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Dell Latitude 7390

 & Eric Grevstad Contributing Editor

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Meet the Dell Latitude 7390

The Dell Latitude 7390 courts business travelers and IT departments with everything from Intel vPro manageability to MIL-STD-810G certification against shock, vibration, and environmental extremes.

A Front View

The Latitude 7390 being reviewed here is a non-convertible clamshell laptop, not to be confused with the Latitude 7390 2-in-1.

Is This Keyboard Your Type?

The backlit keyboard is, let's say, okay, but not the Latitude 7390's finest feature. For one thing, it's slightly cramped.

A Peep at the Cam

The camera, centered in its natural place above the screen instead of below it as on the Dell XPS 13, captures average-brightness, slightly soft-focus shots.

The Left Edge Ports

On the Latitude's left side, you'll find a SmartCard slot, USB 3.0 and HDMI ports, a Thunderbolt 3 port, and the power connector. (The last is a proprietary plug, not the USB-C charging of the Latitude 7390 2-in-1.)

What's on the Right...

On this side are an Ethernet port, another USB 3.0 port, micro SD and SIM card slots, an audio jack, and a Noble lock slot for securing the laptop to an antitheft cable.

The Panel at an Angle

The 13.3-inch screen is a highlight, with skinny side bezels and a matte finish instead of the mirror gloss that turns so many touch screens into reflection fests. Details are sharp, and viewing angles are broad; there's plenty of brightness, so long as you stick to the top couple of backlight settings.

Looking at the Lid

The notebook follows Dell's design aesthetic, with an etched-chrome company logo centered in the black carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer lid. Thankfully, the lid doesn't pick up too many fingerprints.

Lie-Flat Hinge

The hinge lets you extend the screen out to 180 degrees.

A Look Down Below

The speakers are located under the Latitude 7390's front edge. This is a sealed-battery design.

On the Whole, a Solid Effort

With its eighth-generation, 1.9GHz Core i7-8650U processor and speedy SSD, the Latitude 7390 runs roughshod over spreadsheets and word processing documents.

About Our Expert

Eric Grevstad

Eric Grevstad

Contributing Editor

My Experience

I was picked to write PCMag's 40th Anniversary "Most Influential PCs" feature because I'm the geezer who remembers them all—I worked on TRS-80 and Apple II monthlies starting in 1982 and served as editor of Computer Shopper when it was a 700-page monthly rivaled only by Brides as America's fattest magazine. I was later the editor in chief of Home Office Computing, a magazine about using tech to work from home two decades before a pandemic made it standard practice. Even in semi-retirement, I can't stop playing with toys and telling people what gear to buy.

The Technology I Use

I wish I still had my TRS-80 Model 4P, Laser 128 (educational toymaker VTech's Apple IIc clone), Psion Series 5, and ThinkPad 701C with the fold-out "butterfly" keyboard.

My main machine is a Lenovo Yoga 9i all-in-one desktop with a 13th Gen Core i9 and 32-inch 4K display running Windows 11 Home, Microsoft 365 Family, and Norton 360 with LifeLock. My wife and I get 400Mbps Spectrum internet as part of our homeowners' association fee, but I pay a fortune for streaming services.

I also have a Google Pixel 7 Android phone and pay Mint Mobile $15 a month. We share a Volvo XC60 Recharge plug-in hybrid; I'd have a car of my own, but it seems wasteful to buy a Corvette E-Ray to drive 10 miles a week.

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