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sjg   04-05-2006 at 06:28:56 AM

What does everyone think of the new Dell Latitude D620?

As a bit of background I am currently running an HP dv1240us, which was one of the earler 14.1 widescreen models on the market. It is used as my primary machine most days, often seeing 6-8hrs/day of use. I absolutely love it, but I want something with more battery life. I currently have the double-capacity 12-cell battery for this laptop, which gives me in the neighborhood of 4.5-5 hours of useable runtime.

The D620 is very similar in terms of features/technology and footprint, although it has a modular bay which my current HP does not. I am also curious if the 9-cell primary battery option "hangs out" of the normal laptop footprint, like my current battery, and if so how much.

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killernotebooks   04-05-2006 at 09:52:07 PM
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Here is a review on the D620.
http://www.notebookreview.com/defa [...] 620+Review

The thing I really liked about the Latitude series was the D-Dock docking station. I don't know if they still offer it, or if it still has this feature, but you could fit a standard desktop PCI card in there. Ideal for SoundBlaster, PCI 256 MB Video Card (quite dated now), SATA/RAID controller.

http://www.killernotebooks.com/images/logos/logo_white.jpg

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HardWareBoss   04-06-2006 at 07:16:58 PM
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How soon will you be buying a new laptop? Do you need the Dual-core? If you do the AMDs are due soon.

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sjg   04-06-2006 at 11:42:33 PM
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How soon will you be buying a new laptop? Do you need the Dual-core? If you do the AMDs are due soon.



I certainly don't need the dual-core. The 1.7GHz Banias I currently have is far more than I need. I'd love something in an ULV in a larger form-factor than the ultraportables. Alas...


Seems the 9-cell sticks about an inch out the front on the Dell, probably liveable.

It also seems the D/Dock is available for this model, which has a PCI slot. Which is nice as was said, for running video/etc. This laptop is supposed to be available with a mobile nvidia quadro as well, but the Dell website doesn't seem to let me configure it so.

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HardWareBoss   04-07-2006 at 05:58:11 PM
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There are 19' Laptops out. And 20' coming. If you need any that big.

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sjg   04-07-2006 at 07:36:15 PM
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There are 19' Laptops out. And 20' coming. If you need any that big.



wth are you smoking?

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