e6420/e6520 to release tomorrow?

Bumping up the GUI size to 125% is super simple and the size change is handled flawlessly, in my experience. 150% causes some visual issues, but shouldn't be necessary.

 

Just got a Dell representative check with tech support saying:

02:07:11 PM Customer
Is the Latitude E6420 compatible with the Intel 310 SSDs Intel® Solid-State Drive 310 Series - Overview ?
02:08:46 PM Agent
that hard drive has not been tested on that system so we can not guarantee that it will be compatible with it
02:10:56 PM Customer
Hm let me ask differently, is the mini PCI-e slot mSATA compatible?
02:13:26 PM Agent
checking
02:17:46 PM Agent
sorry for the wait checking with tech support
02:18:36 PM Agent
there will be a slot for it available if you do not selecting the mobile broadband card
02:19:24 PM Customer
Can I publish this information? Twitter, forum etc? Of course, your name deleted.
02:22:31 PM Agent
yes you can, keep in mind that just because there will be a slot for that item does not mean that we will support it as it has not been tested with the product

 

good info! thanks for sharing. I went ahead and ordered my e5420 the other day with the i5 2540m. cant wait for it to get here!

 

I should have mine around April 15th or so.
E6420, Core i7-2720QM, 2GB, backlit keyboard, nVidia, 250GB 7200RPM, fingerprint, 14" 1600x900, Bluetooth, DVD-RW, webcam, 1501 wireless, 6 cell battery, 3 year onsite. - $1241.80

Going to move 8GB, Ultimate-N 6300 and Intel SSD from my 6410 to the new machine. Can't wait to see what other new 6GB SATA SSDs will be out in a few months. OCZ Vertex 3 240GB has my vote at this point.

 

Remember to check your order status, as there is no e-mail notification. Recently purchased a
Latitude E6420 : Standard Base
2GB 1333MHz DDR3 memory (1x2GB)
Internal UK/Irish Qwerty Standard Keyboard (antimicrobial)
250GB (5400RPM) Serial ATA Hard Drive
EMEA Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 (802.11 a/b/g/n) Half Mini Card
Fingerprint Reader and Contactless Smartcard Reader
Dell 375 Bluetooth Card
Primary 6 cell 60WHR Battery
One Intel Core I5-2520M (2.50GHz, 3MB cache, Dual Core)
NVIDIA NVS 4200M (35W) Discrete Graphics
Integrated Full HD Camera with Microphone
14.0in HD+(1600x900) Anti-Glare LED-backlit with Premium Panel Guarantee Display

Ordered Date : 20/03/2011
Shipped Date : 23/03/2011

Dispatched from China, currently at Germany

can't wait.............

 

^hot damn that was fast! I ordered mine on the 20th so now i have some hope I might see it sooner than mid-april lol

Dell e5420 with...
Intel i5-2540M
windows 7 home premium x64
2 GB of RAM
250GB 7200rpm
centrino advanced-N 6205 wifi
bluetooth
web cam
1600x900 screen
backlit keyboard
1 year accidental warranty

all for $926.00 for the price they wanted to upgrade to 4gb of ram I can just go buy 8 GB

 

Intel 320 SSD series should hit the market 28th of March.
I will cath a 300 or 600 GB.
OCZ Vertex 3 has to high power consumption for my point of view.

 

Just ordered my E6420 last night. Didn't want to fork over an extra $160 for the E-modular HD. When do accessories/Dell parts usually become available for purchase? I want just the HD caddy so I can install something larger than 320 GB into the E-modular bay.

 

The Intel 320 isn't going to be any better than the current G2s since they use the same controller as the G2 but their NAND chips have less write endurance. IMO you'd be better off looking at other alternatives like Samsung's 470 series or Crucial M4/C400. OCZ isn't a great company either - I'd avoid them at all costs. You can read more about these SSDs in the hardware/SSD subforum.

 

My prepared configuration:
E6520, Intel Core i7-2720QM,
NVIDIA NVS 4200M 512MB (45W) Discrete (with Optimus/power off)
Windows 7 Professional, 64bit
Microsoft Office 2010 Professional + Adobe
15.6in UltraSharp FHD(1920x1080) LED ...
8GB 1600MHz DDR3 Arbeitsspeicher (third party 2x4GB)
128GB SSD (change as soon as possible to third party 300+GB)
DVD +/-RW
European 90W AC Adapter
Primary 9 cell 97WHR Battery
Targus Business Roller 15,4"
Integrated Full HD Camera with Microphone
No Fingerprint Reader and No Contactless Smartcard Reader
Backlit Dual pointing Keyboard
3 Years ProSupport
3 Years Accident Insurance
Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security Services, 36m
Windows 7 Professional with XP Mode
Roxio Creator DVD Software Dell
Backup and Recovery Manager für Windows 7
PowerDVD Software
Roxio 10.3 Media Kit
Power DVD Media Latitude E6520 Resource DVD
Wireless Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 (802.11 a/b/g/n)
Dell 375 Bluetooth Card Internal
Dell Wireless 5550 MiniCard
1 x Media bay Battery
Additional 9 cell 97WHR Battery (for hot swapping)

Thx for the SSD comment - I will have a look.
My actual Samsung SSD 256GB MMDOE56G5MXP-0VB was one of the first shipped to Europe but has no TRIM-support and can not perform a Firmware update. This was a case of poor service from Samsung.

Any optimization comments?