New Dell Latitude for linux

Tim Watts · 2014-09-02T17:42:11+00:00

[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....

Sep 02, 2014 21 Replies

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Daniel James 11 years ago

Or a 1TB hybrid drive, maybe?

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Tim Watts 11 years ago

Did consider that but not having tried one, I feel happier with manual control over what goes where :)

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