Dell Latitude 15.6" VWWD9 2018, Core i5-8400H, 8GB, 256GB SSD, GeForce MX130

A 2018 business laptop with a decent CPU and SSD, but 8GB of RAM and a weak GPU make it a tough sell in 2025. Buy it cheap or don't buy it at all.

The i5-8400H can still boost to 4.2GHz, which is respectable for basic office work and web browsing. The 256GB NVMe SSD is a genuine bright spot, it'll boot Windows fast and keep app launches snappy. But the MX130 with 2GB of VRAM is basically a glorified display adapter at this point. It sits in the 43rd percentile for GPU performance, which means it'll handle spreadsheets and YouTube fine but choke on anything resembling modern gaming or video editing. The 8GB of RAM is the real bottleneck. Chrome with a dozen tabs will eat that alive, and Windows 10 Pro plus background services will leave you with maybe 4GB of usable memory. You can expand it to 32GB, and honestly, you should.

Against something like the Lenovo Legion 5i or ASUS ROG Zephyrus, this Latitude gets absolutely smoked on every performance metric that matters. Those machines have modern CPUs, real GPUs, and 16-32GB of RAM. But they also cost way more. The more honest comparison is against other refurbished business laptops in the same price range, where the Latitude's Thunderbolt port and NVMe SSD give it a slight edge over older ThinkPads with spinning drives. The MacBook Pro M4 Pro isn't even in the same universe, so don't cross-shop them unless you enjoy disappointment.

Pricing is all over the place in Canada, ranging from CAD 862 to CAD 2,015 depending on the listing. At the low end, you're getting a functional business laptop with an SSD and Thunderbolt for under a grand, which isn't terrible if you just need email and documents. At the high end, you're getting robbed. Nobody should pay two grand for an 8th-gen i5 with 8GB of RAM in 2025. If you're shopping this, hunt for the cheapest listing and factor in another CAD 50-80 for a RAM upgrade kit.

The Dell Latitude VWWD9 is a business laptop from 2018 trying to survive in a 2025 world. It's got a quad-core i5-8400H, a discrete MX130 GPU, and Windows 10 Pro, which sounds fine on paper until you realize the RAM situation is dire. 8GB of DDR4 in a 15.6-inch machine is rough, and our database puts it in the 7th percentile for memory. That's not just low, that's 'we need to talk' territory. The one thing to know: this is a used or refurbished fleet laptop, not a new machine, and you should treat it that way.

If you're looking for a laptop that can handle creative work, gaming, or heavy multitasking, this isn't it. Go get a used Lenovo Legion or a newer Ryzen-based business laptop instead. And if you're tempted by the CAD 2,015 listing, just stop. That's MacBook Air money for a machine that's seven years old.

This is a budget business laptop for people who need a cheap Windows machine for email, web browsing, and Office apps. If that's you, and you can find it at the low end of the CAD price range, it's a reasonable buy, especially with the Thunderbolt port and fast SSD. But if you need to run anything more demanding than a spreadsheet, or you're tempted by the higher-priced listings, walk away. There are better ways to spend your money.