Latitude D820 15.4",C2D T5500,XP Home,3yr warranty

[Pardus]

Dell Latitude D820 w/ 512MB nVidia Quadro Video Card (256MB onboard + 256MB Shared)

$1357.00 - $758 instant = $599 - link


Intel Core 2 Duo T5500 (1.66GHz) 2M L2 Cache, 667Mhz Dual Core
Genuine Windows XP Home Edition, SP2, with media
15.4 inch Wide Screen WXGA LCD Panel
1.0GB, DDR2-667 SDRAM, 2 DIMMS
80GB Hard Drive, 9.5MM, 5400RPM
24X CD-RW/DVD w/ Cyberlink PowerDVD
512MB NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M TurboCache
Dell Wireless 1390 802.11g Mini Card
6 Cell Primary Battery
3 year Limited Hardware Warranty with Mail-in Service


EDIT-Called Dell Small Business @ 800-757-8434, they are offering video upgrade to WSXGA for $70.

 

[BudAshes]

that seems like a great deal.

 

[RossMAN]

Another great deal posted by ActiveX, thank you 🙂

It's a damn shame you can't upgrade the LCD resolution because WSXGA would be perfect.

 

[TheDrake]

wow, that is a great deal especially with the 512MB video card. if only I had use for a laptop...

 

[Cali3350]

UGH! SUCH a great deal and could use a new laptop. I cant justify it though....ARGH!

 

[ChAoTiCpInOy]

Can we get that even those it's for an individual?

 

[Nole7]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
It's a damn shame you can't upgrade the LCD resolution because WSXGA would be perfect.

QFT

 

[bearxor]

Originally posted by: ChAoTiCpInOy
Can we get that even those it's for an individual?

Yes, you just can't use Dell Home Coupons or DPA. But you can just check out and purchase it with a credit card.

 

[Lanyap]

Don't forget to upgrade the 6 cell battery to 9 cell for only $19.

Additional info in this thread.
http://forums.anandtech.com/me...=2142230&enterthread=y

 

[pctwo]

how is latitude compared to vostro? better or worse?

buying for sis, who just needs it for web, email, and itunes

 

[BIGFOOTPI]

no DVDRW, only 80GB, only 1GB RAM -meh-
seen better Vostro 1500 deal end of last year (nov/dec , $599) that had a dedicated gf8400, 120GB hdd, and 2GB RAM w/XP home.
This system's advantage is a slightly faster cpu clock and 3yr warranty...
have no opinion on the video card difference in value- Quadro doesn't mean much unless what? Autocad/openGl rendering?

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: pctwo
how is latitude compared to vostro? better or worse?

buying for sis, who just needs it for web, email, and itunes

Technically the Latitude is better but I think this is an older model.

I've seen a Vostro 1400 in person and I was impressed. It was slick, the build quality was excellent, great size, fast, cheap and nice LCD. I love my Latitude D630 but if I needed a sub $600 laptop, I would probably buy the Vostro 1400 for $549.

 

[goofy4ever]

i thought latitude was the higher-end business class machine vs. vostro which is a budget class laptop?

also, if you have invested $$$ in the earlier latitude accessories, you can most likely re-use them with later latitude laptops (like moving from d500 to d820)

i compared hp nc8430 and d820 last year when i was looking to buy a traveling laptop (i chose hp) because of their features like hdd motion sensor, fingerprint scanner, default 3 year warranty, etc. i have never owned vostro so i cannot attest to its build quality but d820 was built much like the old ibm thinkpads (as is the case with nc8430).