Pointless Pontification

The New Arrival, Lattitude e6520

| by Damon Caskey

My new laptop just arrived, and it is sweet! Yep, that’s about it. I just had to tell somebody. Oh and yes, it’s a PC. What? You Linux folks didn’t think I was going to throw away the old MCSE and join up with your kind did you? For shame. 😉

Lattitude E6520
Lattitude E6520

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SYSTEM COMPONENTS

Dell Latitude E6520 – New! Qty 1
Latitude E6520, Genuine WindowsŽ 7 Ultimate,SP1,w XP Mode, No Media, 64-bit, English Unit Price

 

Catalog Number: 25 E113
Module Description Product Code Sku Id
Latitude E6520 Latitude E6520 E6520 [225-0376] 1
Operating Systems Genuine WindowsÂŽ 7 Ultimate,SP1,w XP Mode, No Media, 64-bit, English 7UN61XE [330-6322]
[421-2262]
[421-8123]		 11
Processor Intel® Core™ i7-2720QM (2.20GHz, 6M cache) with Turbo BoostTechnology 2.0 I72720Q [317-5997] 2
Memory 8.0GB, DDR3-1333MHz SDRAM, 2 DIMMS 8G2D3 [317-3592] 3
Internal Keyboard Internal English Backlit Dual Pointing Keyboard, Numpad ENGBL [331-1207]
[331-1238]
[331-2169]		 4
External Monitor Dell UltraSharp™ U2410 24in HAS Wide Monitor, VGA/ DVI/ DP/ HDMI U2410 [320-8276] 5
Graphics nVidia® NVS™ 4200M 512MB DDR3 Discrete Graphics for Quad Core N42QC [320-2081] 6
Primary Storage 256GB Mobility Solid State Drive 256SSDM [342-2166] 8
Fingerprint and Contactless Smartcard Reader FIPS Compliant Fingerprint Reader and Contactless Smartcard Reader FIPS [331-1247] 9
LCDs 15.6″ UltraSharp™ FHD(1920×1080) Wide View Anti-Glare LED-backlit with Premium Panel Guarantee UFDH [318-0341]
[320-2361]		 10
Bluetooth Dell WirelessÂŽ 375 Bluetooth Module BT375 [331-1539]
[430-3982]		 13
Modem Internal Modem MODEM [313-6533] 14
AC Adapter 90W A/C Adapter (3-pin) 90AC3P [330-4016]
[331-1719]		 15
Primary Optical Device 8X DVD+/-RW w/Roxio and Cyberlink Power DVD™, no media DRN [318-0330]
[318-0466]
[421-4370]
[421-4539]		 16
Camera / Microphone Light Sensitive Webcam and Noise Cancelling Digital Array Mic CAMMIC [318-0343]
[421-1201]		 17
Wireless LAN (802.11) IntelÂŽ CentrinoÂŽ Advanced-N + WiMAX 6250 802.11a/b/g/n and 802.16e Half Mini Card IW6250 [430-3962] 19
Systems Management Intel vPro™ Technology’s Advanced Management Features VPRO [331-1579] 21
Productivity Software No Productivity Software NOPSW [421-3872] 22
E-Modular Hard Drive E-Modular 320GB 7200 HDD 320G722 [342-2284] 23
Primary Battery 3 Year Warranty 9-cell (87WH) Primary Lithium Ion Battery 9C3Y [312-1152] 27
Carrying Cases Leather Carrying Case – Fits Laptops with Screen Sizes Up to 15.6″ LCC156 [313-9289] 28
Support Services 3 Year Basic Hardware Service with 3 Year NBD Limited Onsite Service After Remote Diagnosis U3OS [929-1137]
[934-7888]
[937-8262]
[939-2870]		 29
Extended Battery Service 2 Years Extended Battery Service for Years 2 and 3 of System Life EXTBAT2 [988-5542] 30
Installation Services No Onsite System Setup NOINSTL [900-9987] 32
Accidental Damage 3 Year Accidental Damage Service CCADS3 [937-8422]
[988-7689]		 33
Energy Star/E-PEAT Gold Energy Star 5.0 Enabled / EPEAT Gold ESTAR [331-1245] 40
System Recovery Recovery Media for Genuine WindowsÂŽ 7 Ultimate,SP1,64bit,Multiple Language M7U61M [421-5686] 47
System Recovery Dell Back-up and Recovery Manager for Windows 7, SP1, Multiple Language DBRM71 [331-3300] 47
Mobile Broadband Dell Wireless™ DW5550 mobile broadband card for AT&T (HSPA) with GPS DW5550 [318-0328] 114
Second External Monitor Dell UltraSharp™ U2410 24in HAS Wide Monitor, VGA/ DVI/ DP/ HDMI U2410 [320-8276] 138
Additional Power Options 9-Cell (97WH) Lithium Ion Battery Slice 9C2SLC [312-1207] 147
Accessories Dell Bluetooth Travel Mouse BTTRV [310-9182] 473
Accessories Dell USB Enhanced Multimedia PRO Keyboard with built-in 2-port USB Hub USBMMP [330-2481] 473
Processor Branding Intel Core i7 vPro Label I7VNBR [331-1639] 749
Docking Solutions E-Port Plus, dock adds dual digital display and legacy port support EAPORT [430-3096] 1013

 

ACCESSORIES

 

Targus Meridian II Backpack fits up to 15.6” Qty 1
Dell Part# A1734723 Unit Price
Manufacturer Part# TSB140US
Dell Part# A1734723

 

Dell 90W A/C Adapter (3-pin) Qty 1
Dell Part# 331-3086 Unit Price
Manufacturer Part# R86TN
Dell Part# 331-3086

Now lets see what I can do with it…

DC

Author: Damon Caskey

Hello all, Damon Caskey here - the esteemed owner of this little slice of cyberspace. Welcome!

6 Comments

  1. Hey, I’m looking at getting an almost identical setup. Looks awesome by the way. I can’t tell when this picure was taken. How are you liking it so far?

    Reply

    1. So far I love it. I took this picture on same day as the blog post. As you can see from the spec list, its video card is kind of weak compared to the other hardware, but still does what I need it to do and with the replicator supports triple screening at max resolution (laptop plus the two monitors in that pic).

      Make sure you get the solid state drive, it makes a huge difference. I put together a lot of HD videos with Adobe Master Collection (specifically Premiere); my old machine would need eight hours or so to encode a thirty minute video. This thing rips through it at the same speed as real time playback, and sometimes faster then that.

      One last thing, order the backpack. As laptops go, it’s a monster. I have the backpack and the carry case; haven’t used the carry case once.

      Reply

      1. Are you saying that with the port replicator, you can run 2 seperate monitors, while at the same time use your laptop’s monitor? And if I’m reading your reply right, it pushes the U2410 monitor at it’s max resolution, correct?

        Reply

        1. Yep. All three monitors, including the laptop’s own, operating as a separate screen and at their optimum resolution. As an extra perk, you are not forced to use the laptop as your main; you can pick whichever monitor you like.

          DC

  2. Hi, I have the same setup but it won’t let me run three monitors at the same time. It keeps switching one off?? Any idea what you did to make yours work?

    Thanks
    Erol

    Reply

    1. Not sure why that would be. Did you have all the drivers set up? I don’t believe the default Windows driver supports that card fully.

      DC

      Reply

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