Dell Latitude 15 5510: Either-or with mass storage
Offers actually good maintenance possibilities, but: The Dell Latitude 15 5510
Usually, we prefer a laptop with good maintenance possibilities. But with the Dell Latitude 15 5510, an M.2 drive and a sata drive are mutually exclusive so only one port can be used at the same time.
With the Latitude 15 5510, Dell offers a solid Office notebook with optional business features. This includes a Smartcard reader as well as an optional WWAN modul, which users can add subsequentially thanks to the already installed antennas. The 16 GB of RAM are installed in single-channel mode in our test unit but thanks to the two RAM slots, it can be extended and configured in dual-channel mode by the user.
The 512 GB NVMe SSD sits in an M.2-Slot. There is also a SATA port but for some inexplicable reason the M.2 bay also blocks the SATA bay which makes the installation of a secondary storage device impossible. A real design faux-pas which should have been avoided.
With the rest of the hardware, users can execute Office applications and simple image editing programs without problems. However, under heavy load, the Intel Core i5-10310U can't sustain its performance. The fan works quietly but the core clock rates cannot be stabilized over time when the system is stressed.
Beyond that, the Dell notebook scores with a very good battery life. It achieves around 10.5 hours in our practical WLAN test. Hence, mobile users with intensive writing tasks should get an eyeful of the Latitude 15 5510. What buyers of this laptop are to be expected of the device is shown in our full review of the Dell Latitude 15 5510.
Editor of the original article:Mike Wobker - Senior Tech Writer - 424 articles published on Notebookcheck since 2017
I carried out my first IT experiments with a 386-based system and a whole 4 MB RAM. This was followed by work on various PCs and laptops that I maintained and repaired for friends and acquaintances. After training to become a Telecommunications Systems Technician and gaining a few years of experience, I graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering. Currently, I pursue my fascination for IT, technology, and mobile devices by writing reviews and articles for Notebookcheck. I have also worked for Gamestar, Netzwelt, and Golem, among others.
Translator:Christian Hintze - Managing Editor - 1754 articles published on Notebookcheck since 2016
A C64 marked my entry into the world of PCs. I spent my student internship in the repair department of a computer shop and at the end of the day I was allowed to assemble my own 486 PC from “workshop remnants”. As a result of this, I later studied computer science at the Humboldt University in Berlin, with psychology also being added to my studies. After my first job as a research assistant at the university, I went to London for a year and worked for Sega in computer game translation quality assurance. This included working on games such as Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed and Company of Heroes. I have been writing for Notebookcheck since 2017.
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