Dell · 2024
Dell Latitude 7450 (Core Ultra 7 165H)
An Ubuntu-certified 1.06 kg fleet ultralight with 12 hours real battery and a solid keyboard. Fingerprint is dead on Linux, RAM is soldered, and the panel is a plain 1200p. Fair for a managed Linux estate, dull for anyone else.
Compiled from public sources and community data, not hands-on tested. What that means.
Best on ubuntu LTS. Confidence: high
Scores
Specs
| CPU | Intel Core Ultra 7 165H |
|---|---|
| GPU | Intel Arc Graphics (integrated) |
| RAM | 16 GB (soldered) |
| Storage | 512 GB |
| Screen | 14" 1920x1200 @ 60Hz |
| Weight | 1.06 kg |
| Battery (real) | ~12 h |
Linux compatibility
- ubuntu-lts Minor setup
- Wi-Fi
- works
- Bluetooth
- works
- Fingerprint
- broken
- Webcam
- works
- Audio
- works
- Suspend
- needs tweak
- fedora Minor setup
- Wi-Fi
- works
- Bluetooth
- works
- Fingerprint
- broken
- Webcam
- works
- Audio
- works
- Suspend
- needs tweak
ubuntu-lts: Dell ships this as an Ubuntu-certified platform with the Core Ultra 7 165H, so the base hardware is signed off. Same pattern as the rest of the Meteor Lake business class: the fingerprint reader has no libfprint driver and stays dead, and there is no S3 sleep, only s0ix modern standby, so expect some idle drain. UVC webcam, no IPU6 trap on this SKU. Wi-Fi is the Intel BE200, fine on kernel 6.8 or newer. Ubuntu certified: Latitude 7450 (Ultra 7 165H) →
fedora: Same story as Ubuntu. Fingerprint is the only hard loss. RAM is soldered LPDDR5x, so pick the capacity you want at order time, no upgrade later.