As a laptop provided by my employers, I was pleasantly surprised to have received this particular DELL model. The previous work laptop (temporary) was also a DELL, but a very small Inspiron (12.1 inch screen).
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Branded memory offered in the Memory Selector is fully compatible and supported by Dell. Memory offered now may differ in speed from the original system memory but
Branded memory offered in the Memory Selector is fully compatible and supported by Dell. Memory offered now may differ in speed from the original system memory but
Branded memory offered in the Memory Selector is fully compatible and supported by Dell. Memory offered now may differ in speed from the original system memory but
(+) Can take it into Best Buy for Geek Squad. This is convenient, because Best Buy has many locations. (-) Slow, keypad breaks easily, internet issues, overpriced.
(+) Build Quality, Connection, Graphics, Keyboard, Webcam and Mic, Ease of Use, Speed, Quiet Running. (-) No graphics drivers for 64 bit operating system. No big deal. Hopefully soon they will have them
(+) Clear easy instuctions, Looks very smart, Light and easy to transport, very durable (-) Screen could be slightly bigger, battery doesn't last very long
A review by mrpang0 on Dell Latitude D620 March 10th, 2008
Author's product rating:
Speed
Very fast
Look & Feel
Good
Comfort & Portability
Excellent
Robustness & Durability
Excellent
Value For Money
Satisfactory
Advantages:
Speedy, no - nonsense, relatively portable
Disadvantages:
Vertical resolution a bit low
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
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As a laptop provided by my employers, I was pleasantly surprised to have received this particular DELL model. The previous work laptop (temporary) was also a DELL, but a very small Inspiron (12.1 inch screen).
First off, the size is excellent - quite portable, not too heavy, quite thin. Screen size is good enough, although I am not a fan of widescreen on a laptop, as usually the vertical resolution isn't quite enough for what I need it for.
Keyboard is great to type on, and this is coming from a person that doesn't really like using laptops. Easy to touch-type smoothly, and can take a lot of punishment (I write hundreds and hundreds of documents every month).
The mouse-nub pointer is ok, but if compared to the IBM equivalent, it doesn't compare at all, its a bit hard to get the accuracy sorted out. Regarding the touchpad, it is a little small, but is better to use than the mouse-nub.
The laptop performs very well for tasks ranging from the normal MS Office, to Photoshop - helped a lot by the Core Duo inside. My particular machine came with an 80gb hard drive, and 1 gigabyte of ram, which is more than adequate for work use. The screen default resolution is 1280x800, WXGA. This, for me is not good enough, and is the only downer for the machine - for working with documents, and browsing websites, the vertical resolution should be 1000 and above for a better viewing experience.
One thing to note, is that Dual Core will cause Windows 2000 to crash - so in this respect, I had to disable dual core from the bios, it did the trick, but slowed down the system marginally.
I would recommend this laptop to anyone, but I am not sure I would buy it with my own money. There are probably better valued alternatives out there.
Advantages: Compact, relatively light, well built and well equiped Disadvantages: no seperate number pad, battery life could be longer
...price (about 1/2 the £1100 Dell would charge for the same) and have to say I am extremely pleased with myself, and the laptop for that matter.
The above spec is just one of the many variations you could achieve and if ordering direct from Dell then you would have the opportunity to customise until your heart was content. The most basic D620 starts at £699 plus VAT and shipping for 1.66Mhz processor, 1Gb Ram, 80Gb hard drive, and you can easily stretch ... ...worries of them snapping off. Dell apparently undergo a lot of testing to ensure their build quality is upto the test of hard use.
The integrated wireless automatically registered my Broadband hub and the only delay was remembering the login password for Tiscali. Additionally, when the laptop is switched off you can flick a switch at the side and access the hard drive data wirelessly without having to boot up.
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Advantages: Good size, widescreen, built in wireless, excellent performance. Disadvantages: Battery life could be better.
...decided to go for the Dell Latitude D620 and here is what I think of it. I won't go into to much technical detail regarding the complicated stuff and I will try and focus on how the laptop meets my needs which I think will be more helpful.
~~LOOKS AND DESIGN~~
This laptop is beautiful. It looks professional and its size is perfect. The shape of the laptops is slightly more rectangular than other laptops as it has a widescreen. I like this width ... ...lid.
~~BUILD QUALITY~~
The Dell Latitude D620 feels strong and sturdy. The laptop folds easily and clips in place nicely. Overall, it feels well made.
~~PERFORMANCE~~
This laptop has a dual core processor. I said I would go into technical detail so basically, the dual core processor means a faster and better performing laptop. I don't use the laptop for gaming but I do use iTunes, email, Word, the internet etc and it runs beautifully. I have ...
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Advantages: 14.1 is the perfect size, trackpoint mouse is my favourite Disadvantages: matt screen (but that is better than glossy in bright light), underside gets warm
I have owned this laptop for a year now and have found it very reliable. 14.1 inch screen is a perfect compromise between portable size and useable screen space. I found a 15.4 inch screen to be too large , particularly on lecture theatre desks and whilst using the tray table on the plane.
I really appreciate the trackpoint or eraser head mouse. I much prefer it to the pad as it allows me to touch type and use the mouse without moving my hands too ...
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Advantages: Great screen clarity, good build, fit and finish Disadvantages: Heavy, too bulky, annoying proprietry power supply.
...but unless they also use Dell that won't work here. Still, back to the laptop, it has wireless and bluetooth both of which work well for me and the chance to have a 3G data card integrated is a smart step. It also has a DVD drive, but again as a corporate laptop all my applications are pre-installed so I have absolutely no need for this. I suppose I could use it to watch DVDs but then I would have preferred the laptop to be smaller and lighter and ... ...could leave it at home most of the time and save a few 100grams for the inevitable train journeys in and out of the capital. So in summary, as long as you realise that this laptop is not optimised for portability then you'll probably be very happy with it. As it stands it's classic IT Purchasing Department fodder, and really not very optimised for anything at all. To my eyes it's a bland, uninspired choice and for that reason gets just three stars ...
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I've owned my D260 for 3 months now, and I'm still thrilled to bits with it. It's lightweight, has great battery life and so far has shown no problems loading heavy duty software such as Photoshop, with office products running at the same time. I have to admit. I bought it with XP - with reports of Vista being clunky, I wanted to run it with an operating system that's tried and tested. (I'll maybe wait for at least service pack 2!!!)
Dell's delivery ... ...earlier than expected, much to my delight! My only whinge has got to be the lack of owner manual - I don't know if this is because it's classed as a "business" laptop and is therefore missing some of the frills you'd expect as a home user.
Comes complete with a tiny but stylish and practical power adapter (unlike the clunky version of my old sony vaio), which allows you to neatly wrap the cables away and secure on the adapter.
A top spec machine ...
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Advantages: Built in webcam. fingerprint recognition that works, good customer support. Disadvantages: Slightly sluggish compared to some higher end machines.
...I own a Lenovo 3000 N100 and use it daily for personal use. I also use a DellLatitudeD620 for work, but I will try not to compare them too much to each other in this review.
I acquired the Lenovo after my previous Laptop (a Medion) died and couldn't be resurrected by the Insurance company - so I didn't actually go out and buy this one specifically. In actual fact, it is much better than my Medion, although this may be due to the passage of time and better technology.
Technical Bits:
The laptop has a Core Duo processor (I think mine is 1.7Ghz not 1.83 as listed in the header). It has 512MB RAM, a DVD writer, fingerprint recognition and a nifty web cam in the lid. It has built in Wifi which works well. It has 4 USB ports, although annoyingly these are on the side - I prefer them at the back (especially fr the mouse). It also...
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