Avinash Shenoy (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} avinash) wrote,@ 2008-05-28 12:14:00 |
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The new laptop
In comes another new laptop...the third I've switched in the last 3 months. This time it is a Dell Latitude D630. The decision to go Dell took a fair amount of market research. I was looking for a laptop that could tick of the most boxes on my requirement list :
- Business class laptop
- 14" 1440x900 screen
- Good build quality, especially the hinges, which have been a total pain in the past
- Card reader
- Serial port
- PCMCIA slot for my Tata Indicom data card
- Works with Linux
- Large capacity battery (8 - 9 cell)
- I am not too fussy about the weight. 2 kg'ish will do.
The obvious choices were :
- Lenovo Thinkpad T61. Did not get bought because it only sells with a 1280x800 display in India. No options.
- Toshiba Tecra M9. This one met all my requirements. It is really expensive and the Support sucks. Really bad !
- Dell's Latitude D630 came close..except that it does not have a card reader.
I had to choose from the lot and decided in favour of the Dell. Support is great and I can make do with a USB card reader. I wonder why it it still so hard to find a laptop that does it all (discounting the home use segment laptops which do do it all...but for the build quality and PCMCIA card slot).
In comes another new laptop...the third I've switched in the last 3 months. This time it is a Dell Latitude D630. The decision to go Dell took a fair amount of market research. I was looking for a laptop that could tick of the most boxes on my requirement list :
- Business class laptop
- 14" 1440x900 screen
- Good build quality, especially the hinges, which have been a total pain in the past
- Card reader
- Serial port
- PCMCIA slot for my Tata Indicom data card
- Works with Linux
- Large capacity battery (8 - 9 cell)
- I am not too fussy about the weight. 2 kg'ish will do.
The obvious choices were :
- Lenovo Thinkpad T61. Did not get bought because it only sells with a 1280x800 display in India. No options.
- Toshiba Tecra M9. This one met all my requirements. It is really expensive and the Support sucks. Really bad !
- Dell's Latitude D630 came close..except that it does not have a card reader.
I had to choose from the lot and decided in favour of the Dell. Support is great and I can make do with a USB card reader. I wonder why it it still so hard to find a laptop that does it all (discounting the home use segment laptops which do do it all...but for the build quality and PCMCIA card slot).
