apple and its MacBook for this excessive minimalist approach to hardware and Dell for copying them.
This chip has only two performance cores, eight efficiency and two low-power cores.
However, it has a few high points, including support for LPDDR5x-8448 memory.
Regrettably, this memory doesn’t use the classic SODIMM package but is surface-mounted to the motherboard.
The maximum amount of storage available on the Latitude 9450 is only 1TB.
Dell only blessed this machine with an M.2 2230 storage slot to save space.
The results were concerning, even if the 9450 won some tests.
Either the efficiency cores aren’t used properly, or they’re excessively slow.
Admittedly, the ratio of cores to performance is bad for both Intel chips.
Not a win-win for Intel.
It exudes efficiency at every turn.
Who needs a performance powerhouse when it can run for over 19 hours on battery?
This machine is running a three-legged race, with two of its legs heading in opposite directions.
Should you buy a Dell Latitude 9450?
The GPU is a retrograde step from those chips that got the ARC graphics engine.
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