Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.fsmpi.rwth-aachen.de!news-1.dfn.de!news.dfn.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Tim Watts Newsgroups: uk.comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,uk.d-i-y Subject: New Dell Latitude for linux Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2014 18:42:11 +0100 Lines: 60 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net 3iNjn3v7NLtDfijE2c/L2gCTRPTyq9OTQXlVXr5I324mYsnDd3 X-Orig-Path: squidward.local.dionic.net!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:jo+/eWrMPkCuVz8eiTtzkBuJ4X0= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.2.0 Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:11879 [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....