Is a refurbished e6440 a good buy

So I'm eyeing a refurbished e6440 and I just wanted to make sure it was still a decent buy I don't know a lot about laptops but it looks like it's still plenty powerful?

 

Dell's Latitude notebooks are built for durability and ease of maintenance. The E6440 has more features but is heavier than the E7440 from the same family. Three year warranty should be standard and is transferrable provided that the original purchaser notifies Dell with your details.

What do you plan to use the notebook for? Almost every recent notebook can handle the basic tasks of email, internet, working with documents and spreadsheets. Notebookcheck has a good review of the E6440. However, there is a wide range of configuration options so different versions of the E6440 can vary between excellent and barely adequate. The component that I would check before buying is the display. The cheapest display option is 1366 x 768 and tend to be low quality. The higher resolution options are better. If you can get the service tag for the notebook from the seller then you can look up the details of the notebook here.

John

 

I would be buying from Dell outlet direct I was looking at an i7 at least 8gb ram and a 1080 scree I know the graphics card isn't a power house but surely it's good enough for older games or stuff like pillars of eternity which has stolen my attention

 

I often do my shopping at Dell Outlet which can provide excellent value for money. Most of the notebooks I have bought over the years have been like new but if you do find a problem then Dell will be quick to fix it. The notebookcheck details for the 8690M should help you decide whether it is up to the task you want.

John

 

If you can get the 1080p version, you are guaranteed the later revision of the motherboard that uses eDP to the screen. This will keep the door open for better screen replacements in the future if need be.

If you get one of the older/cheaper earlier revisions with the 1366x768 screen, you may very well be limited to LVDS panels which means that you'll never be running a 1080p or better display.

 

For me it depends on the price. If it's $500 or so, I would skip it and look at newer models like the 5450 or 5470. I ordered a 5470 from the outlet a week ago for $561 (plus tax). Quad core i5, 8gb ram, 256gb ssd, 1080p screen.

 

Hi,

I was about the get the e5470, but ended up with a refurbished e6440 instead and I am very happy with it. (i also bought the e7470, but i didnt even open it and sent it back).

I am very happy with the e6440. I got the extended 97wh battery that gives me about 10 hrs of battery life with normal usage. I also bought the 97wh slice battery that gets me to a whopping 18 hrs battery life.

I swapped out the HDD and the dvd burner and put in (2) Samsung Evo 850 500gb SSDs and I have a portable desktop at a out 4.4 lbs. with the 97wh big battery. The slice battery adds 1.1 lbs.

the Keyboard is excellent. I type very fast on it and i actually prefer it to the new chiclet style keyboards. The trackpad is smaller but its ok for me. As long as a trackpad has dedicated right / left click buttons, I am fine with it.

I would say $400 to $500 range is great and try to at least get the 1600 x 900 lcd. I got the 1920 x 1080. Best of luck to you!

 

Depending on the pricing, and the configuration, it ranges from being a "pretty good" to a "great" option -- I would recommend NOT bothering with the i7 unless the cost increase from the i5-4300M/i5-4310M is negligible -- dual core i7s like the 4500M are not really much faster than the better i5 models, and new they were quite a bit pricier.

Compared to the 74xx models, the E6440 is a bit chunkier, but otherwise shares the very nice build quality which is a little worse on the E54xx models. It's the last full-wattage dual core model Dell sold in the professional line, and quite a bit faster than the same generation ultrabook models and at least comparable (on CPU, not GPU/video) with the Skylake-U models in the current generation.

For the same cost, I'd take one over a Skylake-U or Broadwell-U model, except for the 7470. And I suspect it's going to be a good bit cheaper than a comparably equipped 7470.
If you need the higher speeds/quad core CPU, of course, the 5470 (or dropping back to a E6430, or one of the bigger 15" models) will be hugely faster.