Originally Posted by
timfountain
I have a 7250 on order but honestly, the only thing I am really looking forward to is the 1080p screen.
They introduced a 1920x1080 screen option as part of the E6230 mid-cycle refresh.
Originally Posted by
chx1975
Except, of course, the X220 is of the Last Laptops With A Usable Keyboard tribe (X220/T420/T520) while the Dell is not. I didn't want to suggest the X220 because I was risking sounding like a broken record, but really, the choice of laptop is very easy when there are only three worth buying and you just need to pick the screen size
De gustibus, and all that -- the keyboard used on the E6x20-E6x40 and E7x40 series is considerably better than anything since, or than the Lenovo W/T/X_30 and W/T/X_40 series machines, plus it lacks the weirdness that Lenovo adopted years ago of swapping the control and Fn key locations.
Even the Lenovo W/T/X_20 series isn't as good as the prior Lenovos -- which is why I still have an X201 which I use occasionally for document prep.
Originally Posted by
LAXlocal
Do these Dells have a HDMI output ?
and is it easy to add a WiFi-cellular card
it would be nice to plug in a large monitor at home and have GSM cellular when on the road
As already mentioned, yes (and VGA) and yes. I'm not sure if Dell whitelists on the WWAN card on that model or not -- the models that would have originally come with the E6230 are rather dated now.
It's one of the easiest machines out there to put one in, as well; single-screw access to the bottom panel, and virtually anything you'd want to upgrade is under there (vs. many Lenovos which have one DIMM there and one under the keyboard.)