Dell Latitude E6500 Review With Pictures (Updated Constantly)

But on our Czech server, they´ve tested the desktop X4500HD, and they said, that without GPU was 50-60% proc. and with the GPU acc. 14%.
And John Ramsey has the same about 14% - 1080p video.. So HD acc must be allright. P8600 is unable to that alone with 14%...

 

yes, I guess that this % depends on the used CPU.

 

I've tried both. I think the keyboard on the Latitude is better overall. The keyboard on the ThinkPad feels a little more tacticle, but the keys feel better and are better to type on on the Latitude. I've never really been a fan of the trackpoint on any laptops, though the one on the ThinkPad is a bit better. The one on the Latitude feels a little more comfortable, but I think the ThinkPad has a more accurate trackpoint. The build quality of the ThinkPad feels a bit more solid since it's a little thicker, but the Latitude has a better build quality overall, but you shouldn't have a problem with either. One thing I've noticed with the ThinkPads compared to Dell's preview Latitude line-up is that ThinkPads start to show wear and looking and feeling older much quicker than the Latitudes. With the build quality being as strong as ever on the E6500, I'm sure that it'll hold up as well as Dell's previous lineup.

BTW guys, like I said in the review the E6500 has the NVS 160M, which is faster than Intel's X4500.

 

thanks for updating with the 3d mark scores!

 

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=304831

Look at my post about uneven surface... Anyone can confirm, that E6500 is affected...?

 

Thanks a lot for sharing your experience, Michael!
From everything that I read it seems that this time Dell has made it to the ThinkPad quality, functionality and sophistication (at least in most areas). I use a Latitude D520 my own( the ''lower, budget version Latitude'' - D 520, which doesn't have the magnesium case of it's more expensive siblings - D820,D620 and so on...)
I have it for two years now and even that I'm very happy with it so far I have always fancied having a ThinkPad T series. I just think that even the keyboard,the case, the hinges, the design and the overall quality on mine machine are way better than in most of the other laptops I have used, they are of a no match to what I have seen and felt from the ThinPad.
But bying a ThinkPad T series here in England is just SO EXPENSIVE. The cheapest basic version (no option for configuring Lenovo here) of the T500 cost about £1050, which is more that $2000....it's just unexplainable to me why is it so. With other brands and models the difference is by far not that big. And with the new E6500 Latitude man can configure the same specs for £750; and everybody claim that the new model is so solid and nice.
...so ....it seems that Lenovo and the Lenovo traders in Europe just haven't left me any chance...

 

Has anyone put the E6500 on a scale yet and got an ACTUAL weight? I can't find the actual weight listed anywhere on the internet. It seems that at least someone has had the eagerness and generosity to put the darn thing on a scale and weigh it. I'm about to order an E6400 but thought I'd double check that the E6500 is significantly heavier. It seems like the E6500 is about the same size--the bevel is just bigger on the E6400.

 

Yeah, see here. It's significantly heavier.

 

I'm having all kinds of trouble with my E6500 keyboard. I will just be typing along and it will miss several key presses or I'll be typing along and it will switch to a different window or the cursor will randomly jump to a different spot. *** is going on?!? Is anyone else experiencing this issue??

 

I'd bet you are hitting the trackpoint. I was and I don't use it, so I disable it.

Greg