Any information on next generation Haswell based Latitudes?

I think they are opting out for the new "feminine" design from the robust, bold "manly" designs of the E6x00/E6x10. The hinges were darn nice.

 

I have a black E6500 and remember there being a choice in color of blue or red as well. I'm sure offering one bland color that is uninspiring and muted, but may not show scratches easily is cheaper than giving people a choice. It also makes it easier for office IT managers to order since they don't have to worry about someone saying they want a different color. Maybe Dell things flashy designs on a business model subtly encourages people to play on their computers more and work less ;-). I think rounded corners are better and handling being banged around more than sharper corners.

 

Except the blacky outside and black insides, prevents from using latitudes on terraces, cafes, open air situations and most everywhere where sunlight is near. So it is a matter more important than the mere aesthetics.
I do work in the Audio world, where we work at events and usually have meetings everywhere and sometime having a dark-something laptop under sunny light, gets it hotter beyond usability in minutes!! whereas magnesium/aluminum notebooks still do their part. It just looks -and is- unprofessional. I can imagine many geographical areas and businesses that face a very similar situation...

And I do need the expresscard and the other features XPS or other alternative laptop lines fail to provide.
DELL when are you gonna learn and stop losing whole market branches? No wonder there are entire markets that don't even stop to consider a laptop, that in some other aspects does function quite well.

 

^It's not just about the rise of tablets or smartphones. They do not "replace" computers right now. Sure one will use much less of it, but they truly cannot replace the functions of computers.

The problem is that people just do not upgrade to a new system anymore. But the blame is on Intel since the processing power is truly not really demanded compared with the kind of new softwares that are put out. I think this is why people refuse to get new rigs.

Anyways, that's why they spend so much on gaming rigs' marketing. But with failing design, there is even less reason for people to buy something new. One thing curious though is that they for sure did some kind of market research to see what design people prefer. I am SURE they did some kind of it. But I only heard of terrible reviews since after the SXPS 16. Maybe there was a fundamental change in the corporate design team.

 

Hey Delien, may you rephrase this idea?

...I am not sure what you mean there, but I do agree that INTEL has -probably inadvertently- contributed at key aspects of the PC/Laptop{s demand decline outside of the corporate world.
For a few years INTEL has been playing a conservative product release game...because their perceived competitors (AMD) was not up to par and I also perceive that their test of demand waters, has been too concentrated on the actual main numbers of PC/Laptop users and their main usages... losing touch with potential ones that might had been neglected or directly missing those that went to acquire mobile solutions or have postponed or avoided their entrance. A situation that might be what I interpret from your words, when you say that "the software has (not) been put out" because INTEL hardware or performance simply was not there. A good example of this is the so far nonexistent all-day-battery capacity for laptops....
Other example (I am theorizing) will be made explicit if the "R" Haswell CPU does become a success by way of creating novel usages of the additional L4 bandwith it newly brings to the table, I am projecting this by my own change on web surfing ways when my new 16GB RAM permitted me real multitasking on a Sandy Bridge laptop. More generally, the needs will be obvious when the effect of SSDs will be acknowledged by the general consumer and the convergence of new techs (like affordable Ultrabooks) will attract large segments.


HASwell for a couple of years signaled such a paradigm shift for some of us onlookers, On its factual outcome INTEL is showing a swift of attention to deal with the emerging Supply side, namely their actual competitors (hence INTEL's renewed mobile push) and their focus on APUs (AMD competitor), Plus a so-so action towards their potential customers via continuing their Ultrabook initiative.
In sum not much action on stimulating new demand or newly attracting past customers because INTEL truly believes they have far passed the point where the performance is not yet needed... And thus they still do hold many unplayed cards, (too off-topic to list here). Part of those Aces are in the hands of manufacturers, like anyone attentive enough could gather from reading many uncontested simple requests in the threads of this forum.

Yes, demand... meaning people is not interested. because what is offered is not interesting enough at the actual price points. Software. hardware, peripherals...has yet to converge into good enough answers. In the Audio world we know what we need and they are not delivering, starting with hardware, Yes, starting with INTEL..but they don't seem to realize yet...

 

For what it's worth, here's a preliminary review. Hopefully the link is to the translated version.

 

I was disappointed when I first saw the new Lats but they're growing on me. Nice to see Dell stick with the tried and tested keyboard and not succumb to the chiclet. I'll have an E6440 please..!

 

Agree...can't stand all the chicklet keyboard laptops I try at Best Buy

 

The E4300, E6400 & E6500 were available in 'Regal Red' or 'Regatta Blue' in addition to the standard Black. But the optional colors weren't very attractive or professional looking and didn't sell very well. They were both very loud, bright shades (think Lipstick Red and Bright Blue) and a more subdued Darker Red and/or Navy Blue would have made more sense on a business notebook.

But they carried over to the E4310/E6410/E6510 for a while, before Dell finally threw in the towel.

The 12" E4200 had a third optional color, Quartz Pink....it wasn't around for very long at all...

I just replaced my black E6400 last week, after 4.5 years of reliable service. I replaced it with a E6430u (Ultrabook) and I'm enjoying the rounded corners and soft-touch palmrest. I'm still learning to love the island-style keyboard, but at least it's a lot quieter and cooler than my E6400.

I'm anxious to see the E6440 whenever it arrives, though.

 

It is growing for me as well, any info if Radeon 8790M coming into the Latitude E6440 too? If so I'm sold...