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I need some help with looking for a Laptop. I have been wanting a new one for a while now. I need something that is within my budget of The HP download page which provides a menu of download and patch options for business and IT users. Dell Latitude E6. Review . This notebook competes against such notebooks as the HP Elite. Book 6. 93. 0p and Fujitsu Life. Book S7. 22. 0. The E6. Solid State Drives (SSDs) for the businesses that require extreme ruggedness and extreme performance. Should your company rush out and purchase the latest generation of Dell business notebooks? We took a closer look to find out. Our review unit of the Dell Latitude E6. Windows Vista Business (3. Intel Core 2 Duo Processor P9. GHz)2. GB 8. 00. MHz DDR2 SDRAM (maximum capacity 8. GB)1. 60. GB Hitachi HDD (7. The chassis is entirely made of magnesium alloy with plenty of 9. While the look is reasonably modern, it’s also a little “old school” and could be mistaken for a 5- year old laptop from a distance. Still, the build and design speak volumes in terms of the overall durability of this notebook. During testing no plastic creaks or squeaks could be heard thanks to the magnesium alloy structure. The entire bottom shell is a metal alloy which gives the laptop a strong footprint on your desk, and gives enough strength to resist bending if you hold the laptop by the edge of the palm rest walking around the room. The only downside to the chassis is that the alloy is thinner than expected in a few locations (more on that later). Another minor issue we noticed is that the bottom access panel on the E6. The magnesium allow base plate smacks up against that corner of the notebook and makes an annoying metal tapping noise if you’re typing on an uneven surface. The heavy use of magnesium alloy carries over to the lid of the notebook, which has an attractive “brushed metal” design that isn’t actually brushed metal but rather a painted surface. This immitation brushed metal surface is available in black, blue, or red to give businesses (and their employees) a way to customize the look of their business notebook. The finish itself seems quite durable and should survive years of use and abuse. In addition to the overall design of the notebook itself, it’s worth mentioning the new docking station for the E- series Latitude notebooks. Most businesses will likely use the E6. Dell made a few changes to the Latitude docking station this year. In addition to relocating some ports they also added an extra USB port on the side and provide new Display. Port connections for the latest external displays. Screen. The matte WXGA+ (1. No dead pixels were found during testing, and backlight bleed while noticed on some dark screens was minimal. Colors were vibrant despite the matte screen and the additional benefit of matte screens is the lack of reflection in an office environment. Wide viewing angles made the screen look sharp even at oddly contorted angles. Backlight adjustment was very broad, allowing me to adjust low enough for darker room settings, and bright enough to still be readable in sunlight or a bright office. One minor negative regarding the screen is that the notebook lid offers less than ideal protection for the screen. Although the allow lid is quite durable and should protect the lid from most impacts, the thin allow does flex and created “ripples” on the screen whenever pressure was allied to the back of the screen The release latch was smooth and unlike most latches on budget notebooks required little effort to release. Keyboard and Touchpad. The keyboard and palm rest structure is solid, but the thin alloy used in the palmrests does flex a little when pressure is applied. Pressing down very firmly, the keyboard suffers from virtually zero flex and is a nice improvement over the older Dell Latitude D6. The keyboard is very comfortable to type on, and gave just the right amount of response for each key press. Key travel is similar to most business notebooks with just a bit less clicking sound than what we hear on Think. Pads in our office. The keyboard layout was not cramped at all, and the keyboard backlighting allowed for typing in a dark room. The Alps touchpad has a nice smooth texture and is reasonably responsive, but could be improved. Lag time and accuracy were worse than what we’ve seen on many competing business notebooks. The size of the touchpad surface was large enough for comfortable control and the two touchpad buttons spanned the full length of the touchpad, and each had a soft click when pressed. The touchpoint/trackpoint located in the center of the keyboard is a nice improvement over the touchpoint on the older D6. Lenovo and HP to be more responsive and accurate. On the bright side, the touchpoint includes three mouse buttons for better control with tabbed web browsing. Next to the touchpad on the right palmrest you’ll also notice a Smart. Card contact reader . The high- end Intel Core 2 Duo P9. Vidia Quadro NVS 1. M combined with a reasonably fast hard drive make this laptop an excellent performer, for both lightweight multimedia uses and number crunching. Below are benchmarks to give you an idea of how this laptop might compare up against other notebooks on the market. WPrime 3. 2M comparison resultsw. Prime is a program that forces the processor to do recursive mathematical calculations, the advantage of this program is that it is multi- threaded and can use both processor cores at once, thereby giving more accurate benchmarking measurements than Super Pi. Notebook / CPUw. Prime 3. Mtime. Dell Latitude E6. Intel Core 2 Duo P9. GHz)3. 0. 4. 97s. HP Elite. Book 8. Intel Core 2 Duo T9. GHz)3. 0. 9. 19s. Lenovo T4. 00 (Intel Core 2 Duo T9. GHz) 2. 7. 4. 10s Lenovo T5. Intel Core 2 Duo T9. GHz) 2. 7. 4. 71s Lenovo T6. Intel Core 2 Duo T7. GHz)4. 2. 0. 25s. Dell Vostro 1. 50. Intel Core 2 Duo T5. GHz)5. 3. 8. 27s. HP Pavilion dv. 65. AMD Turion 6. 4 X2 TL- 6. GHz)4. 0. 7. 59s. Systemax Assault Ruggedized (Core 2 Duo T7. GHz)4. 1. 9. 82s. Toshiba Tecra M9 (Core 2 Duo T7. GHz)3. 7. 2. 99s. HP Compaq 6. 91. 0p (Core 2 Duo T7. GHz)4. 0. 9. 65s. Sony VAIO TZ (Core 2 Duo U7. GHz)7. 6. 2. 40s. Zepto 6. 02. 4W (Core 2 Duo T7. GHz)4. 2. 3. 85s. Lenovo T6. 1 (Core 2 Duo T7. GHz)3. 7. 7. 05s. Hewlett Packard DV6. Turion X2 TL- 6. 0 @ 2. GHz)3. 8. 7. 20s. PCMark. 05 comparison results: Notebook. PCMark. 05. Score. Dell Latitude E6. GHz Intel P9. 50. Nvidia Quadro NVS 1. M 2. 56. MB)5,7. 80 PCMarks. HP Elite. Book 8. GHz Intel T9. 40. Nvidia Quadro FX 7. M 5. 12. MB)6,2. 87 PCMarks. Lenovo T4. 00 (2. GHz Intel T9. 60. ATI Radeon 3. 47. MB GDDR3) 6,5. 89 PCMarks. Lenovo T4. 00 (2. GHz Intel T9. 60. Intel X4. 50. 0) N/ALenovo T5. GHz Intel T9. 60. ATI Radeon 3. 65. MB GDDR3) 7,0. 50 PCMarks Lenovo T5. GHz Intel T9. 60. Intel X4. 50. 0) 5,6. PCMarks Lenovo T6. Standard Screen (2. GHz Intel T7. 30. NVIDIA NVS 1. 40. M 2. 56. MB)4,8. 39 PCMarks. Dell Vostro 1. 50. GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T5. NVIDIA Ge. Force Go 8. M GS)3,5. 85 PCMarks. Dell Inspiron 1. 42. GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T7. NVIDIA Ge. Force Go 8. M GS)4,9. 25 PCMarks. Sony VAIO FZ (2. 0. GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T7. Intel X3. 10. 0)3,3. PCMarks. Dell XPS M1. GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T7. NVIDIA Ge. Force Go 8. M GS)4,5. 91 PCMarks. Lenovo Think. Pad X6. GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T7. Intel X3. 10. 0)4,1. PCMarks. Lenovo 3. V2. 00 (2. 0. GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T7. Intel X3. 10. 0)3,9. PCMarks. Lenovo T6. Widescreen (2. 0. GHz Intel T7. 20. ATI X1. 40. 0 1. 28. MB)4,1. 89 PCMarks. HP dv. 60. 00t (2. GHz Intel T7. 40. NVIDA Ge. Force Go 7. PCMarks. 3DMark. 06 comparison results: Notebook. DMark. 06. Score. Dell Latitude E6. GHz Intel P9. 50. Nvidia Quadro NVS 1. M 2. 56. MB)1,8. 18 3. DMarks. HP Elite. Book 8. 53. 0w (2. GHz Intel T9. 40. Nvidia Quadro FX 7. M 5. 12. MB)5,2. 30 3. DMarks. Lenovo T4. GHz Intel T9. 60. ATI Radeon 3. 47. MB GDDR3) 2,5. 75 3. DMarks. Lenovo T4. GHz Intel T9. 60. Intel X4. 50. 0) 8. DMarks Lenovo T5. GHz Intel T9. 60. ATI Radeon 3. 65. MB GDDR3) 4,3. 71 3. DMarks Lenovo T5. GHz Intel T9. 60. Intel X4. 50. 0) 8. DMarks Lenovo T6. Standard Screen (2. GHz Intel T7. 30. NVIDIA NVS 1. 40. M 2. 56. MB)1,4. 41 3. DMarks. Dell Vostro 1. GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T5. NVIDIA Ge. Force Go 8. M GS)1,2. 69 3. DMarks. Dell Inspiron 1. 42. GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T7. NVIDIA Ge. Force Go 8. M GS 1. 28. MB)1,3. DMarks. Sony VAIO FZ (2. GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T7. Intel X3. 10. 0)5. DMarks. Dell XPS M1. GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T7. NVIDIA Ge. Force Go 8. M GS 1. 28. MB)1,4. DMarks. Samsung Q7. GHz Core 2 Duo T7. Vidia 8. 40. 0M G GPU)1,0. DMarks. Asus F3sv- A1 (Core 2 Duo T7. GHz, Nvidia 8. 60. M GS 2. 56. MB)2,3. DMarks. Fujitsu Siemens Amilo Xi 1. Core Duo, n. Vidia 7. Go 2. 56 MB)2,1. 44 3. DMarks. Samsung X6. GHz Core 2 Duo T7. ATI X1. 70. 0 2. 56. MB)1,8. 31 3. DMarks. Asus A6. J (1. 8. GHz Core Duo, ATI X1. MB)1,8. 19 3. DMarks. HP dv. 60. 00t (2. GHz Intel T7. 40. NVIDA Ge. Force Go 7. DMarks. HDTune storage drive performance test: For those who are interested in replacing the standard hard disk drive in the E6. SSD), the E6. 40. SSD options and prices: 6. GB Dell Mobility Solid State Drive (add $4. GB Ultra Performance Solid State Drive (add $6. GB Dell Mobility Solid State Drive (add $6. Speakers. The speakers on the E6. While lower bass was lacking, volume levels were quite loud, and distortion at peak levels was not present. The speakers also have a great location that directs sound up and toward the user. Speaking of great locations, it’s also worth mentioning that the fingerprint reader is now located beneath the right speaker. This is a much better location than the palmrest or in between the touchpad buttons (where most manufacturers put the fingerprint reader) because it means you’re less likely to accidentally trigger the fingerprint reader when you pick up the notebook or use the touchpad buttons. Input and Output ports. Port selection was not a problem, although I would have enjoyed seeing a HDMI port, but the inclusion of a Display. Port is a reasonable compromise and probably more useful in a corporate environment. Going around the notebook, we find the following ports. Left: Kensington lock slot, VGA out, powered USB port, combo USB/e. SATA port, heat exhaust, Smart. Card reader, and hard drive bay. Front: Screen latch release and SD card reader. Right: PC card slot (Express.
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