Dell Latitude E6320 Unboxing and Initial Thoughts

By Mike Maddaloni on Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at 06:00 AM with 3 comments

As someone who has used Dell PCs over the years and not too long ago evaluated a Dell Vostro 130 - I was thrilled when Dell, through the Zocalo Group, offered a new Dell notebook as a gift. As with any piece of electronics I receive – as a gift or for evaluation – I make an unboxing video, and you can watch the unboxing of this Dell Latitude E6320 below or on YouTube.

As you can see, I initially was told I was getting a Dell Latitude E5420, and instead it was an E6320 – I still need to pour thru the configuration, but from my initial review of the models on Dell’s Web site they are similar.

Since I made the video, here’s a couple of thoughts and items to note. I found how to turn on backlighting the keyboard, and it is a nice feature, especially when working late at night at home (note that working late at night at home in itself is not a nice feature!). It also does not run hot similar to the Dell Vostro 1410 I am using now, and will be replaced by this Latitude E6320. I have also liked using Windows 7, and it will be a nice transition from Windows XP.

The plan is to now setup the E6320 with all my software, files and any special settings and use it as the primary work PC. I had one setback in doing so from a time perspective when I mistakenly installed the hard drive encryption software and had to reinstall Windows 7 and the drivers. As the DVDs were included, this was not as painful of a process as it could have been, but it took time to do so, and I am just now getting to really using this hardware.

Over time I will share my thoughts on this Dell Latitude E6320, and you can find them here at The Hot Iron as well on Twitter – follow @thehotiron and @dunkirk. Special thanks to the Zocalo Group for offering me this machine. And as generous as they and Dell have been, it will certainly not cloud my judgment of my reviews and thoughts on this PC! As always, I welcome your thoughts and questions on it in the comments of this post.

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This is from The Hot Iron, a journal on business and technology by Mike Maddaloni, Founder and President of Web consulting firm Dunkirk Systems, LLC.

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So, it has been a few years.  Any long term review?  Very much interested to know.

Picture of Hisham Comment by Hisham
on 04/23/14 at 05:07 AM
 

Hi Hisham - I am still using the E6320, and it is my workhorse!

The only real problem with it is the battery is pretty much dead, but that is the life of batteries anyway. I should probably write more about it - anything in particular you are interested in?!

mp/m

Picture of Mike Maddaloni Comment by Mike Maddaloni
on 04/25/14 at 05:37 PM
 

Thanks for the feed. I am using one also with extra mediabay batt and another 6 cell I carry as spare so I can practically use it all day. Am thinking of getting a couple of new batt to extend the mobility of it.  There is not that much report of the long term use of the 6320 out there. I suppose there are not that many being more expensive than its other bretherens.

Picture of Hisham Comment by Hisham
on 04/26/14 at 12:37 AM
 


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