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    Dell D630 vs. Lenovo T61

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by kboyer, Feb 13, 2008.

  1. kboyer

    kboyer Notebook Consultant

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    Laptop purchase looming in the very near future. The top two contenders are the D630 and the T61. Have done some searching here but most comparisons are in older threads and some things have changed (like Penryn).

    D630
    2.4GHz, 4ML2 800 MHz / 128MB nVIDIA Quadro / WXGA+ / 2GB DDR2 / 120GB 7200 RPM drive / DVD burner - $1,701 with tax and shipping
    Advantages:
    - small price advantage
    - better return policy
    - least costly 7.2K drive is 120GB

    T61
    2.5 GHz 800 MHz 6MBL2 / 128MB Nvidia Quadro NVS 140M / WXGA / 2GB DDR2 / 100GB 7200 RPM HD / Intel Turbo Memory / DVD burner - $1,820 with tax and shipping
    Advantages:
    - Penryn T9300
    - ExpressCard slot

    This will be a work machine. On the road daily. Prefer the weight and footfprint of 14" laptops to the 15" and larger models. Display must be top notch in color reproduction. High performance a perk and will probably punt to XP rather than Vista for this reason.

    Understand this is the Dell section so answers may be biased. I used to own a T43 and liked it a lot. Have never owned any Latitude models but the D630 is squarely created to compete with the T-model ThinkPad and it gets very good reviews (Editor's Choice at cnet.com).

    Any insight, comment, feedback on this purchasing decision is appreciated.
     
    kboyer, Feb 13, 2008
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