E6420 coming soon?

John, I haven't read anywhere that the E6420 will change dimensions, I hope Dell will continue the trend of the 14.1" and sticking with 16:10 screens, if there is no size difference there should be no reason to switch to 16:9 unless Dell wants lower prices.

The E6510 probably went 16:9 because the screen went .2" larger (15.4 to 15.6").

16:10 is alot better, offers more vertical space which is a must for programmers and a more enjoyable web browsing experience.

 

1. The original info about the E6420 mentioned a 14" (as opposed to 14.1" screen) which suggests 16:9. There are many people who would prefer a 16:10 screen and, if the E6420 has 16:10, then Dell stands to get orders from people used to other brands whose new models have all gone 16:9.

2. Then, if the E6420 does go to 16:9, does it need a new chassis (as happened with both the E4310 and E6510). Personally, I think no. This could lead to the possibility of the display units being interchangeable. Or maybe Dell continue to offer 16:10 alongside 16:9 as long as the former are available. I'm sure they would sell even if there was a price premium. All should be revealed during the next few months.

John

 

Oh man I hope all those articles are wrong about 14", I will be sourly disappointed if Dell goes to 16:9 screens. Makes me want to buy before E6420s become mainstream..

 

I think its useless to expect them to be 16:10, everyone is moving to 16:9 and its really not up to consumers this time, average Joe users dont care and dont even know the difference and those who maybe know or dont like something about it probably wont voice their opinion loud enough so dont expect it to be anything but 16:9.

 

But business users should be a bit more discriminating. We pay extra for better build warranty. Why not extra for a more usable display?

John

 

He does have a point. My mom just uses any laptop her company gives her. She had 1280x800 on her old HP, and got a 1440x900 E6400. I asked her how much better was the display, and she said she does not care as long as she can get work done, and she was so used to having so many open windows that the extra real estate did not make a big difference. Though she is a DBA and not a programmer.

For me, resolution makes a big difference. 16:9 should be illegal, unless it's like 1600x900 for 14.1" (rare option now). Many programmers benefits from 16:10 having more vertical real estate. It also gives you more readable vertical space for webpages so less scrolling. I'd take my Vostro 1280x800 on a 15.4" than 1368x786 on a new 15.6" notebook, it's just a disgusting resolution, especially 800-900 dollar notebooks having such a crummy resolution.

 

+1

 

I have no facts at hand, but I doubt that everyone who gets business laptop, whether its home user or business user, pays attention to screen resolution.
Just like Tsunade_Hime mom - as long as work can be done, nobody cares.

Dont get me wrong tho, I personally think that HD 1366x768 is terrible resolution for anything but shoddy HD movie watching, loosing those precious vertical pixels from 800 to 768 IS considerable loss for those, who care, me including.
I do hope that at least for business 14" laptops HD+ 1600x900 will become standart or at least cheap available upgrade like it is now for ThinkPads/Latitudes with 1440x900 upgrade.

As for 15" - yes, they loose this time, going from 1680x1050 to 1600x900, which I can understand, it can be frustrating, Id be pissed
The same goes for WUXGA 1920x1200 to FullHD 1920x1080 is even greater loss.

 

Righto. Many business professionals get free business notebooks from their companies so they just use their notebooks. For me, I buy all my business notebooks with my own money so I want something a bit better.

1368x768 unfortunately has taken over the sub 14" Business notebook resolution. No 13.3" Dell offers 16:10 screens anymore (E4200,E4300,E4310,V13,V130,Latitude 13) which really disappoints me. I love my Latitude 13, and 1368x768 resolution isn't bad but I would much have preferred a 1280x800 resolution screen.

As stated, I believe 1440x900 is the sweet spot for 14.1" notebooks, anything more or less I think is too much.

For 15" I agree that going from WUXGA to 1080p is a huge dip in pixels, but at least 1080p is better than 768 which is a gross resolution for a 15". Only few 15" offer 1680x1050, MSI and sporadic models, for the most part they are going either 1600x900 or 1368x768.

 

Based on the specs for the new Lenovo T420/s (16:9, 1600x900), I'd expect the Dell Latitude E6420 to be the same. HP already uses 16:9 in their current generation Elitebook 8440p/w and will most likely continue to use them in their 8450p/w. Similarly, we can expect the 17" to be 16:9 too...