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Dell Latitude D6. Review . The Dell D6. Santa Rosa platform but is visually the same as its predecessor. The machine starts at $8. D6. 30 configuration: Dell Latitude D6. Processor: Intel T7. Core 2 Duo (2. 0.
GHz, 8. 00. MHz FSB, 4. MB Cache)Graphics: Intel GMA X3. Operating System: Windows Vista Business 3. Display: WXGA+ 1.
Hard Drive: 8. 0GB 5. RPMMemory: 5. 12.
MB (5. 12. MB x 1), up to 4. GB max. Ports. 4 – USB 2. Fire. Wire (left)Security lock (left)Headphone out & microphone in (left)VGA out (back)5. Gigabit Ethernet (back)Power (back)Serial (back)Slots. PC Card Slot. Smart Card Slot. Docking station. Optical Drive: DVD +/- RWBattery: 9- cell 8. WHr. Security: UPEK fingerprint reader.
Pointing device: Touchpad or Track Stick. Intel 3. 94. 5 WLAN (8. Card. Dell Wireless 3. Bluetooth Vista Module.
USA keyboard. Dimensions: 1. Like I said, most upgrades are reasonably priced. I purchased 2. GB from Newegg for $8. Dell? s upgrade would have been $2.
Reasons for buying. I? m a college student majoring in International Business and IT. My previous machine, a HP dv. AC adaptor) for me to carry in my backpack for 6 consecutive hours. I also travel quite a bit to visit family in Spain and need something to keep me occupied on the 1.
Aside from the laptop and the charger, it only came with the OS, Roxio Creator 9, and application discs. The manual itself is rather useless. In fact, I would not even consider it a manual .
I had to guess my way into getting started and it was frustrating because I have not used Vista until purchasing the D6. I? m still stumbling with it. The entire box . The hinges on the machine are stiff but not difficult to open and the screen will not wobble. There is no flexing of the screen and you truly have to try to press the back to see ripples. When closed, a small, shiny hinge holds the screen locked. The top and bottom of the machine are made of magnesium. I still wouldn? t recommend dropping the machine in order to test if the material is durable.
The speakers are (I think) inside the laptop because I saw no openings for them. The battery sticks out in the front rather than the back. You are also able to add another battery to the DVD bay or replace the drive with something updated down the road. It is very simple to replace the drive in case something happens. I do have one complaint: I frequently use my USB slots and I dislike having the other two ports in the back.
I prefer them on the side. The USB slots are also a bit stiff. Sometimes you have to try to jam the connector into the slot. Layout. You will find most of the ports either on the left or the back of the laptop. The left side. No Express Card for us this time (view large image)The back of the machine including a serial port for old devices. Only a DVD Burner and two USB slots (view large image)The machine is practically as thin as two decks of cards.
Unfortunately, I don? D6. 20 to compare it to. I do, however, have a Viewsonic VX2. Spyder. 2 Suite. This seems like an apples to orange type of comparison but if I am to compare it, I must use something that has been in my possession for at least one full year. The added benefit is that this comparison shows how far the colors differ from a screen that has near- perfect color reproduction. I am happy to report the 1.
I was able to easily see it indoors with the sun behind me. This was tested with highest screen brightness level (8/8). The screen facing the sun while indoors. Easily readable. More difficult to read but manageable. The best way to describe the contrast is a dark shirt that has been washed too many times. The horizontal viewing angles are very good but I can? You have to stare directly at the screen or else there will be discoloration and distortion.
There is a bit of light leakage at the bottom. If you truly want the best screen available, the best bet would be to wait until LED screens come out or hook the laptop up to a monitor. Comparison between a color calibrated monitor and the D6. This made a HUGE difference.
There are the quick mute and volume buttons on the top of the keyboard, all very handy to have. The speakers are loud . Depending on what is being played they might be able to fill a small room.
Unfortunately, a loud speaker does not always equal quality output. At high and sometimes even medium levels distortions start occurring. Granted, this is a business machine that was primarily designed to just output warnings and the like.
It? s like Dell bought out all the extra Gameboy speakers and super sized them. If you like to listen to music, bring your own external speakers and possibly your own sound card.
Processor and Performance. CPU: My machine came equipped with the new Santa Rosa platform. Upgrades to the processor include a faster front- side bus and a new level of power state. According to an Intel rep (I used to work in retail), I was told these new chips are about 1. Centrino generation. This will not, however, make minor application usage (office programs) run any faster.
The design behind this is most likely for the battery use and people that need a faster processor (multimedia users). HD: The hard drive is an 8. GB SATA drive running at 5. RPM. My plan was to buy a 1. GB drive and a notebook enclosure from Newegg, replace the 8. GB drive, and convert the machine? HD. Due to financial reasons, I did not go through with it.
The faster transfer speed (higher density) and larger storage are nice ideas but we can? GPX: I? ll be blunt, this machine was not built for gaming. Intel upgraded this generation? Licensed Home Inspectors Birmingham Alabama Weather more. Essentially, the X3. F. E. A. R. Vista recommends (read: needs) 1. GB to run the OS and any other application(s) smoothly.
Before I upgraded the machine with 2. GB, it came with 5. MB. It was crawling and nearly always accessing the hard drive (and consuming more battery in the process). After the upgrade to 2.
GB, it ran as smooth as a hot knife through butter. I needed 2. GB because Photoshop is a huge memory hog. If you plan to use this machine for office use, 1. GB will most likely be enough to accommodate your needs.
Benchmarks. To prove that this machine runs as good as I say, check the benchmarks. All benchmarks ran with the notebook plugged in. I made sure both the T6.
D6. 30 were next to each other on the tables for easier comparison. I was not surprised to see little difference between the D6. T6. 1 (they are nearly identical notebooks). Super Pi is a benchmark program that is small and tends to do a decent job of measuring processor and memory performance.
For future reference I also benchmarked it with 4. M and ended with a result of 2m 1. Super Pi comparison results. Notebook. Results (Time, 2. M digits)Dell Latitude D6. GHz Core 2 Duo Intel T7.
Lenovo Think. Pad T6. GHz Core 2 Duo Intel T7. HP dv. 25. 00t (1. GHz Core 2 Duo Intel 7.
Lenovo Think. Pad T6. GHz Core 2 Duo T7. Toshiba Satellite P2. S6. 28. 7 (1. 7. 3 GHz Core 2 Duo Intel T5. HP Compaq 6. 51. 5b (1. GHz AMD Turion 6. X2 TL- 5. 2)2m 0.
HP dv. 50. 00z (2. GHz Sempron 3. 30. Samsung X6. 0 (1. GHz Core Duo)1m 2. IBM Think. Pad T4. GHz Alviso Pentium M)1m 4. PCMark. 05 is a synthetic benchmark that tests overall system performance.
PCMarks with 1. GB and 4,0. PCMarks with 1. 5. GB. All the other benchmarks ran with 2. GB of RAM. PCMark.
Notebook. PCMark. Score. Dell Latitude D6. GHz Core 2 Duo Intel T7. X3. 10. 0)4,1. 69 PCMarks. Lenovo Think. Pad T6. GHz Core 2 Duo Intel T7.
X3. 10. 0)4,0. 84 PCMarks. HP dv. 25. 00t (1. GHz Core 2 Duo T7. Intel X3. 10. 0 Graphics)3,3. PCMarks. Lenovo T6.
Widescreen (2. 0 GHz Intel T7. ATI X1. 40. 0 1. 28. MB)4,1. 89 PCMarks. Toshiba Satellite P2. S6. 28. 7 (Intel 1.
GHz T5. 30. 0 + GMA 9. PCMarks. HP Compaq 6. GHz AMD Turion 6.
X2 TL- 5. 2, ATI x. PCMarks. Alienware M7. AMD Athlon FX- 6. Nvidia Go 7. 80. 0GTX)5,5. PCMarks. Asus V6. J (1. 8. 6GHz Core Duo T2.
Nvidia Go 7. 40. 0)3,6. PCMarks. Toshiba Tecra M6 (1. GHz Intel T2. 30. E, Intel GMA 9. 50)2,7. PCMarks. 3DMark. 05 is a synthetic benchmark that tests 3.
D graphics. A faster graphics card will NOT speed up 2. D applications such as image editors, it is mostly used for playing games and doing 3. D work, such as modeling or CAD. DMark. 05 Comparison Results.
Notebook. 3DMark. Score. Dell Latitude D6. GHz Core 2 Duo Intel T7. X3. 10. 0)9. 15 3. DMarks. Lenovo Think. Pad T6. 1 (2. 0. 0GHz Core 2 Duo Intel T7. DMarks. Toshiba Satellite P2.
S6. 28. 7 (Intel 1. GHz T5. 30. 0 + GMA 9. DMarks. HP Compaq 6. GHz AMD Turion 6. X2 TL- 5. 2, ATI x.
DMarks. Lenovo Think. Pad T6. 0 (2. 0. GHz Core Duo, ATI X1. MB)2,0. 92 3. DMarks.
HP dv. 60. 00t (2. GHz Intel T7. 40. NVIDA Ge. Force Go 7. DMarks. Dell Inspiron e. GHz Core Duo, ATI X1. DMarks. Acer Travel.
Mate 8. 20. 4WLMi (2. GHz Core Duo, ATI X1. MB)4,2. 36 3. DMarks. Alienware Aurora M- 7. AMD Dual Core FX- 6.
ATI X1. 60. 0 2. 56. MB)7,0. 78 3. DMarks.
DMark. 06 is the updated version of 3. DMark. 05, it is much more intensive than its predecessor. A benchmark of the T6. DMark. 06 Comparison Results.
Notebook. 3DMark. Score. Dell Latitude D6. GHz Core 2 Duo Intel T7. X3. 10. 0)5. 64 3. DMarks. HP dv. 25.
GHz Core 2 Duo T7. Intel X3. 10. 0 Graphics)5.
DMarks. HP dv. 60. GHz Intel T7. 40.
NVIDA Ge. Force Go 7. DMarks. Samsung Q3. GHz Core 2 Duo T5.
Intel 9. 45. GM)1. DMarks. Samsung R2. GHz T2. 25. 0 and ATI 1. M chipset/GPU)4. 76 3. DMarks. Samsung X6. GHz Core 2 Duo T7. ATI X1. 70. 0 2. 56.
MB)1,8. 31 3. DMarks. Asus A6. J (1. 8. GHz Core Duo, ATI X1.
MB)1,8. 19 3. DMarks. Fujitsu Siemens Amilo Xi 1. Core Duo, n. Vidia 7. Go 2. 56 MB)2,1. 44 3. DMarks. Vista. Score(view large image)HD Tune ? For comparison, a 1. GB 7. 20. 0RPM drive scored an average of 3.
MB/s(view large image)Heat and Noise. The machine is extremely quiet, the fan hardly goes into full blast, even with the CPU at 1. When it does go all out, it is possible to hear it but it is whisper- quiet. The bottom gets warm but nothing that will scald someone?
Even so, I would not recommend having it sit on your lap for long hours, it could get uncomfortable. Keyboard and Touchpad.
The keyboard is pleasant to use but there is no way it can compare to a Lenovo keyboard.