Latitude 7480

I am interested in the IR camera....love that feature on my Surface 4 Pro. The computer I want is $1850 through Premiere. Woof.

 

Ahs, I didn't know that, thank you for pointing that out.
Although I wonder if the list should be taken as "possible configurations for each PCIe controller", rather than the total amount of possible links: after all, none of the combinations listed for dual-cores uses all 12 lanes. So perhaps it just means (4x2 + 2x2) is feasible, but not (1x8 + 2x2). Take for instance the HP Spectre x360 Kaby Lake, it has a dual-core CPU, NVMe SSD (4-lanes link, I assume) plus TB3 (4-lanes, apparently).
Anyway, I don't mean to go OT let's just cross fingers that Latitude 7480 can have 4-lane TB3

 

Here's what I could come up with for the 2 different bezels:





It looks marginally thinner on top at least, but still not quite so good as the infinity screen versions on XPS's/5520's

 

Looks like the bezels have the same amount of space on the sides, and the one with the IR camera is thicker at the top....the one with the regular camera is thicker at the bottom. All things considered, the surface area of the bezel with either camera is the same.

 

I got the E7480 a few days ago. Good laptop, but not blown away by it.

Pros:

Screen (I got the FHD Screen)
Weight
Windows Hello
Build Quality

Cons:

The NVMe drives are still limited to PCIe x2. Not sure how much of a real world difference PCIe x4 will make though. Pretty sure it only matters for large file transfers and benchmarks.

I got the 512GB NVMe SED drive from Dell. Turned out to be a Samsung PM961. My Dell sales rep confirmed the drive supports Microsoft eDrive for hardware assisted BitLocker, but that is not the case, since Samsung doesn't support IEEE-1667 with this drive.

No precision touchpad. Touchpad isn't terrible, but not sure why Dell forces their crappy software on you.


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I'm still on the fence about returning this and waiting for the X1 Carbon 5th Gen. The X1C will support PCIe x4 and does come with a precision touchpad. It is also .5lbs lighter and probably will have better build quality. Only real negative on paper is the memory is limited to 16GB.

 

In everyday usage the difference between PCIe x4, PCIe x2 and SATA is hard to notice. My Precision 5510 came with a 256GB SSD which gave impressive benchmark results but I replaced it with a 1TB SATA SSD (I need the capacity) and haven't noticed a significant difference.

I've not noticed any difference in everyday usage between the precision touchpad on my Precision 5510 and the normal touchpad on the E7450 or the Latitude 7370 except that the 5510's pad is much larger in size.

John

 

Not really surprised, the 7000 series have never been outstanding in any particular category. We mostly buy them for the durability, since TSA guys are brutal with expensive things.

 

Going to order my 7480 next week.

Going for i5-7300 (2.6Ghz), Thunderbolt 3, 1x8GB, 512gb NVMe, 14" FHD with IR, backlit keyboard, Intel 8265, 4 cell battery, fingerprint reader, 3 year ProSupport. Of all the silly reasons to order it, I have a credit card bonus I am trying to reach and having a hard time finding higher ticket items to reach a spending threshold.

First world problems.

 

Anyone know what docks are supported? I see a WD15, TB15, and TB16. Or can I use any TB3 dock? Does the laptop charge through the TB3 cable?

Ugg....the more I think about this the less I want to get a new laptop. I have docks set up at home, my office, and one of my big customers....don't want to buy new docks, cables, lose my E-Stand, etc.

 

still waiting for the WWAN option to become available, Chat support now says 'early march'