Dell Latitude D630 Review Discussion

[FrostKnight]

The Latitude D630 is Dell's latest update to the D620, a light-weight business class machine. The Dell D630 comes with the very anticipated Santa Rosa platform but is visually the same as its predecessor. The machine starts at $899 (as of this writing) and most upgrades are reasonably priced. The following is an in-depth review.

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[wave]

The battery life really is impressive!

Thanks for a great review!

[hood]

Hi, how do you calibrate the screen?
Thanks.

[Greg]

That calibration tool is NICE. Despite how well of a job it did, do you know of any lower cost ones for us poor college kids?

Congrats on the new machine...that battery life is really really good.

[chuck232]

Nice review. Battery life seems to be a key feature here, which is significantly improved from the D620 - the reviews of that seemed to only hit somewhere around 3:30 with a 9 cell.

[John Ratsey]

An excellent and informative review.

On the RAM issue, I presume that if you ordered the computer with 1 x 1GB then Dell would put that module in the slot under the keyboard, which would leave the easily accessible slot empty.

John

[Homer_Jay_Thompson]

I will point out one correction. In the section for the 3DMark06. You label the table 3DMark05.

EDIT: Sorry, if I sounded like a pain in the butt. I was trying to proof read it before you set up the review in the review section.

EDIT EDIT: Thanks for the review. I am glad to hear this laptop has a realistic battery life. I can actually take it outside for the day and type. With the modular bay battery, this laptop could get over 8 hours of battery life. Very happy

[Sirius_GTO]

Nice review. A few things I wanted to add personally about my D630.


I noticed in the review you said you had to push really hard to get ripples on your LCD.

I pushed really really really really hard on the back of my LCD (I guarantee much harder than most of you would dare push) and my screen made no ripples at all.

Second, what is wrong with the keyboard? I wouldn't compare it to consumer line laptops. The D630 keyboard is very nice, sturdy, minimal flex (only slight flex on the upper right), and quiet.

Installing RAM is not that difficult and I would highly recommend it over purchasing from Dell.

Great review and it's an awesome machine!

[Jason]

Great review! Well done!

[Homer_Jay_Thompson]

Installing RAM is not that difficult and I would highly recommend it over purchasing from Dell.

I would never install RAM because I do not know enough about computer hardware. I would break something. I will let the experts at Dell do it. If you buy the "Smart Value" option. The 2 GB or ram is only about $135.