New Dell Vostro V131

mervincm in an earlier post said he benchmarked an OCZ Agility 3 drive and got expected performance, so it is indeed SATA 6Gbps. BTW that's the "official" way to call it, not "sata3." SATA II was SATA 3Gbps, so it isn't called SATA III or SATA 3 to avoid confusion... but I guess that's too late now.

IDK about the heat output. My Latitude 13 stayed cool the whole time, but this is a whole new platform.

Vostro V131 does have dual channel RAM.

 

Thanks, in my country there is a very good deal for v131. I will take it.

 

Hi all,

I have the 500GB WD 7200RPM HDD (WD5000BPKT-75PK4T0) in my V131 and was wondering whether it has a free-fall sensor?

Also, is the STMicroelectronics AccelerometerP11 software (Windows) related to the free-fall? Or does it serve some other purpose?

Thanks!

 

hello kaupo.. where are you from? how does deal in your country go? hehe

 

Baltics, Latvia and it is 685 $ without tax with i5 and w7 hp, 3 years warranty.

 

not cheaper than dell usa's promo but... still a good deal..
us srp is 799+tax.. now its 599+ tax i think

 

Actually doesn't look too bad (assuming USD) because the US deal is with 1 year warranty. Cost $80 to bump to 3 year warranty, putting it at $680.

 

oh.. i see.. i didnt notice that.. its about same price then...
no more 599 now for us.. hehe
its 769$ for the i5.. hehe.. i just checked a while ago..
but somehow.. i wish i ordered the toshiba Z830 899 now in bestbuy canada

 

And for europeans i would recommend to look uk dell shop. Because everything is cheaper in US thats teh country target to make their people lower prices than other countrys

 

Vostro V131 review @AnandTech

BTW I got in my first V131, the red one I ordered for my wife. My silver one had a later ship date. Oh yeah, and the netbooks that were $99.99+$25ship bundled with the deal both showed up last week. Have only barely used the V131 (waiting on an SSD that will show up next week) but so far so good. Comparing it to my Latitude 13 and the screen is about the same. That relieves me because a lot of people were hating on it. Sure, not the best screen in the world, but doesn't look any worse than before. I think the internet lets people obsess more. The speakers sound pretty decent too, actually better than the Latitude 13.