Dell Latitude 13.3" FHD i5-8350U Laptop
$249.99
Condition: Refurbished
Color: Black
Screen Size: 13.3"
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Almost a great purchase - but just a good one
By Michael Baek on Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2023
So let me start by saying this is still a very good buy in 2023 - the 8350U still gives snappy performance and windows 11 support (plus a pro license is nice), and the laptop itself is in very good shape and the only thing that wasn't working for me was the fingerprint reader (and let's be honest - that's a nice-to-have at best). Taking into account the very low price of this laptop, there had to have been something that wasn't up to snuff - and in this case it's the battery, which was at roughly half of it's maximum possible lifespan. That suggests that the battery in the laptop may just be the original, which is disappointing - but not a dealbreaker at all at this price point (around $200). I will say, the seller even went out of the way to install a new SSD - which is why my review is staying at 5 stars despite the subpar battery. That's a huge and unnecessary bit of goodwill that should not go unnoticed. The biggest worry about a laptop at this age (about 5 years) is definitely the health of the drive, and this put a lot of those worries to rest. For anyone worried about the battery issue (which will mean instead of about 6-8 hours on active use, about 4-5 hours on active use) - batteries for this model K5XWW are usually on sale for pretty cheap ($30-40) and one of the easier batteries to replace. That's what I'm going to do, and even after doing that, this will still easily be worth the price.
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Not a good buy
By CiCi on Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2023
Dell has always made really good reliable laptops; however, I don't know if it's because this is a renewed item or it's by design, but I didn't have a good experience at all. Whenever it's plugged in and the laptop is on, within 2 minutes, the laptop starts to overheat, strangely not where the battery is located. It gets so hot that you can't touch that area. I don't know how you'd be able to work with it when the laptop is opened up in tablet mode. The heat is directly hitting the back of the screen. At some point, that screen is going to get messed up by the heat, aside from other hardware getting damaged. The battery doesn't hold a good charge. It takes around 4.5 hours of idle time to go from 100% to 50%. When it reaches 50%, the laptop turns off. I have to use the power adapter to turn it back on. The boot up screen gives me a warning that the battery is low and Windows tells me it's at 0%.
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