Swimmer Posted June 11, 2007 CID Share Posted June 11, 2007 As many of you know, or have read about, I have had issues with my Dell Inspiron 8600 for quite some time. Well it is all over. The machine has been exchanged for a new Dell Latitude D830. I know that I bashed Dell over the quality of the Inspiron and the poor support. Since being contacted by a Dell Represenative about my posts I have seen a complete 180* turn around. I now have a 'personal' contact at Dell who is willing to go out of his way to make sure that my system lives up to my/Dell's expections. So what did I get exactly? I decided to go with a Dell Latitude D830 which was released in May. It is based on the latest Centrino chipset, GM965, which is code named Santa Rosa. Here are the Specs of the system: Intel Core Duo 2 T7100 @ 1.8GHz An awesome 1920x1200 15.4" Wide Screen Intel x3100 graphics (256MB 2GB DDR2 PC2-5300 (2x1GB) Hitachi 80GB 7200 RPM Hard drive Intel 3945 A/B/G Wireless Broadcom 10/100/1000 Ethernet 8x DVD-R Overall I am extremely happy with the system. I elected to go with Windows XP Professional instead of Vista. The build quality is a huge upgrade from the Inspiron. It is solid, professional looking, and fairly light weight. Seeing how this is a buisness laptop it is not a graphic performer. That being said I am able to watch Quicktime HD moves at the 1080i setting without any lagging. Something that I was not able to do before. The system is also extremely quick! I didn't think that dual core would make that much of a difference. Well if you are considering making the move to a dual core system I would highly recommend it! The speed increase is unreal. No more slowdowns while the virus scans are running, being able to Alt+Tab at any time, and having the extra little boost when launching apps. Sorry about the crappy resolution.. My phone camera is all that I have right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shug7272 Posted June 11, 2007 CID Share Posted June 11, 2007 Sounds damn nice to me man. Beats my laptops ass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudmanc4 Posted June 12, 2007 CID Share Posted June 12, 2007 I'm glad to see that Dell is upholding there quality of service as they advertised, makes me once again about the purchase of a Dell laptop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted June 12, 2007 Author CID Share Posted June 12, 2007 If you are thinking laptop.. try and get a latitude.. The build quality is outstanding! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roco Posted June 12, 2007 CID Share Posted June 12, 2007 Glad it worked out OK Swimmer, my old ( antique Dell latitude 750 MHz) , is still doing the biz as a back up , 8 years on , slow , yes but it gets there , eventually , everyones laptop beats the ass of mine , but it is still running with no problems , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starship_troopers Posted June 12, 2007 CID Share Posted June 12, 2007 i like that laptop alot, glad you got it all fixed up with dell. but i would go for an asus laptop...just my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eversman Posted June 12, 2007 CID Share Posted June 12, 2007 Glad they finally made things right by you, Swimmer. It shouldnt have taken all that hassle, and it shouldnt have taken the posts to get that from them. But, better late than never! im glad they finally did right by you, enjoy the new machine! ev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siryak Posted June 12, 2007 CID Share Posted June 12, 2007 Very nice! I know what you mean on the speed difference going to dual core. I can actually run a virus/spyware scan and my computer still functions! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostmaster Posted June 12, 2007 CID Share Posted June 12, 2007 Latitude owns Inspiron We've bought about 20 Dell D820's and we haven't had any problems at all. They are very nice machines. Im sure you'll enjoy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coknuck Posted June 12, 2007 CID Share Posted June 12, 2007 DellCAJohn, Thank you for listening to this forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kamil234 Posted June 12, 2007 CID Share Posted June 12, 2007 1920x1200 on 15 inch screen? omg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted June 12, 2007 CID Share Posted June 12, 2007 1920x1200 on 15 inch screen? omg. thats UXGA for ya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siryak Posted June 12, 2007 CID Share Posted June 12, 2007 1920x1200 on 15 inch screen? omg. Yah that's kind of what I was thinking. A little overkill there. I seriously doubt the eye can tell the difference between 1440x900 and 1920x1200. Oh well better to have too much than too little. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xs1 Posted June 12, 2007 CID Share Posted June 12, 2007 lol sounds like someone got a payoff... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted June 12, 2007 CID Share Posted June 12, 2007 lol sounds like someone got a payoff... Have to agree with that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coknuck Posted June 12, 2007 CID Share Posted June 12, 2007 Says it all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted June 12, 2007 CID Share Posted June 12, 2007 Yah that's kind of what I was thinking. A little overkill there. I seriously doubt the eye can tell the difference between 1440x900 and 1920x1200. Oh well better to have too much than too little. The eye can tell the difference for sure. 1440x900 is barley even considered high def. 1920x1200 is only 1080p. With the higher resolution you get a much bigger work space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siryak Posted June 12, 2007 CID Share Posted June 12, 2007 The eye can tell the difference for sure. 1440x900 is barley even considered high def. 1920x1200 is only 1080p. With the higher resolution you get a much bigger work space. On a 15in.? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted June 12, 2007 CID Share Posted June 12, 2007 On a 15in.? Yea because its almost double the resolution. Your going to start seeing this alot more. The higher the resolution the better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siryak Posted June 12, 2007 CID Share Posted June 12, 2007 Yea because its almost double the resolution. Your going to start seeing this alot more. The higher the resolution the better. Hmm...Never seen 1080p on a 15in so I guess I will just haft to take your word for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimPawlak Posted June 12, 2007 CID Share Posted June 12, 2007 my 19inch wide screen is 1440x900 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siryak Posted June 12, 2007 CID Share Posted June 12, 2007 my 19inch wide screen is 1440x900 Same here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted June 12, 2007 CID Share Posted June 12, 2007 Hmm...Never seen 1080p on a 15in so I guess I will just haft to take your word for it. A laptop monitor is alittle different then a desktop monitor. There are also quality levels of the monitor. A cheap/standard laptop is just going to have a XGA display. there are SXGA (super XGA) and UXGA (Ultra XGA) They are much better displays because they go to a higher Res. You pay extra for them. There are desktop displays that are like this as well. You pay alot more for them tho. The monitor i'm on right now is a 22" at 1920x1200. Normally on a standard LCD it would be 1680x1050 but this is a high end monitor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimPawlak Posted June 12, 2007 CID Share Posted June 12, 2007 I just got a free toshiba laptop!! Intel P4 HT 3.0 ghz 2 gb pc3200 ram 160 gb 7200 8mb harddrive 15 inch wide screen!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siryak Posted June 12, 2007 CID Share Posted June 12, 2007 I just got a free toshiba laptop!! Intel P4 HT 3.0 ghz 2 gb pc3200 ram 160 gb 7200 8mb harddrive 15 inch wide screen!! How'd you swing that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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