Dell D430 - the perfect commuting laptop

Advantages: Light, portable, built in 3G, robust, full size keyboard
Disadvantages: Not the most attractive design, battery life ok, but nowhere near quoted figures

...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...

Staffers 29.07.2008 · Read review
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Review of Dell Latitude D430

Nice light laptop, very clear screen

Advantages: Light, good battery, fast
Disadvantages: not the cheapest, can be installed with trialware by Dell

...We have just purchased two of these for work, and as always you cannot fault dell on the hardware. The screen is a good size, and very sharp, bright and clear. Power seems to last pretty well, sitting on my desk it lasted 6 hours quite happily. It comes with 1GB installed upgradeable to 2GB RAM, which is more than enough for most users. Heavy power users may find this a sturggle, but our users are happy :) We went for the XP version, which I would recommend over Vista for now, as Vista is a bit more resource hungry then XP and seems to perform less well for most things. XP is stable and pretty secure now, and most business will wait a while before going to Vista. It does come with the slightly slower PATA drives, as opposed to SATA - but again unless you are a power user you will probably not notice any appreciable...

howletts 26.09.2007 · Read review
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Dell Latitude LS500

Advantages: Very Easy to use, fast
Disadvantages: Cost

...means enter or execute depending what you have put the pointy thing on. The software to write Ciao reports called Word is in there as is the one called Excel which does all your sums and keeps a record of your figures for you. There is also Outlook so you can send people letters without troubling the Post Office. Just like a big computer it also connects to the internet so you can keep up to date with all my reviews in Ciao. Seriously though the Dell Latitude series are excellent notebook PCs. Very stylish and easy to use they are an excellent choice....

polydeuces 22.11.2000 · Read review
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  Dell Latitude D820 PC Notebook

Advantages: very powerful machine. Excellent support from Dell
Disadvantages: None

...I left my old company a couple of months ago and took up my new position with my current company who very kindly issued me with a brand new Dell Latitude D820 laptop. I've had an opportunity to put it through its paces for the last 8 weeks and this review will cover my experiences to date. In terms of specification this laptop is much more powerful than my old one. For starters it has a dual core processor. For those of you not familiar with dual core, this means that the main processor actually consists of 2 processors within a single chip. Each processor or 'core' can be used to perform a different task. E.g. one may be running Microsoft Office applications whilst the other could be running an application that plays your music files. This is slightly different to having a computer that has 2 discrete CPUs and there are logistical...

Soundsexciting 06.09.2006 · Read review
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Dell Latitude D830

Advantages: Security, Speed, Easy to travel with.
Disadvantages: Once some settings are change theres no going back.

...I own this Dell Latitude D830 it is a very fast, very reliable piece of equipment. It has dual core so its pretty good for gaming also with a very good video card. I wouldn't recommend it for the highest newest games but its very good to get you playing some of the recent games. It runs all sorts of O.S. so thats a plus. Compatible with most software. It can hold up to 4 gigs of ram. Easy lite weight, goof for the average business man and or student. The look is sorta unique in its own way. Also mines has the finger print scanner, good for protection password and easy access to password protected items. Comes with some good dell utilities too. Such as blue tooth, secure storage, embassy security, and also my favorite a TRACKER. So if it is ever lost or stolen you can call tell and they can track it down. So all in all its a very good...

lillilmike 11.05.2008 · Read review
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Dell Latitude D630

Advantages: Light, fast, and Simple
Disadvantages: short battery life

...i have three DELL latops now this one is used for work, its qiute good for what it's for, It has bluetooth, WIFI, and built in broadband modem On Wifi the connection is very fast but on broadband modem is painfuly slow, this could be because it is on T- Mobile, the sceen is small but it does the job. the intel Dou core 2 is very fast. Spares are expensive but that is how DELL makes most of it profits, Value for money i would say is quite good, a Sony or Tosh at the same spec is £100's more, battery life is a bit short on a standard battery, and at about a £100 more for the extra life battery its a problem Overall not a bad Laptop for work, wolud not say it would be good as a home laptop....

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Dell Latitude D500

Advantages: Good build quality
Disadvantages: Extremely slow

...I wish I could recognise the D500 machine the other reviewers of this laptop are describing. The key problem with this product is that at times it becomes so slow as to be almost unusable, even when running bread and butter Office 2000 software. No amount of disk defragmentation can resolve the slow speed issue. When opening up the laptop or after reboot, the hard drive whirls and whirls for up to half an hour, during which the extreme lag when trying to access and operate your software is such that you just can't use it. I bought this laptop (over 36 months - way over £1,000) simply to run Word 2000, Excel 2000 and Outlook Express - it can't handle it, even though there is very little else installed on the hard drive. After a while Windows XP recognises the system is struggling and pops ups a 'Low Virtual Memory' warning in...

roundhay129 10.01.2007 · Read review
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Dell Latitude D610 is a reliable choice

Advantages: Light-weight for size; screen is not matte finish, so glare is reduced and leaves no fingerprints
Disadvantages: Latitude D610 is an older model; only 2 slots of 1G memory; no microphone

...In my opinion, this computer is suitable for users who need a reliable laptop computer without a lot of specific technical requirements. It performs very well for the basic requirements. For its size, it is portable and light-weight at 5.4 lbs. Its screen is matte finished, thus there are no finger prints on the screen and it reduces the glare. However, as it is an older laptop model, it may not be the best value for money these days. This particular model only has only 2 slots of 1G memory, thus, if the potential buyer is looking for a higher specification model. Additionally, as an older model there is no built in web cam and no microphone. In my opinion, the Dell Latitude D610 is a durable choice that maximises speed and efficiency given the size and weight. I would definitely recommend this product to a friend....

mrf4180 27.05.2009 · Read review
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Review of Dell Latitude D610 (L04611)

my aptitude for latitude

Advantages: light & fast
Disadvantages: price

...I am changing jobs and will be working from home a lot more so I needed to get a new laptop to replace the old one work had provided me with. I am no IT expert so I decided to stick with a similar one to my work one & I have been pleasantly surprised. I ordered it online using the 'help me choose' assistant so I clicked all the relevant boxes i.e. needs to be lightweight, doesn't need very long battery life, lots of memory etc and the helper eliminates models that don't fit these criteria. The end product was the altitude D420 but I was slightly concerned about the price. Using the 'customise' option I removed lots of items I wasn't interested in & added some features I felt were more important e.g. remove support & remove carry case meant I could afford to increase the memory. well, the end result was this - D420 Intel Core Duo U...

earlofaldgate 05.03.2007 · Read review
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Dell Latitude D505

Advantages: Looks smart and has firewire
Disadvantages: Screen lift up button is a bit noddy

...Dell Latitude D505 Specification: Pentium M 1.60Ghz 512 Mb 40 Gb RJ45 connecton 2200BG Wireless Modem DVD ROM with writer This is a smart looking laptop, although the screen release catch is very noddy and flimsy. It has a firewire connection so you can connect a digital camera to it for instance which is rather handy and a nice feature. The mouse pad is really nice and has smooth movement, which is great as some acer laptops I've used recently have been really slow sticky movement. It has built in wireless, however it doesn't have an external switch to enable or disable which is a little annoying. Same with bluetooth, it supports bluetooth but there is no external switch to disable or enable it. There is also no phsical light that shows you your wireless or bluetooth connectivity status, which to be honest is really...

bonsy 21.07.2005 · Read review
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