E6420 Owner's Thread

Well, I am back to do the initials on the E6420.
After the unboxing and testing for image building the machine is pretty much a mixed bag.

You can see in the comparison shots, Dell made a good effort in using high quality materials compared to the E6410. The problem is they did not use them to effectively enough to make the machine look any better.

First glance at the bottom of the 6420 it looks and feels like plastic right down to the texture. But clearly they knew this and stamped the Mg logo on it.
The top lid texture is very nice but again instead of making it a single slab it looks like a swappable cover, detracting from that sharp gun metal style.

The unit I have requires two hands to open the lid and the latch sticks badly.
Build quality is better than the E6410 all around but it certainly does not look it. It does not have that look it needs to separate it from the home user machines which is my largest complaint.

Also I don't know what happened to the power supply but if this is the new design but it certainly seems like they went back to the old C series style power supplies. I hope this is a mistake.

But regardless here is the initial batch of photos.

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E6420 Owner's Thread