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Dell’s new Latitude 3140 is a small laptop with an Intel Alder Lake-N low-power processor and a relatively affordable price tag… if you opt for a model with entry-level specs. Designed for the education market, it’s also available for anyone to buy from Dell.com.
Prices range from $339 to $879, depending on the processor, memory, storage, and whether you opt for a clamshell notebook or a 2-in-1 convertible tablet, among other things.
The entry-level price will get you a notebook with an 11.6 inch, 1366 x 768 pixel non-touch display, an Intel Processor N100 chip, 4GB of LPDDR5x-4800 memory, 64GB of eMMC storage and a 41 Wh battery.
But you can also upgrade to a model with an Intel Processor N200 chip, 8GB of RAM, and up to 256GB of PCIe NVMe solid state storage.
Models with convertible tablet-style designs have a 360-degree hinge and touchscreen display covered by scratch-resistant Dragontrail Pro glass and support for a Dell Active Pen. You can also write on the screen using a No. 2 pencil.
These convertible models also come with a larger 53 Wh battery and has a 5MP world-facing camera as well as the standard 1MP webcam that’s available on all models.
Unfortunately all models of the Dell Latitude 3140 have 1366 x 768 pixel displays. There’s no option for a 1080p or higher resolution display. The laptop also lacks some of the features you’ll usually find on high-priced models, like a backlit keyboard or fingerprint sensor.
But the laptop does support WiFi 6, comes with a 65W AC power adapter, and features a set of ports that includes HDMI 1.4, 3.5mm audio, USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A and USB Type-C.
The Dell Latitude 3140 laptop measures 301 x 205 x 21mm (11.8″ x 8.1″ x 0.8) and weighs 1.35 kg (about 3 pounds), while the Latitude 3140 2-in-1 is the same size, but weighs a little more at 1.42 kg (3.1 pounds).
The trick with most business model Dells including these is that if you don’t have a volume discount, you should wait for them to show up on Dell’s outlet site (if in the US) or through outside resellers if outside
Nicer configurations (8GB) be under $300 on Outlet in maybe 4-6 months.
At least if this matches the last two models, they have a real M2 slot. Dell has service manuals available. The one refurb Dell I got with eMMC had it on an M.2 card (not one of these, but a Wyze 5070 thin client – excellent little Linux servers once upgraded with a bit more ram and a real disk. About US$100 on the outlet site.)
Inspiron Mini 12 is back, but rebranded as Latitude 3140. They have improved the display from the original 1024 × 600 to 1366 x 768, and the original 2GB memory is now 8GB. I hope new customers are just as happy as the older customers were.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dell_Inspiron_Mini_Series
They’ve been making little machines like this for the past several years – Latitude 3190 and then 3120… Both had Atoms or Atom based Pentiums
N100 is a pretty big speedbump from the prior gen Atoms.
“64GB of eMMC storage” No doubt soldered-down eMMC so you have zero control over your storage. That is a deal killer for me at any price – never mind $339 which is way too high IMO. But it will probably work for government-run “schools” though. They really don’t care about storage management options, and have unlimited taxpayer money to spend.
Agreed. Definitely overpriced.
At least if this matches the last two models, they have a real M2 slot. Dell has service manuals available. The one refurb Dell I got with eMMC had it on an M.2 card (not one of these, but a Wyze 5070 thin client – excellent little Linux servers once upgraded with a bit more ram and a real disk. About US$100 on the outlet site.)
I really thought 2023 would be the year we wouldn’t see a new laptop using a 1366×768 display.
In all fairness, with us slightly older folk, we struggle with high resolution screens on such a small surface with our older eyes. I personally wouldn’t mind 1366×768 on such a small screen. I think it’s a good trade-off.
Sweet spot for me is 1600×900 on screens 15.6 inches or less.
The trouble with picking a lower resolution as a way of solving that problem is that many websites and applications today are designed for a minimum of 1920×1080. I have an older laptop with a 1440×900 resolution, and those 900 vertical pixels are often a problem with some applications.
Sometimes I’ll open a Preferences menu in a program, and the vertical height of that window exceeds my resolution, so it sometimes puts the Ok/Cancel buttons below the bottom edge of my screen.
Another problem is that it makes text more blurry/pixely, which is hard on your eyes when you are reading.
The best solution for this problem is to pick a higher resolution, and use Windows DPI scaling to increase the size of the elements on the screen. I have bad eyesight, and I use a 2K monitor with 175% scaling in Windows 11, and it’s perfect for me.
justsomeone1, just in case you know you can change screen font size?
Meh, to each their own.