New Dell Latitude for linux

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From	Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net>
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Subject	New Dell Latitude for linux
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[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

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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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