e6410 vs. T410: comparison review

[Dillio187]

you're quite correct, it has. I apologize. I do have a box of new SSD's that arrived from Dell though.

Hope you get some answers on the T410 vs. E6410 comparison.

[nxman]

T410 is Garbage

[nontechie]

Picking up here, any one able to update this vs the T410s?


T410s vs E6410 any improvements in the TP or is the E6410 still the winner?

[dandv]

I've found the blue light to be quite useful, although I would've preferred it in green as blue LED color is not good.

This may sound odd, but there's been research showing that exposure to even low-level blue light may be enough to trigger recently discovered receptors in the retina that can depress melatonin production, disrupt sleep patterns and suppress the immune system.

See Jeff Atwood's article at Coding Horror: Blue LED Backlash. He also mentions,

blue LEDs have at least 20 times the luminous intensity of old-fashioned red and green indicators [...] Also, human vision becomes far more sensitive to blue when ambient light levels are low, a phenomenon known as the Purkinje shift. So a blue light that is merely eye-catching on a brightly lit store shelf can become dazzling when the lights are low, such as when watching a movie on a laptop in a dimly lit room.

Anyways,

this thread has gone way OT. :-(

did anybody have a chance of comparing the e6410 to the t410s?

Indeed, I was wondering the same - Thinkpad T410s vs. Latitude E6410

[lmbgm]

Were you able to compare the battery life between these two?

[jmntn2000]

I wonder how the TP's will stand up to the newer E6520s?

[ExParrot]

I wonder how the TP's will stand up to the newer E6520s?

Good question. On the 14" side I am liking the TP T420s specs over the E6420: lighter, USB 3.0, BIOS-control of graphics (so Linux can be used), no cheesy consumer looks, curved front of palm rest, and DisplayPort instead of HDMI. Downsides of T420s are: no quad CPU option, no backlit keyboard, boring looks.

TP doesn't have a comparable thin & light version of the T520, but the T520 might compare favorably in the other respects over the E6520.

The expected Sony Vaio SA and (by summer?) new Z might be snazzy alternatives also, although they are in the 13" category.

Interested to hear other opinions on these comparisons...

[jmntn2000]

I just ordered a E6520 for the following reasons:

1) The quad core is available now.
2) Although the fhd screen is speced lower it is cheaper and brighter.
3) more metal used
4) Dells 21 day return policy
5) Docking is cheaper along with other accessories such as 9cell battery.

The T520 had me interested, but ultimately decided to try the dell due to reduced cost on a built out laptop, dell customer service, and 21 day trial.

The keyboard looks better on the TP, but I'll see if I can get use to the new improved E6520 keyboard.

[dandv]

Good question. On the 14" side I am liking the TP T420s specs over the E6420: lighter, USB 3.0, BIOS-control of graphics (so Linux can be used), no cheesy consumer looks, curved front of palm rest, and DisplayPort instead of HDMI. Downsides of T420s are: no quad CPU option, no backlit keyboard, boring looks.

The Lenovo ThinkPad T420s also comes with a 1600x900 screen, and while the keyboard isn't backlit, the laptop has a "ThinkLight" at the top, which illuminates the keyboard well enough for typing in the dark.

[ishtiak]

The Lenovo ThinkPad T420s also comes with a 1600x900 screen, and while the keyboard isn't backlit, the laptop has a "ThinkLight" at the top, which illuminates the keyboard well enough for typing in the dark.

I have to say that the Thinklight as some drawbacks : when you change the orientation of the screen, this also change the direction of the light. So under some circonstancies, the keyboard is not illuminated. Moreover this provides much more light than the illuminated keyboard, this may be problematic in some situations.

The advantage is that you can use it to read a sheet of paper if you need to read a document. I also heard (but I'm not sure about that) that this draw less power than an illuminated keyboard.