Latitude E6400 durability vs T400

It was another member who first used the rubber bumpers. You first stick them on (the glue is very good) and then slice off half the dome with a sharp craft knife.

I was getting marks on the palm rest and the bezel. The two baby bumpers at the sides of the palm rest aren't enough to stop the top edge of the display getting squashed against the palm rest during travel.

This is one physical improvement that it would be easy for Dell to make. The next, providing bigger speakers, might be more difficult.

John

 

thanks a bunch for the feedback...but another question.. Have any of you seen the high nit LED panels on E6400ATG or T400? How do those compare to regular LED panels in characteristics other than brightness? I am primarily interested in color accuracy/contrast?

 

To me it seems like viewing angles get worse when it is at max brightness (like it does on any laptop i've used), but the image is still fantastic. The screen is very bright, i generally use it at way less than half, if that is any indication (in a well lighted area). I'm just using the regular E6400 w/ an LG screen.

 

Then you should really consider the 15.4" RGBLED screen

 

Are you sure that its paint? I've had my D630 for over a year now and the unpainted plastic palmrest hasn't shown any signs of wear.

I also had a hard choice - either E6400 or T400. Dell`s ASP support over here is by far the best but the problems (less rugged, more flexy, paint wear) the E6400 had/has have somewhat dissuaded me. Fortunately, in these tough times the D630 serves me just fine (besides heat and the lack of graphics horsepower)

 

Yeah, I've had no paint wear too on my 3 year old precision M90; suprising since I use it almost everyday, I would have expected some paint wear on the pa,mrest

 

I think the issues are a bit blown out of proportion. It's really not that much flexy compared to the old D latitudes, as I have used both now. I can't say the screen is the most solid thing I've seen, but its really not that bad. The body is much more solid, and definitely pretty rugged. Obviously not military grade, or no where near it, but dropping it isn't going to do too much damage. Only time will see if I get any issue with paint wear, hopefully not.