Was there ever a Latitude E4210 (12")?

Was there ever such a model? A 12.x" E-series for the 1st generation Core i3/i5/i7 processors (QM57 chipset)? If there was, was it available in US/Canada?

I've been looking high & low on eBay (and on google) and can only seem to see that there was an E4200 and then it just jumps to the E6220 for 12" Latitudes. There was an E4300 and then E4310 and then it goes to the E6320 (one of which I am typing on as we speak, btw), but it seems the 12" model skipped the "10" generation in the E-series? Is that correct?

The only hits I get for the model E4210 are battery/dock/adapter sellers that claim compatibility with such a model and people that were "waiting" for the E4210 to be released, talking on an E4200 thread. Should I stop looking for this ghost model or did it actually exist?

Another thing that confuses me is why Dell stopped using the "4" to refer to 12/13" laptops (e.g. why isn't the E6320 called an E4320? lol) but that's a whole other story!

 

There is no E4210, only an E4310.

 

Ah I see. Thanks for the info. Strange how they'd just skip a generation with the 12" size like that--kinda sucks 'cause E6220 is still a little pricey and E4300 is a little dated/slow (C2D era). Oh well, at least I won't try to find one anymore!

 

Since you are using a 6320 which i am also using, 6220 is a downgrade. Had to play with one for a while when I got one cheap used. It feels a lot less solid than 6320. In the beginning I was thinking of using that as my daily driver rather than the 6320. I do like ther form factor of the 6220 but somehow the keyboard feel is not as good as on 6320. I sold off the 6220 and installed MX100 ssd on my 6320 and got meself a new 3 year battery from Dell to extend operating life of my 6320.

 

Hmm interesting notes about the E6220. Most of what I've heard was that the 6220 was actually better than the E6320 if you don't need an optical drive. Smaller, lighter, and interestingly it actually uses a full-size HDMI port whereas the 6320 uses mini-HDMI, not to mention 3 USB ports to the 2 USBs on the 6320.

I actually use the optical bay in my E6320 but not for an optical drive, lol. I have the bay battery, which is what I have in there 90% of the time. I also have the 6-cell main battery and 9-cell slice for it, both of which I seldom use.

Definitely with you on the SSD--have one in almost every computer I have. IMO any computer with a C2D or higher CPU needs an SSD, otherwise it doesn't do justice for the CPU. I've seen laptops with high-end C2Ds like T9600 in them that were incredibly slow to use, just because of the fact that they were using an HDD.

However I wasn't thinking of anything as an upgrade or replacement for the E6320, to be honest. Was just looking to get another laptop on the cheap, small in size, one I could mainly use for car/automotive diagnostics & repair purposes. I've seen E4310s going for less than $200, so I was thinking even smaller--12" but then as discovered here there's no such thing as an E4210. Not in a hurry to get one, but I think eventually I'll buy an E4310 for this purpose.

 

I have dozens of E6220/E6230 and E6320/E6330 models in service. The only reason I can think of to get the E63x0 model over the E62x0 is if you have such poor eyesight that the extra 0.8" of screen size makes a difference to you, if you regularly use optical media or if you absolutely must get the highest possible battery life so you want to use extended battery, slice AND a battery where the DVD drive would be.

I'm surprised at comments about the keyboard feeling different because they are exactly the same, in fact they may be exactly the same part as the 14" models use too and both are among the best laptop keyboards I've used. I really, really like the E62x0 laptops, they are noticeably bulkier than the also rather wonderful E4200 but you could put the fastest dual core i5/i7 CPUs in them, 16GB of RAM and standard 2.5" drives so that's a lot of power in a small machine. Also the battery life is phenomenal, particularly the E6230.

E4310 is also a really nice machine with a superb keyboard. At this point I'd say an E4200 is just too slow even for light internet use, and it's hard work finding the 1.8" SSD drives if you need more space.