Thank you for sharing your thoughts, I never even knew these gems existed. I just bought one used. I plan on buying several batteries for it. I truly love the fact that these Dell tablets are modular. A lot of folks get caught up in the ascetics of devices like phones, laptops, and tablets, and seem to forget that in 2 or 3 years time (if they don't charge/discharge their batteries wisely) they might have to fork out big money for it to be repaired, or buy another device. Every device I own, I've owned for several years, and they're all modular, I am not interested in buying a new device every 2-3 years.
I agree. I bought this used on ebay and it´s such a great laptop for students. I can carry to the Uni without any problem. Only thing I am waiting for is for the replacement battery to arrive so I can replace it. The Dell Pen also works great for anotating pdf. Works particulary great with the reader incorporated in Microsoft Edge
@@Ruth--Butler 200GBP. This is the high end i5 model with the finger print scanner and card reader but, i replaced the battery, upgraded the SSD, and installed the infrared camera.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts, I never even knew these gems existed. I just bought one used. I plan on buying several batteries for it. I truly love the fact that these Dell tablets are modular. A lot of folks get caught up in the ascetics of devices like phones, laptops, and tablets, and seem to forget that in 2 or 3 years time (if they don't charge/discharge their batteries wisely) they might have to fork out big money for it to be repaired, or buy another device. Every device I own, I've owned for several years, and they're all modular, I am not interested in buying a new device every 2-3 years.
Thanks for this video man, I was nearly going to buy a surface pro but this review has lead me to get one of these instead!
I agree. I bought this used on ebay and it´s such a great laptop for students. I can carry to the Uni without any problem. Only thing I am waiting for is for the replacement battery to arrive so I can replace it. The Dell Pen also works great for anotating pdf. Works particulary great with the reader incorporated in Microsoft Edge
The 5290 is a great device.
Thanks
You right I will take a look at this now that
I need to replace the screen on my surface pro 4
do you have those ghost circles on it? If so, there's a fix.
did you buy this used on Ebay?
Yes
@@Techunderthemicroscope was it a rebuild?
What did you pay?
@@Ruth--Butler 200GBP. This is the high end i5 model with the finger print scanner and card reader but, i replaced the battery, upgraded the SSD, and installed the infrared camera.
Once you replace the battery with a new one, how much does the battery last? :O
Depends on the battery (provenance), some batteries are not as good as others but I would say 4-5 hours minimum