Dell Latitude E5530 Advanced

Dell Latitude E5530 Advanced
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<p>You can pay a lot for style, and sometimes this is too much at the expense of functionality. You might end up opting for a smaller screen, less expansion potential, and a slower processor - just for appearances sake - whilst still paying over the odds. If you're willing to settle for something that is more conventional in appearance, you can get a lot more for your money. The Dell Latitude E5530 illustrates this well, with prices starting at £538.80 (inc VAT), although our Advanced review sample would set you back around £155 more than that.</p>
<p>This is not to say that the E5530 Advanced is an unattractive notebook with battery such as <A href="http://www.superbattery.co.uk/DELL-laptop-battery/Dell-G555N-battery.htm">Dell G555N battery</A>, <A href="http://www.superbattery.co.uk/DELL-laptop-battery/Dell-J415N-battery.htm">Dell J415N battery</A>, <A href="http://www.superbattery.co.uk/DELL-laptop-battery/Dell-Inspiron-1440-battery.htm">Dell Inspiron 1440 battery</A>, <A href="http://www.superbattery.co.uk/DELL-laptop-battery/Dell-Inspiron-1210-battery.htm">Dell Inspiron 1210 battery</A>, <A href="http://www.superbattery.co.uk/DELL-laptop-battery/Dell-F805H-battery.htm">Dell F805H battery</A>, <A href="http://www.superbattery.co.uk/DELL-laptop-battery/Dell-P776K-battery.htm">Dell P776K battery</A>, <A href="http://www.superbattery.co.uk/DELL-laptop-battery/Dell-K903K-battery.htm">Dell K903K battery</A>, <A href="http://www.superbattery.co.uk/DELL-laptop-battery/Dell-Studio-1440-battery.htm">Dell Studio 1440 battery</A>, <A href="http://www.superbattery.co.uk/DELL-laptop-battery/Dell-Studio-1745-battery.htm">Dell Studio 1745 battery</A>, <A href="http://www.superbattery.co.uk/DELL-laptop-battery/Dell-Studio-S1749-battery.htm">Dell Studio S1749 battery</A>, <A href="http://www.superbattery.co.uk/DELL-laptop-battery/Dell-312-0196-battery.htm">Dell 312-0196 battery</A>, <A href="http://www.superbattery.co.uk/DELL-laptop-battery/Dell-Studio-1735-battery.htm">Dell Studio 1735 battery</A>. The subtly angled corners to the lid and base, lid bevelling and silvered edges are stylish enough, although the plastic materials are somewhat unexciting. The screen is a 15.6in unit with either 1,366 x 768 or 1,920 x 1,080 pixels resolution (our model had the latter) and an anti-glare surface that is a little more shiny than some, but also has richer colours. Viewing angles are good, particularly in the horizontal direction. Audio from the built-in speakers is also above average. There is plenty of volume available, and only a little distortion at the maximum setting, plus better bass response than many, making the E5530 a good choice for multimedia duties.</p>
<p>The keyboard is comfortable to use. The action feels a little springy, but typing for hours would be perfectly acceptable. The keys are close to the dimensions of a full-sized desktop keyboard, and there's a separate numerical keypad to the right. Separate audio level and mute buttons are located between the keyboard and screen on the left, although the playback buttons have been rather innocuously included as part of the numerical keypad on the right, where you might at first fail to notice they are there. The touchpad, however, feels quite small and cramped, with some erratic behaviour, although the buttons are large and responsive.</p>
<p>When it comes to the core specification, the E5530 Advanced is decidedly mid-range. There are E5530 options up to Intel Core i7 3520M, but our model was supplied with a Core i5 3320M. We saw the same processor in Toshiba's Portege R930-116 and Tecra R940-1CW. This is a 2.6GHz 35W CPU, but with Intel's usual Turbo Boost and HyperThreading enhancements. In this case, a single core can increase to 3.3GHz when required, whilst the dual physical cores are split into four virtual ones for improved multi-threaded performance.</p>
<p>The processor is partnered with 4GB of 1,600MHz DDR SDRAM, although 8GB can also be specified. The free DIMM slot is accessible beneath a large panel on the base of the E5530, so memory can be user-upgraded at a future date, too. You may want to do this at some point, as the Intel HD 4000 integrated graphics takes some system memory for its own usage. Thanks to the latter, Dell hasn't included discrete graphics with the E5530. Whilst we have found HD 4000 a major improvement over HD 3000, and certainly up to the occasional game, if you're looking for a notebook to double as general family entertainment centre, the Intel graphics will still be a limit on your enjoyment.</p>
<p>Dell also hasn't chosen to supply a solid state disk for main storage, which is no surprise at this price, although these are available as options. Instead a conventional 500GB Western Digital Scorpio Black hard disk is included. This has a 7,200rpm rotational speed and 16MB of cache, so is relatively sprightly in its class. There's also an optical drive available, in the shape of a HL-DT-ST G50N from Hitachi-LG Data Storage. This is a 8x DVD rewriter with DVD RAM support. The E5530 also has a built-in SD card reader, although this doesn't appear to support MemoryStick.</p>