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    D830 review and pictures sought

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by MDDZ, Jun 14, 2007.

  1. MDDZ

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    Does anyone know of any D830 review?

    Can any proud D830 owners upload a few D830 pictures?

    Thanks!!!
     
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    acts837 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Here you go. I can find no defects with this system. The only complaint I have is that I probably should have went with the WXGA+. Somebody asked about cord length on the adapter so I snapped a shot of that too.


    Latitude D830 Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7300 (2.00GHz) 4M L2 Cache, 800Mhz Dual Core
    LCDs 15.4 inch Wide Screen WXGA LCD Panel
    Memory 1.0GB, DDR2-667 SDRAM, 1 DIMM
    Graphics Intel® Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator X3100
    Hard Drives 80GB Hard Drive, 9.5MM, 5400RPM
    Touchpad Options Touchpad with UPEK® Fingerprint Reader
    Operating Systems Genuine Windows Vista™ Business, with media
    Media Bay Devices 8X DVD+/-RW w/Roxio and Cyberlink Power DVD™
    Wireless LAN (802.11) Intel® 4965 802.11a/g/n Dual-Band Mini Card
    Battery 6 Cell Primary Battery
     
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  3. acts837

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    First two.
     

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    The rest. I forgot to mention I yanked the 1 SODIMM and installed 2 sticks of crucial. Yes, one stick was under the keyboard. If anybody is wondering, the brand of memory that came with my D830 was hynix.
     

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  5. MDDZ

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    >>The only complaint I have is that I probably should have went with the WXGA+.

    Thanks so much for your input. I am curious why you now prefer WXGA+. May I also know in what situations you use your D830. I am a software programmer and I have Insprion 9300 with WUXGA, which I think it is very nice. Is WUXGA not useful on D830? Text too small?

    Many thanks in advance!
    -David
     
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  6. acts837

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    I bought the WXGA because I don't like small text; however, I think I could have handled a little smaller text over what the WXGA displays.

    Situations: Mostly docked at home but like to carry on vacation and to the office if need be. I just sold my D610 that I loved and had no issues with whatsoever. Just felt it was time to upgrade and thought going with a larger screen was "mo better" since I am not a road warrior. To be honest, I would have been just as happy with the D630 if I would have bought that.
     
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    Rowen Notebook Consultant

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    Any chance we may get an in-depth review of this new D830 soon? Please?
     
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    Unfortunately, last I checked, they don't offer WXGA+ on the D830. It's just WXGA, WSXGA+, and WUXGA. WSXGA+ makes the text a little small for my taste... but I'd get it anyway and just fiddle with the DPI to make the text a little bigger.

    acts837: Are you happy with the screen (brightness, contrast, sharpness, overall appearance) apart from the resolution?

    MDDZ: WSXGA+ on 15.4" will have similar pixel density (DPI) to WUXGA on 17". WUXGA on a 15.4" will be significantly denser.
     
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  9. MDDZ

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    Today I saw a D820 of a colleague's. Does D830 look same or very similar to D20 in terms color/size?

    Thanks!
     
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    Pretty much everything should be the same except the insides of it, and they might have made the screen brighter, I'm not really sure.
     
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    Comment from any proud D830 owner?
     
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    Newbie here:
    I have heard of people buying Vista Basic, and then upgrading to ultimate later. does this save money? How does it work?
    If i get WUXGA (the highest resolution) - can i change the resolution later if the text is too small to read, or am I stuck?
     
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    Any reviews of the D830 yet?
     
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