New Latitude and Precision's

They are using Synaptics now with multi-touch support

That is one of my only complaints with the E6400 I currently own, crappy Alps pad.

 

that is worth a bit of relief.

Ill [probably] wait until they hit the outlet, but an e6410 is definitely my next laptop.

 

The premium price difference between the Precision M4500 and the E6510 seems to be very little. I just configured one of each using the same specs except for the video card (3100M vs. Quadro FX 880M) and M4500 was only $150 more. That seems like much less of a difference compared to the E6500 and M4400.

 

Well, that certainly is good news ... although it's a bit of a shame they didn't make the touchpad a bit bigger (at least from the pics I see on Dell UK). I'll have to wait for a good review though (NBR, Notebookcheck or LAPTOPmag).

At least Dell is back in the running for me though. E6410, ThinkPad T400 or T410 ... although at this point, the advantage for me is heavily in the T410's favor ...

 

1600x900 non-RGBLED screen isn't available on any of the selections, and of course Dell's sales staff is completely useless. The RGBLED just wasn't for me on the XPS 16 so I don't think I want it again. However, I don't want 1080p.

 

Based on my observation from Dell Canada on the Latitude E6400/E6500 when it was released, many options where missing at release from what was said, or simply appeared as a surprised.

I recall, that the E6400 on Dell Canada, only has the P8400, P8700 (and 2 other T series CPU's) Intel CPU model option, 6 cell battery only, black only (color was only for Intel GPU's), no non-blacklit keyboard option, CD-Rom, Windows Vista 32-bit only, even if you took 8GB of RAM. After about a month later, all the options where there.
So I recommend to wait a bit until Dell really goes full production, and have all the parts on the new models, I expect to be about a month later from today (based on the E6400/E6500 release).

 

What didn't you like about the RGB LED screen?

 

Comes of the colors popped too much and looked unnatural. I went through all of the settings profiles posted in the XPS thread and even the one I thought "best" wasn't what I had wanted. It could have been my mind playing games on me, but my eyes actually seemed to become fatigued more often after staring at the screen for a short amount of time. However, this could have been also due to the glossy screen. It might be different on a matte screen (and with the low cost of the upgrade in the E6510, I have actually considered giving it another shot). I just don't want to get stuck with it if it's similar to my XPS experience.

 

That's one of my concerns, if the screen is too bright and can't be adjusted dim enough it may causes eye strain. My friend got an XPS 16 with the RGB LED but I was only able to use see it briefly. I really liked the increased contrast and color depth but didn't have the opportunity to sit in front of it and muck around.

Did you try using the RGB LED outside? If so, was it easier to see outside because of the increased brightness / contrast?

 

It wasn't horrible for seeing outside, but I can't really comment on the RGB LED matte. The XPS 16 screen was EXTREMELY reflective. I would assume it would be even easier to use the RBG LED screen outside than the normal matte screen. I've personally never had any issues with the E6500 screen outside in direct sunlight because of its ability to become very bright. I would imagine that the RGBLED would help even more outside.