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| From | Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | uk.comp.os.linux, comp.os.linux.misc, uk.d-i-y |
| Subject | New Dell Latitude for linux |
| Date | 2014-09-02 18:42 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <j4chdb-ccb.ln1@squidward.local.dionic.net> (permalink) |
Cross-posted to 3 groups.
[uk.d-i-y because there are just as many people there who might have an opinion on this] What would you choose: Dell E6440, i5-5310M with Radeon HD8690M graphics but only 802.11a/b/g/n WIFI or Dell E7740, i5-4310U with Intel HD 4400 Haswell graphics with 802.11a/b/g/n/ac WIFI And does anyone know if the 256GB SSD MiniCard disk option is any good?[1] Any random thoughts? :) BTW - Lenovo have stopped offering a "build your own" custom buy and the T series trackpads have gone down the pan according to reviews. So no more Lenovo. Why Dell? Well I can get a decent academic discount as Dell supply my uni. And I quite like SWMBOs E6420 - at least it's form factor. ==== Basically, my old Lenovo T410i is giving up slowly. My "absolutes" are: 1 - 8-16GB RAM 2 - Medium CPU (i7 seems not much better than i5) 3 - Graphics that x.org can manage 3D for (eg GoogleEarth) plus VMware player needs to manage 3D support for guests. 4 - 500GB "spinning rust" HDD PLUS 256GB (ish) SDD for OS+home+VMWare-disks 5 - 802.11ac (I am going "ac" at home) 6 - 14-15 inch and vert res of 900 min. No smaller screen size and no bigger as it makes me unpopular on the train! Works with linux HDMI second screen ==== The only official Dell way to get the HDD options is an internal SSD MiniCard and a media bay mounted 500GB HDD Personally I'd prefer to get a 500GB internal spinning HDD and buy a generic mediabay adaptor (NewModus prob - cannot find a Dell part) and stick a SanDisk Extreme II in as I know and trust these. No 802.11ac is annoying but not a disaster as I *could* use a USB dongle....
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New Dell Latitude for linux Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net> - 2014-09-02 18:42 +0100
Re: New Dell Latitude for linux The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2014-09-02 19:03 +0100
Re: New Dell Latitude for linux ray carter <ray@zianet.com> - 2014-09-02 19:22 +0000
Re: New Dell Latitude for linux Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net> - 2014-09-02 21:04 +0100
Re: New Dell Latitude for linux chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2014-09-03 09:00 +0100
Re: New Dell Latitude for linux Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net> - 2014-09-03 10:19 +0100
Re: New Dell Latitude for linux Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2014-09-02 15:09 -0500
Re: New Dell Latitude for linux Adrian C <email@here.invalid> - 2014-09-02 21:20 +0100
Re: New Dell Latitude for linux Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net> - 2014-09-02 21:37 +0100
Re: New Dell Latitude for linux Robert Riches <spamtrap42@jacob21819.net> - 2014-09-03 03:01 +0000
Re: New Dell Latitude for linux Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net> - 2014-09-03 08:35 +0100
Re: New Dell Latitude for linux chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2014-09-02 21:21 +0100
Re: New Dell Latitude for linux Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net> - 2014-09-02 21:52 +0100
Re: New Dell Latitude for linux chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2014-09-03 08:57 +0100
Re: New Dell Latitude for linux Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net> - 2014-09-03 10:17 +0100
Re: New Dell Latitude for linux Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net> - 2014-09-03 17:27 +0100
Re: New Dell Latitude for linux Daniel James <daniel@me.invalid> - 2014-09-04 12:58 +0100
Re: New Dell Latitude for linux Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net> - 2014-09-04 13:04 +0100
Re: New Dell Latitude for linux tony sayer <tony@bancom.co.uk> - 2014-09-03 08:36 +0100
Re: New Dell Latitude for linux Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net> - 2014-09-03 08:46 +0100
Re: New Dell Latitude for linux tony sayer <tony@bancom.co.uk> - 2014-09-03 12:13 +0100
Re: New Dell Latitude for linux Davey <davey@example.invalid> - 2014-09-03 12:35 +0100
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