Rate your E6400 / E6500

Well I find my E6500 really neat and functionall its when I have started to connect it to other hardware like dockingstation and external screen when I have found out that this model seems to me like it has not been fully tested yett.
But with just the computer it works really nicelly.

 

I have an E6500.... I find it to be a really solid machine...
Pretty lightweight, screen is great, keyboard is awesome to type with, best I have ever used, and backlight is perfect...

I really have no complaints, you can read my review, I'm sure you already have. I'm not a laptop connoisseur, but this unit works fantastic for me... I love it.

1. Model & config
E6500 2.4, 2gb ram, 1440x900 2gb ram Vista x64

2. Scale of 1 (not satisfied) - 10 (perfectly satisfied)
I give it a 9, .

3. Pros - Things that impressed you - work very well.
Everything works perfect on my machine...

4. Cons - Things you don't like / don't work properly
the wrist rest could be smoother on the front edge, minor gripe

5. Would you recommend this notebook ? Yes...

 

1) E6400 with Vista Business
P8400 2.26GHz, 4GB RAM, 160GB 7200rpm, Intel Graphics, 1440x900 LED, Backlit Keyboard, Intel WiFi 5300, w/o web cam.

2) I will give 9

3) Pros:
Solid build except the battery slot
The Ambient Light Senor works quite good
Stay cool, the hard disk and the fan are quiet
6-cell battery can last at least 4 hours with default setting
The sleek design

4) Cons
Touchpad (my one is Alps) is not as good as my old Inspiron (Synaptics)
the keyboard sticks my fingerprints although it is not very obvious

5) yeah!

 

Thanks a lot guys. I really appreciate everyone's input.
Hopefully it also helps others looking for user feedback.

I'm about to order 3 E6500's to start. I'll post the config in a little bit.

 

Greg,

1. OK, so if I want 4 GB of RAM total I should get 2 GB, 1 DIMM from dell and add another 2 GB stick to ther other slot? Brands don't matter?

2. So if I install Home Premium Dell won't refuse to talk to me about problems or questions regarding the OS?

 

They really shouldn't. Though don't be surprised if they blame problems on you reformatting yourself.

Just don't delete the restore partition when you format. If they give you a lot of trouble you can always restore to the factory installation. That will satisfy them.

If you do phone them, don't mention that you reformatted yourself. Just say you are using Windows Vista.


As far as the Ram goes, it would be cheaper for you to just order 1gb, 1 DIMM, and buy 2, 2gb modules than to get 2gb from Dell. Really, a 2gb stick is like $30. Just buy both RAM sticks.

And it doesn't really matter for brands, so long as it is DDR2-667 or DDR2-800. There isn't much of a difference in speed.

Greg

 

I looked at these.... which are a good price..
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227251

But instead got these...
http://www.amazon.com/OCZ-OCZ2M8004..._m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=01JDCR97Q7HQHPCPVD94

 

The OCZ RAM is good.

I've got a module with 5-5-5-18-23 timings.

John

 

What is the difference when when is looking at timings...

That OCZ ram I got/posted is 5-5-5-15

I figured it had more numbers and letters, so it must be better...

 

Smaller is better on timings, but also note that those timings are for the particular frequency. Mine are for 800MHz (which CPU reports as 400MHz - the genuine clock speed). The numbers are the clock cycles needed for different memory operations so, if the clock frequency drops then the clock cycles can also drop but the physical time stays the same (eg CL5 at 800 = CL4 at 667 = CL3 at 533MHz). But don't lose a lot of sleep - this makes only a small difference to overall performance (but more difference to the graphics performance if you have integrated graphics which uses the system RAM).

John