Is e6520 already outdated?

Does the HP has 4 RAM slots?
If it doesnt, then they both should be able to handle 2x8GB sticks.

 

No, pricing isn't comparable. From what I've seen, you can't get an Elitebook 8560P for much under $1,100, but you can get an E6520 shiped for $750. These days, HP only has a 1 year warranty on the cheapest, preconfigured Elitebooks, while Dell is sticking with 3 years for all of the E6x20s.

So, the two aren't exactly comparable in pricing, and USB 3.0 isn't exactly universal, and given recent moves at Apple and Intel, might have some competition.

As far as RAM, if HP actually has 4 slots, which is something I'd like to see confirmed, that's a tremendous advantage. Supporting 16GB move the 8560P up from the midrange business notebook to a potential low end workstation. That's a good thing. It also helps that even low end 8560Ps have 1 GB AMD graphics -much preferable to Dell's slavish devotion to the tarnished NVIDIA brand.

So, the two aren't comparable, due to pricing. All the same, I can see a good case for the Elitebook, and if the price was the same, and if HP actually cared about small business sales, I'd say advantage HP. But that's not the way HP works. I've never been able to deal with HP directly. A HP rep actually admitted they couldn't compete with Dell because they had to protect their resellers.

 

on the Intel website about the processor:
it says the i7-2720QM only supports 8GB of RAM, so thats probably why the system only comes with up to 8GB?

 

I believe the HP has 2 slots with option for 8GB modules.

Dell says 4GB per slot.

GK

 

I just installed 8GB per slot, a total of 16GB in my Dell. Works just fine
For those who are interested:
Corsair Value DDR3 SO-DIMM 1333MHz 16GB
Kit 2 x8GB, Unbuffered, 204pin (PC10600)

 

I am an SAP consultant as well, and use an E6510 at work, with an i5-560m and 4GB.

I always have numerous sessions open as well as all the standard office tools. No problems at all, even with the anti-virus set to run during prime business hours.

 

I hardly believe that its outdated.
Its not supporting usb 3 as not many gadgets can support usb3.
I honestly believe that usb3 is not absolutely must have feature.
Esata more than adequate for all storage purpose.

Re,Ram, unless and until you have tons of virtulal machines you have to have to run at same time,8gb is more than adequate.

Lastly,dell gives 3yrs warranty and that is more than adequate for all purpose this laptop serves.

Cost factor and quality of screen is far more important than amount of ram support.,

Cost verses benefit ratio is far better with dell than hp.

 

The HP Elitebook's dGPU implementation lags behind Lenovo's Optimus and Dell's superior muxed Optimus. The Dell the only one that can disable the Optimus (iGPU+dGPU) in the bios to function in dGPU mode only.

I'd only go for the iGPU-only model of the 8560P for it's superior battery life. Then I'd attach a eGPU via it's expresscard slot to gain much faster accelerated graphics than HP's significantly lower performing offerings. Or the Dell E6520 can offer an iGPU+dGPU and optional eGPU via it's expresscard slot. Much better.

Don't like the look of the E6520? Then consider a M4600 with a M5950 (~HD6770M).