I've have a company Dell D430 for about 6 months now, and its by far the best laptop I've ever used. My commute is over an hour each way by train, so the built in 3G is a god send. The overall size is ideal - plenty big enough to use for extended periods, and have a 1280x800screen resolution, yet its very light and fits in a small courier bag. The keyboard is full size, and it also provides a track pad as well as a 'nipple' for cursor control. Battery life isn't as good as the quoted manufacturer figures (is it ever?) but it last a good 3 1/2 hours or so with constant average usage. Performance wise, its no gaming laptop, but for most people its more than adequate, with office apps, web browsing and even a bit of photo-shopping causing no slow downs on processing. Mine has a mere 1Gb of ram, but as its Windows XP and not the dreaded Vista, so this provides adequate memory for multiple applications. Overall, I'd recommend this laptop to anyone who wants a light portable machine that can also be used for longer stretches comfortably, the built in 3G is great and something you soon wonder how you managed without!
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(+) cool and quite robust trackpad, good display,64-bit windows 7 (-) few connectors,dell drivers only, not realy for gameing (most models), finger print prone!
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