The Tecra X40-D is an ultrathin 14.1-inch premium business notebook that’s great on paper but troublesome during use. While it looks slick and packs fast storage and processors, its keyboard is a pain to use, and its battery life is significantly lacking. When you use it a little more, you realize that its screen is too dim for a machine so expensive (tested at $2,049; starting at $1,129). Making matters even worse, the ordering process for a custom model is too much work  — the last straw for this laptop, which we can’t recommend.

Design

The Tecra X40-D looks black from far away, but up close, you realize that its sleek brushed-metal, magnesium-alloy chassis is a dark onyx blue. The notebook also feels durable, barely flexing when gripped tightly.

Measuring 0.7 inches thick and weighing 2.7 pounds, the Tecra X40-D is lighter than the HP EliteBook x360 G2 (0.6 inches, 2.8 pounds) and the Dell Latitude 7280 (0.7 inches, 2.8 pounds) but heavier than the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon (0.6 inches, 2.5 pounds).
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