Dell Latitude 5490 14” FHD, Intel Core i5-8350U 1.7GHz, 16GB RAM, 512GB Solid State Drive, Windows 11 Pro 64Bit, CAM, Black (Renewed)

Great quality
Works great. Secure packaging, recieved the items as described by the seller and for it at a great price

An Honest Review… VERY DISAPPOINTED ABOUT THE CRAPPY SSD INSTALLED…
I just needed a basic laptop with Windows 11 on it for personal home use, and I didn’t want to spend a lot of money right now, either. I found this laptop here on Amazon, and I was pretty impressed with what I read about it, and I placed the order for it. Unfortunately, the laptop that I received doesn’t have a built-in 720p web camera, or a backlit keyboard, as it was advertised to have. However, that stuff is of no big deal to me personally, however it could be a big deal to other people. I opened the bottom of the laptop to see what it has inside of it. I found a CR2032 coin battery in it, and I thought that Dell moved away from that by now, but no Dell didn’t. I found the main battery. I found that the RAM was upgraded from the original 8 GB to 16 GB. And I found that the original 7200 RPM SATA 2.5 inch mechanical hard drive was upgraded to a very generic 512 GB SATA 2.5 inch SSD. Unfortunately, the refurbisher installed a used SSD in the laptop. Using Linux, I discovered that the SSD is well over 4 years old and it’s basically garbage and it’s on its way out. So I bought a brand new 2.5 inch, 2 TB SSD and I installed it. I reinstalled Windows 11 Professional back onto the machine and it’s a whole lot better now. I won’t have to worry about the SSD crapping out on me any time soon! I also found that the 4G/5G cellular connectivity card is missing or simply not there, so I assume that’s on me to figure out what I want to install for that. There seems to be a slot to install a different type of SSD, maybe an M.2 type, rather than having the SATA 2.5 inch SSD. I’m not sure if I can install a M.2 type SSD and install a normal mechanical hard drive at the same time, though. I was hoping to use the Windows 11 OS on the SSD, while using a mechanical hard drive for repetitive downloading and deleting of things. Maybe it isn’t necessary to do that anymore with the latest advancements in SSD technology now. I looked at the laptop and it didn’t have any major scratches or dings in it, and I did like that. The laptop I received was manufactured in 2018, so it’s actually pretty old by today’s standards. For the inexpensive price that I paid for this laptop, I still faired very well. I’m very happy with it. I’ll upgrade the RAM to the max. 32 GB limit. I’ll buy the cellular connectivity card that I need for the laptop, and subscribe it to my cellular network carrier unlimited data plan, and I’ll buy a Wi-Fi 6 compatible wireless card for it, if available. The laptop should be upgraded to its fullest capacity in every possible way for me to be even happier with it for how I will use it. I’m not a gamer, so I won’t use it for gaming purposes. The laptop will not work well with the powerful games that’s out there these days anyways. A much more expensive and dedicated gaming laptop is used for that stuff. I also don’t do any business stuff with a PC, either. This laptop is still a very capable business machine that still has excellent security abilities. I am not a student and I’m not in college or anything, so I wouldn’t use this laptop for those purposes, either. The laptop is still very capable for students, though. For the approximately $200 that I’ve spent for this Dell business laptop, I received Windows 11 Professional, and it was upgraded somewhat. It is still a very capable and secure machine, and I got a good laptop for the money I paid for it. Is it the best? No. Is it brand new and of the latest available technology in the motherboard? No. For me it will work just fine for web surfing, social media, and for watching YouTube videos, and stuff like that. I’ll also use it to watch the downloaded movies and music that I have, too. That’s pretty much it. For what it is, it will suit my needs just fine, especially when I get the further upgrades done to it myself. However, I am VERY DISAPPOINTED by the 4 plus year old SSD that the refurbisher or whomever installed in the machine. The new 2 TB SSD that I purchased cost me an additional $130, which isn’t a bad price. A new 512 GB SSD would cost much less… between $30 to $70, depending on what you get. So beware of the SSD or the HDD of any refurbished machines. You should automatically replace it with a brand new SSD or HDD, and I didn’t know that until I bought this machine. It also would have been nice to have the maximum RAM limit installed. If the machine has a brand new SSD, and if it has the maximum RAM limit installed, I would have gladly paid more money for it to compensate that cost to the refurbisher. Just saying. Outside of that, I’m still very happy with this machine, even though I will have to upgrade it myself to meet my person satisfaction and for my personal needs.

Great value
Great as advertised

looks like new
super clean, well packed, works perfectly