D620 Update : Dell Latitude D630

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D620 update : Dell latitude D630

The Latitude D630 is Dell’s latest update to the D620, a light-weight business class machine. It was in May that Dell announced its intent to implement the new technologies provided by Intel’s new mobile computing platform codenamed Santa Rosa, and known as Centrino Duo. In short the latitude D630 is a real powerhouse and unbeatable value machine.





Dell latitude D630 Spec

Processor : Intel? Core? 2 Duo T7250 (2.00GHz, 2M L2 Cache, 800MHz) Dual Core

Media Bay Devices : 24X CD-RW/DVD w/ Cyberlink PowerDVD?

Memory: 1.0GB, DDR2 SDRAM, 1 DIMM

Hard Drives: 80GB2 Hard Drive, 9.5MM, 5400RPM

Graphics: Intel? Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator X3100

Battery: 6 Cell Primary latitude D630 Battery

Wireless LAN (802.11): Dell Wireless? 1395 802.11g Mini Card

Dimensions (LWH): 13.3 x 9.3 (10.3 with extended battery) x 1.3 inches

Screen size diagonal) 14.1 inches



The D630 sports the same ergonomics that we loved about the D620: a pointing stick, dedicated volume and mute buttons, and a roomy, spill-resistant keyboard with minimal flex. That’s near the outer limit for a thin-and-light, though just 0.4 pound heavier than the Lenovo ThinkPad T61. Also The notebook also incorporates a thorough set of features for business — including corporate-level security measures and optional WWAN — for a lower price than competitors such as the Lenovo ThinkPad T61.

Includes a 14.1in display with a 1,440 x 900 native resolution that’s a significant improvement over the 1,280 x 800 often found on displays of this size. The latitude D630 can paly almost the vedio and game clearly.The screen facing the sun while indoors. Easily readable. . The movie looked good from most horizontal angles, but shifting the LCD up or down resulted in a distorted picture.

The D630′s 2.2-GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor and 2GB of RAM enabled the system to produce a strong PCMark05 score of 4,568. That’s slower than the ThinkPad T61 we tested. The design behind this is most likely for the battery use and people that need a faster processor (multimedia users).The machine is extremely quiet, the fan hardly goes into full blast, even with the CPU at 100 percent.

One especially nice perk is the included Wi-Fi Catcher (activated by pushing the Wi-Fi switch to the far right), I did not have enough time to test it with the screen at a medium level but Vista tells me I can safely say it can push a little over six hours with Wi-Fi. If you get the Media Bay battery to go along with the nine-cell, I would venture about 7.5 or more hours. Of course, this is assuming you are using it for lightweight programs and you have 1GB or more of RAM.

Battery life with the primary 6-cell battery was fairly standard stuff, and you can expect between two to three hours battery depending on how you use the notebook. But Dell Latitude D630 included a nine-cell battery that extends about 2.5cm in front of the system. The extended battery served the Latitude well in our taxing DVD battery-drain test, where it held out for 4 hours 45 minutes.

In all, dell latitude D630 is Dell’s latest update to the latitude D620, so it has better performance. It is enough competent for your daily work and study. Dell’s incredible website with full instructions about servicing the laptop. All of the diagrams give me so much confidence installing more memory (or if I need to replace the drive).

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