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The newer Dell D620

£350......inc setup, delivery, USB mouse and a laptop bag

The Dell Latitude D620 is a 14-inch widescreen business notebook equipped with the latest Intel Core Duo processor. The D620 replaces the D610 and provides quite an overhaul in both design change and internal components. The new industrial charcoal grey and black look of the D620 conveys its strong build, which Dell calls "Road Ready", and with a slew of available built-in wireless communications this notebook is road ready in more ways than one.


Quick minimum Specs of a D620
 

Intel Core Duo T2400 1.66GHz
1GB 533MHz DDR2 RAM (2 x 512MB config)
60GB 5400RPM HD
14.1-inch WXGA screen

Integrated graphics (Intel Media Accelerator 950)
24X CDRW / DVD Combo
Windows XP Pro
Dell Wireless 1490 802.11 a/g
Detailed Specs and Configuration Choices for the Latitude D620


The D620 is most interesting in that it adopts a widescreen format, a feature that hereto date really has been pushed more in the consumer channel of notebooks. Dell reckons that business-types will prefer this format too though. After all, a widescreen (available in WXGA and WXGA+ resolution) does allow you to more easily have two windows open next to each other at the same time. Side-by-side comparison of documents, web pages or spreadsheets is an example of common business tasks more easily done on a widescreen.

Aesthetically the D620 looks nice and professional. It is mostly a dark charcoal-grey (almost black) inside with silver accents and silver lid. This provides for an industrial and muscular look, quite the opposite of the light-grey and white design of the Dell Inspiron line of notebooks. All of the new Latitude notebooks (D420, D620 and D820) carry this new colour scheme, in my opinion it is distinctive and professional looking -- it's not exactly elegant and sleek like an Apple or Sony, the Latitude favours deep and noticeable grooves as opposed to an Apple smooth all over look, but the look works. And it's certainly an improvement over the former D610 look which was business boring and all too typical with its grey and boxy appearance.

The industrial looking aesthetics are true to the actual build of the notebook. The D620 is very sturdy; it uses an all magnesium-alloy case. This results in strong overall physical protection of the notebook, worry-free of case cracks appearing or problems with excessive flexing. The hinges are constructed of steel, Dell claims they have been tested for up to 20,000 cycles (openings and closings) to assure freedom from loosening and wobble. The D620 hinges also have a new barrel design to withstand vibration better than past Latitude notebooks. Another moving part on the D620 is the screen latch, this is also constructed of metal to provide durability and a nice look to boot.

The most important thing to protect in a notebook is in most cases the hard drive (where all of your data is stored), data is irreplaceable and sometimes invaluable, while hardware not quite so. As such Dell has implemented Strike Zone technology that reduces the amount of shock experienced in the hard drive area during a drop situation. You can also get Shock Resistant hard drives in 60GB and 80GB capacities that offer further physical protection to data.

       

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Includes a free laptop bag & USB mouse