I wrote this blog article about my newly purchased Dell Latitude D430 and my older Sony Vaio PCG-R505. Well I have purchased a Dell XPS M1330 and I’m going to write about this compared to the Dell Latitude. If you read that previous article you found out that I like ultra portable laptops as the last two laptops I have had were 12.1″ screens. I really loved that D430, perfect size really light but it lacked a few things. First off the Maximum amount of memory is 2G. Secondly, the 1.2Ghz Core 2 Duo process lacks the oomph to really get things done. Lastly, the machine didn’t have a dedicated video card. Normally these issues wouldn’t bother me because I don’t do much power computing but since I have sold off my workstation and my desktop replacement runs windows home server my laptop has become my primary computing device. Since my laptop is my primary computing device I now needed to add certain applications that required some extra power.
I started researching for a new computer at the begining of the new year, but was not ready to comit since my D430 was farely new. The one laptop that caught my eye was the Dell XPS M1330. So the specs I was looking for was somethig that had a faster processor, more than 2GB of memory, dedicated video card, 13.3″ screen and still an ultra portable. So I came across the M1330 which had all of these specs. Other bonuses I get are a Larger Hard drive, LED screen with integrated camera, and an actual internal DVD drive.
I thought about buying a refurbished version from dell’s outlet site when my tax refund check came in. My tax check came in and I didn’t buy the laptop, I decided I didn’t need it. Well I came across a friend that recently got one and didn’t want it. He sold it to me for really really cheap. The specs on my M1330 are 2.2Ghz Core 2 Duo, 3GB Ram, 250GB HD, LED screen, Bluetooth, 9 Cell Battery and Fingerprinter reader. This laptop has really lived up to its expectations. The only thing I don’t like is the 9 Cell battery that adds the extra bulk. On a daily useage I don’t want the extra bulk, but the battery is nice to have for plan B
I have installed Windows 7 on the D430 and it ran perfectly so I decided to install Windows 7 on this laptop. I then used the Windows Easy Transfer feature, which is awesome. I’m now in the process of cleaning off the D430 and getting it ready to put on eBay or Craigslist. Let me know what you guys think about the upgrade!
Interesting, I`ll quote it on my site later.
do you add internal bluetooth module to your D430 ?
thank you
where do you get it and how much it cost?
and the mini pci wwan cards is it unlocked one or it registered to 0ne of carrier only?
as you would not used it anymore i would be interesting if you don’t mind to pass me those,
mail me the cheapest cost you could bear with
The ram and docking also if u dont mind,
Ps: friend price i hope lol