Today this port is still used in single cases for communication with various machines and components. It gives the E5500 an increase of value and makes it a preferred purchase in the end.Įven before WLAN, USB and co., data was sent serially over a D-sub socket via cable.
This, in the meantime very rarely found port, might be of importance for a few selected users, though. Nevertheless, a serial port on the left side edge has been added to the notebook. Also a digital display port for connecting a high resolution external monitor to the notebook has been omitted. The E5500 does without an eSATA port, with which an efficient external hard disk can be connected. The classical "consumer" division is fortunately still far enough away…Ī not unimportant difference to the Latitude E6500 you can find in the offered connection options. Don't worry, it's matt and fingerprint friendly. In order not to show all cards too fast in a closed state, the E5500 was given a varnished metal display lid. Not only the plumper form but the surface finish shows obvious plastic charm. Optically, the plastic case can't quite keep up with the aluminum case, though. The rough-textured plastic surface in the area of the wrist supports becomes enjoyably warm fast and the aluminum is barely missed.
We found the haptic of the case quite pleasing. In this exercise the aluminum – case leads by lengths. Moderate deformations, i.e., when lifting the notebook on the side edges, are still acceptable.
The applied plastic in the E5500 seems very compact and robust, in any case. Apple brought this to perfection the opposite way with, for instance, the Macbook Air, or with the new Macbooks with an aluminum body. While aluminum components can take over statical and optical functions simultaneously, plastic cases are always dependant on a metal frame inside which leads to a greater thickness. It's not really surprising that the chassis of the E5500 turns out considerably bulkier than that of the E6500. The used materials have a substantial influence on the design of the case, particularly on the component measurements, though. First of all the materiality of a case doesn't decide foremost over its quality in regards to haptic, stability and ergonomics.
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