5 times more 6410's than 6510's

I have no idea why but there are 5 times more 6410's in the outlet than 6510's. Could it be because 6410's are more likely to have problems?

 

It's whatever the Dell Outlet has in stock at those times. Also the more you sell, the more people will return and it will become refurbished models. Also E6410 > E6510.

 

how so? just cause of the size

 

most likely because of the size/weight difference, but the E6410 also has a 16:10 screen, so that might be another factor.

 

Most business customers likely don't need or want the increased size of the 6510. The 6410 is a good balance between size and price and is probably more popular.

 

From what I've seen, businesses tend to like 14" laptops, so naturally the E6410 gets more sales.

 

Yup. I have a friend who works as a contractor for the gov't and all they use is 14.1" notebooks. They have D630s, E6400 and E6410. 15" notebook just aren't popular with business professionals. 14" offers you the performance of a 15" but is a much portable fashion.

 

Five times more E6410s sold than E6510s? Yeah, I could see that. My department ordered about a hundred E6410s this year and no E6510s. Last year we got a couple tens of T400s and no T500s.

 

That's my experience with businesses. My old school used 14" Thinkpads only (T4x, R5x, T60, R400), and I've only seen D620/D630s at other places.

On the other hand, 15.6" dominates on the consumer-end front. Almost all of the lowest priced consumer-end full notebooks are 15.6" models, while interestingly, the cheapest corporate-end notebooks are always 14.1" models (although HP Probooks are an exception)

 

Also remember consumer models only get disgusting 16:9 screens with the jump from 15.4" to 15.6" because apparently if HD and LED are on the laptop it must be good!

You are right about the 14.1" being cheap, I got my E6410 shipped for 458 (very basic) after the coupon while the cheapest E6510 was like 100 bucks more..