Dell Latitude E6420 vs. Lenovo ThinkPad T420: 14-inch Business Notebook Battle Discussion

[Charles P. Jefferies]

These 14-inch models are two of the most popular business machines available today. With a similar feature set and price range, what makes us pick one over the other?

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[Wildride]

Good Review, totally agree. I use the E6420 everyday and it's weight as a carry around laptop is way to heavy. The Integrated Graphics card is weak and definitely not good fro anything that may challenge the graphics card.

+1

[washirv]

The touchpad is another area of contention; the touchpads themselves are both excellent

Has the touchpad changed since the E6400? I found that one uncomfortable to the touch and unresponsive. Felt like I was wrestling the cursor half my time rather than using the computer.

[Mr.Mischief]

Has the touchpad changed since the E6400? I found that one uncomfortable to the touch and unresponsive. Felt like I was wrestling the cursor half my time rather than using the computer.

I haven't tried the E6420, but the E6410 has an excellent touchpad.

[baiii]

How would you describe the dell "pointing stick" compare to thinkpad?
Personally I love the pointing stick, but they only offer it in business machines .

Edit: Also, do the top mouse buttons on latitude have clicking sound?

[edit1754]

Could you run HWInfo to see which particular model of 900p screen the T420 came with?

[oxygen]

why review these units? they will get retired within the next few months

[Jerry Jackson]

why review these units? they will get retired within the next few months

We reviewed them both a while ago ... this is just a head-to-head comparison.

As for being retired, a friend of mine was just issued a "new" notebook by his employer and it was a Dell Latitude E6410 ... which hasn't been "new" since 2010.

Product cycles for business PCs aren't the same as consumer systems.

[Charles P. Jefferies]

Jerry's right. My 'new' business notebook is a Latitude E5510 ... that came out in 2010 and I think the design was barely changed from the year before that.

Note the clause at the end of the article; a great place to buy these business notebooks is in the outlet stores. People tend to buy them for a long time after they are discontinued.

[Alchemist07]

What about the HP Probook 6450b/6455b...

I was recently weighing up the above 2 laptops and the Probook 6455b, Probook won it for me.