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Dell Latitude 5591

 & Eric Grevstad Contributing Editor

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Meet the Dell Latitude 5591

Even with a beefy 92-watt-hour battery, the 5591 is not ponderously heavy at 4.6 pounds.

Solid Typing

The keyboard earns points for combining a virtually silent, soft touch with more than adequate travel and feedback.

The Webcam's a Treat, Too

The webcam captures above-averagely bright and detailed images.

Ports on the Left Side...

Along the left edge are a USB Type-C/Thunderbolt 3 port, a USB 3.0 port, and SD and SmartCard slots.

...and on the Right

The right edge holds an old-school VGA port, another USB 3.0 port, an audio jack, a SIM slot for mobile broadband configurations, and a Noble lock slot.

Along the Back Edge

Around the back you'll find HDMI and Ethernet ports and a third USB 3.0 port, as well as the socket for the somewhat bulky 130-watt AC adapter.

Keen on the Screen

The screen was bright enough to use even with the backlight dialed down several notches to save battery power, and its contrast and viewing angles are good.

Keyboard and Touchpad

Cursor captains can choose from a blue-ringed pointing stick embedded in the keyboard or a midsize touchpad below it.

Flex Test

The Latitude has passed MIL-STD tests against shock, vibration, and other road hazards; there's hardly any flex when you grasp the screen corners and none in the center of the keyboard deck.

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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