Help me choose a dell laptop....

[Arkai]

Is this a good deal? Could I do better? This laptop will be for work, looking for something fast, good battery life and mobile.

SYSTEM COMPONENTS
Latitude D810 Qty 1
Intel® Pentium® M Processor 740 (1.73GHz) w/ATI RADEON X600 128MB, Genuine Windows® XP Professional, SP2, with media Unit Price $1,845.00
Save 20% off: Latitude X1, D810 and D410 and D510, Inspiron 9300 and 6000 N
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- $369.00

Catalog Number: 4
Module Description Show Details
Latitude D810 Intel® Pentium® M Processor 740 (1.73GHz) w/ATI RADEON X600 128MB
Operating Systems Genuine Windows® XP Professional, SP2, with media
LCDs 15.4 inch Wide Screen WXGA LCD Panel
Memory 512MB DDR2 533MHz SDRAM, 2 DIMMS
Hard Drives 60GB Hard Drive, 9.5MM, 5400RPM
Floppy Drive Options No Floppy Drive
Modem Internal 56K Modem
AC Adapter 90W A/C Adapter
Modular Bay Devices 24X CD-RW/DVD w/ Sonic Digital Media? and Cyberlink PowerDVD?
Wireless LAN (802.11) FREE! Intel® PRO/Wireless 2200 WLAN (802.11b/g, 54Mbps) miniPCI Card
Systems Management Dell OpenManage Client Instrumentation
Resource CD No Resource CD
Battery 9-CELL PRIMARY BATTERY
Hardware Support Services 3 Year Mail-In Economy Plan
Onsite System Setup No Onsite System Setup
Mail- In Rebate None
Miscellaneous Latitude D810
Purchase Intent Purchase is not intended for resale.

TOTAL:$1,476.00

 

[imported_michealo]

we use these d810's where i work
nice notebooks, not too many problems
battery lasts about 3 hours with normal usage

do yourself a favor tho and skip the 5400RPM HD for a for a 7200RPM one
the difference is quite noticeable
and double the ram to 1GB

 

[Arkai]

Wow only 3 hours on the battery? What about the D610's? I would like more than 3 hours battery time.

 

[imported_michealo]

the D610's are too small for serious work use, unless you're using it for presentations at client sites

these machines are just too power hungry to offer extended battery life.

you could swap out the cdrom unit for a 2nd battery if really necessary, that should get you 6-7hours

 

[MatthewMaes]

what about millenium computer? or spelling like that. My mom got 1 for work and its a dell and dell warrenty, just cheaper.