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Dell Latitude E6500
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Specifications
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| Name | Dell Latitude E6500 |
| Processor | Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 2.26GHz and P9600 2.66GHz |
| Screen | 15.4” WXGA Widescreen and 15.4” WUXGA+ Widescreen (1900×1200) |
| RAM | 1GB and 8GB |
| HDD | 160GB and 64GB High-performance Flash SSD |
| Optical Drive | DVD+-RW and DVD-ROM w/ CD+-RW |
| Graphics | NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M |
| Network | Ethernet, Intel 5100 802.11abgn, Intel 5300 802.11abgn, Bluetooth, Dell 5720 Sprint Mobile Broadband (EVDO Rev-A) Minicard |
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Discussion
The distros that worked best were always Debian derivatives. Specifically, Mint and PinguyOS (derivative of Mint). I hate reg. Ubuntu, but if you have no imagination or skill, by all means go for it. Maybe it'll work… 64-bit is the way to go for all machines, 2Gb or more. The memory limitation in i386/i686 and PAE mode are a pain.
Other ones that work great for laptops and netbooks are:
PinguyOS & Lubuntu i386/i686 and for my netbook, a Dell 2100
Lubuntu x64 worked great on my Dell E6500 and it has Jupiter!
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