The Dell Latitude 9510[1] is a neat 15-inch business laptop that's available either as a traditional clamshell design or as a 2-in-1 with a fully rotating screen. If you want the 2-in-1 the starting price in the UK is £1,613.55 (ex. VAT), rising to £2,123.55, while the traditional laptop starts at £1,253.55 and tops out at £1,883.55. In the US[2], prices range between $1,849 and $2,929.
At first glance, the Dell Latitude 9510 looks somewhat nondescript. A silver lid and base with the Dell logo centrally placed on the lid isn't the stuff of 'oohs' and 'aahs'. The sides of both base and lid have a sheen to them and the lid has a faint etched finish, but these are pretty low-key touches. What's immediately noticeable is that the build is very solid, with the aluminium chassis providing for an unbendable lid and all-around toughness. This laptop is heavy, though: my clamshell review unit weighs 1.4kg, while the 2-in-1 is even heavier at 1.5kg.
Open up the lid, and the design becomes much more distinctive. There's a pair of speaker grilles either side of the keyboard, framed in a lighter grey than the rest of the base, while the keyboard itself is a darker tone of grey and the touchpad is framed in shiny silver. It's a bit of a mishmash of colours, materials and styling: perhaps you might call it 'textures of grey'. While my review unit wasn't the 2-in-1, it was still possible to lay the screen flat on a table or