Placing an order of 50 Dell E6400 units

Hey

If you have read my other post I was interested in some new computers into the company as the old Dell Latitude 120L needs to be changed out with something new and better, and now I am just about to place a big order with Dell on 50 E6400, but I thought that I would put up the specs I have for them here, just to get some second thoughts on them before I place the order, got any suggestions?

• PROCESSOR: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo P8600 (2.40GHz, 3M L2 Cache, 1066MHz FSB)
• OPERATING SYSTEM: Genuine Windows Vista® Business SP1, With media edit
• WARRANTY & SERVICE: 3 Year ProSupport for End Users and 3 Year NBD On-site Service
• LCD PANEL: 14.1" Widescreen WXGA (1280x800) LED Display - Brush Metal Black
• GRAPHICS AND EXPANSION SLOT: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M With Express Card
• MEMORY: 4.0GB, DDR2-800 SDRAM, 2 DIMMS
• INTERNAL KEYBOARD: Internal English Keyboard
• CAMERA/MICROPHONE: Digital Microphone
• PRIMARY STORAGE: 160GB Hard Drive, 7200RPM with Free Fall Sensor
• OPTICAL DRIVE: 8X DVD+/-RW w/Roxio and Cyberlink PowerDVD™
• WI-FI WIRELESS CARD: Intel® WiFi Link 5300 802.11a/g/n Draft Mini Card
• BLUETOOTH WIRELESS: Dell Wireless® 370 Bluetooth Module

Price per unit: $1,429
Budget is on: $1,500

Thanks for any suggestions!

 

Looks nice. Wouldn't mind working on one.
What about stuff like the a backlit keyboard, fingerprint scanner or webcam?

 

you might also want to get the 6 or 9 cell battery

 

I don’t think that would be necessary, as they are working in well lit offices, and we don’t want them to play with a webcam all day, the fingerprint scanner will probably be too advanced for our users, no need to confuse them anymore

They do come with the 6cell battery, a 9cell will most likely be a waste as they are mostly stationary, hooked up to the power grid all the time.

 

http://www.west-wind.com/Weblog/posts/365.aspx

 

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  I'd replace the 3 year ProSupport for End Users against Basic Warranty. The End User Support will give you Support on the weekends... I think it will not be neccessary for notebooks that is used in a company.

 

Smart choice, as I handle all the support on our computers, and that I dont work in the weekends, I dont really care what the employees do with their computer in the weekend, but if they destroy it, they can only blame themselfs, and the computer will be fixed monday, never really checked up on that. Tanks for the headsup!

 

how is your company's laptops batteries failure rate? my vostro 1400 battery failed just over one year while 99.9% of time i use with power adapter rather than battery.

 

To be honest, it is most common with the 120L computers, just arround one and a half year, and we have had theese for three, so I have seen that some have actually been changed twice, out of the 200 we got I would say atleast 230 battery changes over three years.

 

Are they allowed to take them home (for personal use and/or work)? If so, such small gimmicks might make their they a bit more on the sunny side .
Obviously not needed in office though.