Latitude E6400 Owner's Lounge

Has anyone got the contactless smartcard reader to work in Vista x64? It doesn't recognize mine anymore. (It did in XP Pro)

 

What do you all think about this setup and price?

Latitude E6400 Intel® Core 2 Duo P9500 (2.53GHz, 6M L2 Cache, 1066MHz FSB)

Item Number Item Description
223-9336 Intel® Core 2 Duo P9500 (2.53GHz, 6M L2 Cache, 1066MHz FSB)
311-8825 2.0GB, DDR2-800 SDRAM, 2 DIMMS
330-0841 Internal English Backlit Keyboard
320-6775 NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M With Express Card
341-6988 250GB Hard Drive, 7200RPM with Free Fall Sensor
311-8849 Internal Fingerprint Reader
320-6941 14.1" UltraSharp WXGA+ (1440x900) LED Display
467-5772 Genuine Windows Vista® Ultimate SP1, With media
430-3090 Dell Wireless® 370 Bluetooth Module
330-0876 90W A/C Adapter (3-pin)
313-6513 8X DVD+/-RW w/Roxio and Cyberlink PowerDVD™
313-6710 Integrated Webcam with digital microphone
430-3089 Intel® WiFi Link 5300 802.11a/g/n Draft Mini Card
330-0895 Resource DVD - Contains Diagnostics and Drivers
312-0729 6 Cell Battery
989-1472 3 Year Limited Warranty and 3 Year Mail-in Service
900-9987 No Onsite System Setup
313-6736 Brushed Metal Black
313-6527 Black Wide Screen w/Integrated Camera and Microphone
330-1152 Intel Centrino 2 Core Duo Processor
310-8758 Vista Premium Label

Subtotal: $1,701.00
Shipping & Handling: $0.00
Tax: $140.34
Total Price w/Discounts: $1,841.34

 

It's a very nice setup. Just one note on the processor selection, do you think there is much of a difference between the 9400 and 9500 processors? You could save some money by sticking with the 9400.

 

I actually got a quote for it and I could save $64 by going with the T9400, but I sort of lean on the fact that the P9500 will use less juice, run cooler, but what do you all think?

 

I would keep that P9500. Not for the power, but it consumes 25w vs 35w for the T9400.

 

Ah, I did not realize that the 9500 uses less juice. That can go a ways when striving to stretch the battery life.

 

The memory you selected is the 2 GB option, which if you left it at the 1 GB option and bought an extra GB stick from elsewhere (like www.newegg.com) only costs about $25 versus Dell's $40 charge for it.

 

I was gonna do that, but the rep I'm dealing with said this....

"This deal comes with 2GB standard…if I knock it down to 1gb, you lose some of the instant savings."

Believe me, I'd really rather do it myself, but I dunno what "savings" I'm getting by getting it.

 

For those that got the 1440x900 LED screen option and recieved their laptops how is the screen quality. I returned 2 d830s for grainy screens.

 

YES. see my post http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=297054

were you able to fix it?