Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Dell Latitude E6420 (1)

Dell Latitude E6420 (1)

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Dell's Latitude range of business notebooks includes a large number of models spanning ultraportables through to the fully rugged. Somewhere in the middle is the 14in. Latitude E6420, a 'business rugged' system that's designed to dell 312-0386 battery withstand significant punishment on the road. Dell lists four models at its UK web site, starting at £719 (ex. VAT) and rising to £1,019 (ex. VAT).

Design

The Latitude E6420 is an extremely solid-looking dell Latitude D620 battery notebook, although the design is a little consumer-grade: it has a stippled black edging to the mainly silver lid section, and a rather odd orange trim around the keyboard. The trim has the unfortunate effect of making the keyboard look small and rather lost in its surroundings.

The materials should definitely handle a few dell RC107 battery knocks. The Latitude E6420 has been designed to meet MIL-STD 810G, which certifies the system as capable of handling levels of temperature, vibration, dust and altitude that would cause problems for everyday notebooks.

Meeting MIL-STD 810G requires a tough chassis, for which Dell uses its 'Tri-Metal' design. This includes an anodised aluminium lid that exhibits almost no flex at all, offering plenty of dell Y9943 battery protection for the screen. The lid is quite thick, with a little airspace between it and the screen. So if there is any flexing, the screen should not be affected at all.

In addition, the Latitude E6420 has a powder-coated base dell Inspiron 640m battery that feels rigid, reinforced steel hinges, a magnesium alloy internal frame and a zinc alloy latch. The latter relies on a single hinge where other standard and rugged notebooks use a dual hinge system; still, it holds lid and base sections together securely enough.

Elsewhere there's a spill-resistant keyboard, a protective LCD seal and a 360-degree 'bumper' for added screen protection that's designed to repel liquids and provide general dell Inspiron 630m battery protection from knocks. These features aren't immediately apparent.

What effect does all this dell 6T473 battery ruggedisation have on the Latitude E6420's size and weight? It's quite heavy, starting at 2.07kg, and also on the chunky side for a 14in. notebook, measuring 35.2cm wide by 24.1cm deep by 2.69–3.24cm thick.

The keyboard looks a little incongruous with its dell Inspiron 5100 battery aformentioned orange frame, and it eschews the trendy 'chiclet' style. It feels great under the fingers though, with plenty of return and good-sized keys. Touch typing at speed — if that's your thing — should not be a problem.

Dell includes a pointing stick between the G, H and B keys that can be used in conjunction with three buttons sitting beneath the space bar — the central button is for vertical and horizontal dell Inspiron 1100 battery scrolling. Meanwhile, the two-button multitouch touchpad has support for scrolling.

There are secondary screen brightness controls on the cursor keys on the bottom right-hand side of the keyboard, and media playback controls on three of the Fn keys. Another Fn key can be used to disable the touchpad, and another to switch monitor configuration.

Three small buttons on the far right handle volume up, down and mute functions. The only other button on the keyboard surround is the on/off switch. A keyboard backlight is optional, and was not present on our review sample.

The Latitude E6420 has a couple of dell C1295 battery options for its 14in. screen. Our review sample had a 1,366-by-768 pixel panel, but you can specify a 1,600 by 900 unit. There's also a touchscreen option for the lower-resolution screen. The reflective finish on our review sample didn't help in brightly-lit conditions, but viewing angles are good. The screen does look a little lost inside its wide bezel.

Our review unit lacked a fingerprint sensor and a webcam, but both are available as options.

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