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New Vostro Lineup (3350, 3450..)

Discussion in 'Dell Latitude, Vostro, and Precision' started by Cocozebra, Mar 17, 2011.

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  1. BlueI

    BlueI Notebook Enthusiast

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    Notebookcheck.de has reviewed the Vostro 3350. They also tested 3550 and 3750 some days ago.
     
    BlueI, May 25, 2011
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    i am planning to buy vostro 3350 (i2310, 2gb ram, 320 gb hdd, amd 6470m gpu), is it true that we cant upgrade the hard disk with any high capacity disk ( bec of its size) ? are the smaller size hdd readily available?? is it advisable to buy vostro 3350 or should i go for acer timeline 4820tg??
    will amd 6470 good in terms of gaming?? currently i'm using dell studio 15 with ati 4570, i wish it was a bit better in terms of gaming, although 6470 has a better ranking than 4570 as per notebookcheck, is it advisable to go for it??
     
    hitme666, May 30, 2011
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  4. kingchris

    kingchris Notebook Guru

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    According to the review here: Review Dell Vostro 3350 Subnotebook - Notebookcheck.net Reviews

    So I think it should be fine with a normal sized one.

    Will know tomorrow when mine arrives :D

    EDIT: Just seen a photo of the cage in that review and the 9mm will definitely fit.
     
    kingchris, May 30, 2011
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    fleischy Newbie

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    I'm interested in the Vostro 3350.

    1. Anyone knows if the CPU in the 3350 is soldered? Is there a service manual or install guide available?

    2. Is the Vostro 3300 battery compatible to the 3350?
     
    fleischy, May 30, 2011
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    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    Vostro 3300 has a PGA processor, so I would assume the 3350 would be as well. Not sure about the battery question.

    For Dell's latest computers, there is no service manual out yet.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, May 30, 2011
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  7. kingchris

    kingchris Notebook Guru

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    Does anyone have any idea if its likely the 3350 will be able to have its optical drive swapped for a second hard disk.

    I think I have seen caddies for the last model vostros.
     
    kingchris, May 30, 2011
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    schmintan Notebook Guru

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    just got my 3350. takes a standard 9.5mm 2.5" hard drive. Optical drive does not look user replacable to me. perhaps with some surgery, i wont be finding out though.

    solid little laptop, great keyboard, decent trackpad, screen is what i expected so i cant complain.

    1000% better than the lenovo edge 420s that i returned a few weeks ago. Very pleased with it so far.
     
    schmintan, May 30, 2011
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  9. DemonBob

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    I bought the Vostro 3750 17.3 inch with the i5 last week, and I could not be happier. This is my first chicklet keyboard, and I'm actually loving it. For some reason my typing style gets a lot better performance with it. I think it's due to have size 12 finger's and they way they are spaced.

    I use the laptop primarily for development purposes, but do some light gaming on it. So far it has handled everything I have thrown at it with ease. The screen is nice and clear, and I have not had any problems viewing content from different angles.

    The only thing I need to do to this laptop is upgrade it to 8GB ram, as I need to run 4 VM's at once when code testing (compile, push code to all four, and they automatically test the code via custom made scripts.). Right now I can run 2 without any problems (along with my development tools, visual studio and such + netflix playing HD), I could probably run four if I dropped the RAM to 512 per VM, but I like to keep my VM's running at 1GB of ram a piece to test minimal system requirements on the code.

    So all in all I am very happy with my purchase. It was a good price for a well rounded laptop.

    -D
     
    DemonBob, May 31, 2011
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    kingchris Notebook Guru

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    Two screws held the optical drive in place.

    My caddy for a second drive from my lattitude e6500 won't fit yet.

    Will look again to see if I can remove a bit of plastic from the hdd caddy. If not will try buying one of the last gen vostro caddies.

    But looks promising, I hope I can add an SSD to my 3350 as well as the standard hard disk.
     
    kingchris, May 31, 2011
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