E6430 Owners Thread

I'm curious about the difference between the E6420 and E6430 regarding weight, size, width and viewable inches of screen. From the pictures it looks exactly the same as the E6420 without the orange border around the keyboard. I'm not asking for exact measurements, just a general idea (is it smaller than the E6420, skinnier, bigger, larger screen, smaller screen, etc).

If there's not too much difference, I'll stick with my E6420.

 

i dont have an E6420 here, but afair the body is the same.

 

What about the screen? Are the viewing angles good? Would it be possible to take some pictures?

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PS: thanks for the comment on Diablo III running good! Looking forward to be able to play it when i'm away.

 

Has anyone tested the battery life of the new E lineup? I'm going to assume they carried over the same screens from E6420, not good not bad, just average TN panel.

 

battery and display are very simliar to E6420. So far i'd consider the unit a E6420A. I'll take some pictures, but dont expect suprises

 

I wonder if I could take the keyboard and keyboard trim/bezel from the E6430 (if I bought the parts) and put them on my E6420, thereby eliminating the orange. Then what is pretty much my only complaint (besides the flimsy bottom cover) would be gone.

 

so i have run 3d Mark Vantage with today released dell drivers

SCORE P4685 3DMarks
GRAPHICS SCORE 3708
CPU SCORE 22414

 

Is there a way to tell if it can support mSata SSDs? I'd be surprised if it didn't (since all the other business lines now do), but I can't find any documentation saying so.

 

some website said it will support 32gb memory, I only got 16gb install right now. really want to upgrade to ssd. I think it has msata slot. I will open tonight.

Removing The Memory

Technical Specifications

 

The service manual https://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/lateE6430/en/om/om_en.pdf doesnt indicate that one of the mini pcie slots could be used as msata. so i doubt it will work.