Martin

I just purchased a Dell Latitude D420, after missing the departure of my trusty Latitude X300 a while back.

Specs:

Latitude D420 - Intel Core Duo U2500 (1.20GHz 667MHz FSB 2MB L2 cache) 1 994.77 994.77
12.1 inch WXGA LCD Panel 1
1.5GB DDR2 SDRAM (1 x 1GB + 512MB Integrated) 1
80GB 4200RPM Hard Drive 1
External D/Bay and 8X DVD+/- RW Drive with Decoder Software 1
D420 42WHr 6 CELL Primary Battery 1
UK - 56.6k V.92 Capable Internal Modem & Adapter 1
Intel PRO/Wireless 3945 802.11a/g Mini Card (54Mbps) Dual Core 1
D420 Bluetooth Card 1
UK/Irish - Internal Keyboard Lat D420 1
English - Genuine Windows XP Pro SP2 (No Media) 1

Link to D420 Product Page

So what do you think? Have I made a good choice? Does anyone own one of these?

Thanks!

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Gigi

That's a nice looking laptop, Martin. I personally would have waited for the Core 2 Duo processor and gotten a faster hard drive and an extended battery, but I think for your work purposes, it should be great! (I've been drooling over the XPS M1210, which is also a 12.1" but probably a bit heavier.)

darkdestroyer

Personally I really enjoy having small laptops for computing on the go and I really find the price of the Dell 420 really attractive for what it has to offer. How much did you drop for the Dell? Also, could you inform me on the quality of the screen? I've heard a few mixed comments on how the quality of the screen is dependant on the maker.

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ppt

i think the d420 is a good replacement for x300 & x1

kulnet

That's a nice new toy you got there. Enjoy.

Martin

I haven't got it yet, so can't comment on screen quality. Price was £1200 or so, but Dell UK is expensive compared to other Dell sites.

Hopefully it will be nice - not sure about the wide aspect. Anyone have a wide-aspect? Conducive to word-processing?

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darkdestroyer

I've got a Sony Vaio SZ150P with a 13.3 inch widescreen. My previous laptop was a Dell 600M and I thought the change from square to widescreen was great!Wide aspect enables you to view/edi two documents/websites side by side very nicely.

It's also great for the occasional movie, or two, or ten...

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radimus

Wide screen is so nice, I'm having a hard time going back to normal.

I put a second video card in my work PC and am running 2 19" LCDs wide... 2560X1024 is just crazy... especially for coding. You can see A-Z in spreadsheets without sidescrolling.

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JMJSelect

nice laptop, just make sure you buy a pair of nomax pants for when the thing blows up in your lap

seriously though nice laptop, and enjoy it

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ericcumbee

We got my little brother a D620 which is very similar to the d420. and i can say that you pick it up and you can tell it rock solid just by feel.

Martin

Thanks for the comments, guys.

@eric: It's not really like the D620. It's a merge of the X1 and the D620, but owes more of its aesthetics and form to the X1. The performance side is lifted from the D620 (at least, this is what I've read in the reviews online.)

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