FREE UPGRADE to Windows 10! These are eligible for free upgrades to the newest Windows version starting July 29th, 2015.
These are direct from Dell factory refurbished off-lease business-class performance laptops. I have several units for sale + WA sales tax. No sales tax if shipped outside WA state. Shipping is about $20 (varies based on destination).
What makes this laptop more expensive than other refurbished Dell E6420 laptops? Simple. It has Hybrid NVIDIA discrete graphics. That means it has the power and performance for lightning-fast 3D performance delivered by the NVIDIA GeForce GPU for visually intensive applications, while switching back to the integrated Intel graphics for improved stamina (that means longer battery life). So if you demand top level graphics performance (when its needed) but still want long battery life when just doing Office or internet then these are the laptops you want.
discrete graphics = built-in video card with its own memory (512MB) provides top performance
integrated graphics = feature of i5 CPU that uses shared system memory (16MB max) that has longer battery life.
Windows 7 Professional 32-bit SP1
Gray Skin applied by Dell
14-inch screen (1366 x 768)
Core i5 (i5-2520M) 2.50GHz
4GB Memory
320GB Hard Drive (includes recovery partition)
DVD±RW
NVIDIA NVS 4200M Discrete Graphics with Optimus**
Intel Integrated Graphics
Fingerprint Reader w/Dell Security software
Contactless Smart Card Reader
Intel Centrino Ultimate-N Wifi
IDT High Definition Audio CODEC
Stereo headphone/Microphone combo jack
Integrated, noise reducing array microphones
Ports and Slots: Network connector (RJ-45), USB 2.0 (4) + 1 USB/eSATA combo, Stereo headphone/Microphone combo jack, Memory card reader, 54 mm ExpressCard, Docking Connector, VGA, HDMI
** Nvidia Optimus is a computer graphics hardware power/performance optimization technology created by Nvidia which, depending on the resource load generated by client software applications, will transparently and seamlessly switch between two graphics adapters within a computer system in order to provide either maximum performance or minimum power draw from the system's graphics rendering hardware. Specifically, Optimus is a particular implementation of what is commonly known as "switchable graphics" or, more generically, as GPU switching. A typical platform includes both a lower-performance integrated unit by Intel and a high-performance one by Nvidia. Optimus saves battery life by automatically switching the power of the discrete graphics processing unit (GPU) off when it is not needed and switching it on when needed again.