Dell Vostro 5391 review

Vostro 5391: the best-carrying Vostro, on the family's blankest sheet

The Vostro 5391 is the 5000-series ultra-thin body, and it posts the Vostro pool's best carry numbers in this batch — mobility 95, portability 83.8 — on the family's emptiest compute sheet: performance zero, graphics zero, composite 3. It is the inverse of the 5370 beside it: all chassis, no receipts.

Where it holds up

Mobility is the headline strength: a reading of 95 against a business-class median of 60, a 58.3 percent gap in the top quarter of the category — the best figure of any Vostro record in this batch, behind only the D420/E7250 pair at 97 among keyboard-form Dells here. Portability reads 83.8, high band, clear of the 5370's 76. For the buyer whose purchase is the body — the thinnest, lightest expression of the line — the carry axes deliver the entire case.

Where it falls short

Overall performance reads zero — an empty reading rather than a measured result — and graphics reads zero too, a coverage gap rather than a measured zero. Every task axis sits on the low-band floor constants (gaming 19, modeling 12, engineering CAD 19, photo work 13), and the composite score of 3 against a business-class median of 49 is the blank-sheet floor — a striking figure beside the 5370's measured 15, and the reason the two machines are different purchases despite the adjacent names.

Practically: everyday light duty on chassis trust; no capability claim is supportable from this record.

Price and depreciation

No listing price is recorded for this configuration and no depreciation curve is modeled — there is no resale math to quote and no dollar projection to weigh.

Alternatives to consider

The Vostro 5370 in this batch is the rational sibling: four fewer mobility points, but a measured 19.63 performance tier, office 58.9 and the 32 GB pool. The 5320 is the third expression (mobility 91, portability 80.2, equally blank). For buyers who want the 5391's carry class with evidence attached, the Latitude E7250 here (mobility 97, office 20.6) is the cross-brand answer.

Bottom line

Fairly priced for the class, the Vostro 5391 is the best-carrying Vostro of the batch on its blankest sheet: mobility 95 and portability 83.8 over zeroed compute rows — the pure chassis purchase, with the 5370 one shelf over as the evidence-bearing alternative.