Anyone own a Latitude D620?

[TrueWisdom]

I've tried looking all over Dell's website and Intel's 950GMA spec sheet and nothing mentions whether or not the 945GM chipset supports dual-display. I need to be able to support extended desktop--can the D620 with 950GMA graphics support that?

 

[fbrdphreak]

It should support it no problem. I have a GMA950 in this dv1000t I'm reviewing and it looks to have the same options the GMA900 has. I'm about 98% sure, but I've not used a GMA-GPU for screen spanning; if anyone else can chime in 100% sure on that

 

[ND40oz]

I saw a 945gm machine with span mode doing a presentation, but it wasn't a dell. I imagine the D620 should as well, I should have a permanant loaner by the end of the week to test it on. I only had a pre-production unit for a weekend last month and I didn't get to play around with it too much.

Edit: If you wait 4 weeks, you'll have the option for a 512MB NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M TurboCache or a 256MB NVIDIA Quadro NVS 110M TurboCache. Both of which support nView.

 

[shrumpage]

We just got one in at work, haven't used it much, but i has both VGA and DVI ports on the back. Dual monitor support is pretty much a standard for laptops now.

BTW the D620 is the first Dell laptop to impress me - it actually feels solid.

 

[TrueWisdom]

ND40oz--I need the laptops sooner than that, unfortunately. I spoke with our sales rep today and he told me the same thing, but he was under the impression that only with a docking station could the D620 support screen spanning. I thought that seemed strange, but since there's so little literature surrounding the D620 I just assumed he was correct. I was messing around with a pre-production model in March but it never occurred to me to ask the question; now I feel like a complete idiot. Anyhow, thanks for the feedback so far. If someone can give me a 100% confirmation on it, that would be dandy. I need to order a laptop for use with SimMan and SimBaby ASAP and I need to know if the hardware of the D620 is up to the task.

Shrump: You sure it's a D620 you've got? I'm checkin the official pics at Dell Small Business and the back looks to have one VGA port and one Serial Port.

 

[sigs3gv]

Originally posted by: shrumpage
We just got one in at work, haven't used it much, but i has both VGA and DVI ports on the back. Dual monitor support is pretty much a standard for laptops now.

BTW the D620 is the first Dell laptop to impress me - it actually feels solid.

How's the battery life on the D620?

 

[ND40oz]

Just got a response from one of my reps. The D620 does suport spanning without a docking station when equipped with the intel graphics.

Edit: I just got the spec sheets for the 620 and 820, no mention of a DVI connector for either. There is one on the docking station though.

 

[TrueWisdom]

Awesome. Thanks ND!

 

[shrumpage]

I didn't have the laptop long enough to test the battery, i just like the over all feel of it.