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Thursday, February 5, 2015
Dell Latitude E6430s Review
The exterior is a mix of black and gray with a touch of silver, sporting an eye-catching yet professional package that will endear itself to the suit-and-tie crowd. However, the brushed-aluminum lid wasnt great at hiding fingerprints. The keyboard is spill-resistant, and when the lid is closed, a protective seal forms a shield around the LCD panel to keep from liquids from seeping in.
Sporting a Tri-metal chassis--a magnesium alloy frame, reinforced steel hinges and a matte chrome bumper--the Latitude E6430s passes MIL-STD-810G environmental testing. Inside, the keyboard deck of the Latitude E6430s has a nice soft-touch finish, which was comfortable while typing.
The Latitude E6430s measures 13.19 x 8.8 x 1.1 - 1.2 inches and weighs 4.6 pounds. That makes it smaller and lighter than the Latitude E6430 (13.9 x 9.5 x 1.3 inches and 5.4 pounds), which needs a larger chassis to accommodate its 9-cell battery as well as the option to add discrete graphics. However, the E6430s is larger and heavier than the Lenovo ThinkPad T430s (13.5 x 9.1 x 0.83 - 1 inches and 4.4 pounds), even when that system has an optional bay battery inserted.
Display
The Latitude E6430s has a 14-inch matte screen with a native resolution of 1366 x 768. When we watched the "Skyfall" trailer in 720p, colors looked dull. For example, the blue glow illuminating Daniel Craigs chest as he stood poolside wasnt as vibrant as weve seen on other systems. Image quality when watching the video at different angles was acceptable. Three people sitting side by side could easily see the display.
We measured the screens brightness at 165 lux, which puts it 48 lux behind the average as well as the ThinkPad T430s (249 lux), which also has a higher resolution 1600 x 900 panel.
Audio
The Latitude E6430s speakers, mounted on the front lip, were fairly loud and accurate. We listened to the live version of "Move to the City" by Guns ‘n Roses and studio recordings of "Dreamer Deceiver" by Judas Priest and "Becoming" by Pantera. Whether it was on our lap or on a desk, all instruments, vocals and crowd noise sounded very clear. While this business machines pipes wont fill a large room, they were loud enough for a small office.
Ports
The right side of the Latitude E6430s houses a USB 3.0 port, USB/eSATA, a removable 8x DVD +/- RW drive as well as a switch that turns Wi-Fi on or off. Also on the right is an ExpressCard/34 slot, whose plastic tab has printed on it English-to-metric conversion tables, as well as a small ruler in inches and millimeters. The left side houses an audio connector, a VGA port and a SmartCard slot. The rear of the system is home to an Ethernet port, a mini-HDMI connector, another USB 3.0 port and power. The front lip houses an SD Card slot.
Webcam
The 1-megapixel webcam on the Latitude E6430s can snap photos and capture video at a maximum resolution of 1280 x 1024. However, even at these settings, colors were dull and images were grainy, even in an office with a fair amount of natural light. Dells Webcam Central software let us tweak image settings, to minimal effect, but did let us directly upload photos and videos to YouTube and Photobucket.
Performance
The Latitude E6430s wields a 2.8-GHz Intel Core i5-3360M processor, 6GB of RAM, a 128GB Samsung SSD and an Intel HD Graphics 4000 GPU. It churned out a PCMark 7 score of 4,957, more than double the mark of the ThinkPad T430s, which earned a score of 2,460. To be fair, the T430s we tested had a 2.6-GHz Intel Core i5-3320M processor and a mechanical 500GB hard drive. The category average for this test is 2,675.
The Latitude E6430s took 29 seconds to boot the 64-bit version of Windows 7 Professional, breezing by the 52-second category average. Still, the T430s took just 34 seconds with its traditional hard drive.
In our File Transfer Test, the Latitude E6430s copied our 4.97GB test folder (comprised of photos, music and videos) in 30 seconds for a 169.6 MBps average transfer rate. That crushed the category average of 39 MBps.
During our OpenOffice Spreadsheet test, in which we match 20,000 names to their corresponding addresses, the Latitude E6430s finished in 4 minutes and 19 seconds. The ThinkPad T430s wasnt far behind, crossing the finish line in 4:26. Both bested the category average of 5:57 by a wide margin.
Graphics
In our 3DMark11 test, a synthetic benchmark that measures overall graphics performance, the Latitude E6430s integrated Intel HD Graphics 4000 GPU scored 690, slightly below the category average of 748. The ThinkPad T430s, which has Nvidia NVS 5200M discrete graphics, nearly doubled it, with a score of 1,105.
Still, gaming is possible on the E6430s. In our "World of Warcraft" tests, the notebook ran the game at 64 frames per second on the "Good" setting at a resolution of 1366 x 768. Thats a fair amount above the 52 fps category average and very good for a machine without discrete graphics. However, with settings maxed, the frame rate dipped down to 25, which is barely playable. By comparison, the T430s averaged 44 fps on the same settings, and at its native screen resolution of 1600 x 900.
Battery Life
The E6430s 6-cell battery ran for exactly 7 hours on the LAPTOP Battery Test (Web surfing via Wi-Fi). Thats better than the 6:38 category average and a significant leap over the ThinkPad T430s score of 5:09. However, with its bay battery (a $130 option), the T430 lasted 8:45. Dell offers a 3-cell modular battery for $60 more.
Configuration Options
Our review configuration of the E6430s (2.8-GHz Intel Core i5-3360M processor, 6GB of RAM, a 128GB Samsung SSD and an Intel HD Graphics 4000 GPU) costs $1,678. The $969 base model packs a second-generation 2.3-GHz Intel Core i3-2350M processor, 2GB of RAM, a 320GB 5,400RPM hard drive, an 8X DVD drive, Intel Graphics 3000 GPU and a 3-cell battery.
You can swap the removable optical drive for an extra 3-cell battery or a 320GB 7,200 rpm hard drive. They cost $60 and $160, respectively. You can also add a 9-cell slice battery, but its an expensive $249. We wish there was an option for a higher-resolution display.
CPU | 2.8GHz Intel Core i5-3360M |
| Operating System | MS Windows 7 Professional (64-bit) |
RAM | 6GB |
RAM Upgradable to | |
Hard Drive Size | 128GB |
Hard Drive Speed | |
Hard Drive Type | SSD Drive |
Display Size | 14 |
Native Resolution | 1366x768 |
Optical Drive | BRROM, DVD+-RW, CD-RW |
Optical Drive Speed | 8X |
Graphics Card | Intel HD Graphics 4000 |
Video Memory | |
Wi-Fi | 802.11n |
| Wi-Fi Model | |
Bluetooth | Bluetooth 4.0 |
Mobile Broadband | |
| Touchpad Size | |
Ports (excluding USB) | Audio-out; eSATA/USB; Ethernet; micro HDMI; USB; VGA |
USB Ports | |
Card Slots | SD memory reader |
| Warranty/Support | 3 Year basic hardware service with 3 year NBD limited onsite service after remote diagnosis |
| Size | 13.2 x 8.8 x 1.1 - 1.2 inches |
| Weight | 4.6 pounds |
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
Dell Latitude 10 Full Specifications and Details
Dell Latitude 10 Full Specifications and Details, Dell Latitude 10 is a 10.1" Windows 8 tablet which according to the company is built to fit into existing IT environments, offering security and manageability features that IT admins are used to having on typical client machines they deploy inside the network.
That means the Latitude 10 easily plugs into existing management consoles, and also offers optional support for security features like Dell Data Protection and Encryption. This tablet also supports an active stylus for customers in business environments that need it. The Latitude 10 also supports a swappable battery. With the optional productivity dock, the Latitude 10 offers up to 18 hours of battery life.
Dell Latitude 10 Full Specifications and Details:
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Dell Vostro 360 All In One PC Reviews
Dell Vostro 360 is a powerful business desktops that use Intels Sandy Bridge platform. All In One desktop is powered by an Intel Core i3-2100 or Core i5-2400s, Intel HD integrated graphics or a 1GB GeForce GT525M
Dell Vostro 360 Specifications
Powered by an Intel Core i3-2100-2400S or Core i5 processor
Genuine Windows 7 Professional SP1 32 bit OS with XP Mode installed (English)
Intel HD integrated graphics or a GeForce GT 525M 1GB discrete card
H61 Intel chipset
Up to 4GB of DDR3 memory, and up to a 1TB hard drive
23-inch Full HD display (optional touch support)
8 X CD / DVD burner (DVD + /-RW) with double layer write capability
HD Audio with two 2.5W (UI) speakers
Integrated 2.0 megapixel webcam with microphone HD
SRS Premium Voice Pro software
8-in-1 card reader
802.11 b / g / n WiFi, and Gigabit Ethernet connectivity
Six USB 2.0 ports (2 side, 4 back)
Optional Bluetooth 3.0 support
External Power Adapter 150/180W
Regulatory and Environmental Compliance
Energy Star 5.0 certified
Dell Vostro All In One PC is a stylish high dimensions 430mm (16.93 inches), width of 568mm (22.36 inches) thick, 75.5 mm (2.97 inches) for non-touch models and 79.0mm (3 , 11 inches) for touch-screen models.
Saturday, January 24, 2015
Dell Inspiron 6000 Reviews
The dingle Inspiron 6000 could be a midsize portable computer with AN diversion slant. the look is kind of like that found on variety of different dingle laptops, as well as the Inspiron 9300 and therefore the XPS M140. The notebook is lightweight silver with a white trim, and it measures concerning one.5 inches thick, fourteen inches across, and simply but ten.5 inches deep. The keyboard is firm and adequately responsive, and its large enough to figure on well. Below the keyboard could be a nice-size bit pad with 2 huge mouse buttons. Our take a look at unit weighed six.6 pounds, or 7.5 pounds with the compact AC adapter--about average for a midsize and just about lightweight enough for comfy travel. Overall, the case feels fairly durable, although the lid offers quite an bit after you strike on that. we have a tendency to just like the silver media-control buttons that line the cases front edge. they are accessible even once the notebooks lid is closed, and youll use them to regulate the degree (or mute) and toggle through tracks on a CD or scenes on a videodisc. 2 stereo speakers conjointly sit on the Inspiron 6000s front edge; they were louder and clearer than your average portable computer speakers.
Our take a look at unit featured a fifteen.4-inch broad show with a one,280x800 native resolution. The show looked a bit dim to United States of America, notably round the edges, and that we left it at its brightest setting; were keeping an eye fixed on the recent rash of client complaints concerning Dells notebook screens, however we have a tendency to did not notice any vital issues with the Inspiron 6000s.
Connectivitywise, the Inspiron 6000 offers close to everything a mean home user can want. You get a electro-acoustic transducer ANd electro-acoustic transducer jack; a Secure Digital card reader; an S-Video output for connecting to a TV; VGA resolute connect with a monitor; four USB a pair of.0 ports (two on the proper edge, 2 in back); a four-pin, unpowered FireWire port; and one PCI categorical card slot, that there are not any real applications nonetheless. you furthermore may get electronic equipment and LAN connections, in addition as intrinsical 802.11b/g Wi-Fi. Our take a look at unit was designed with a handy double-layer, multiformat videodisc burner, that additional $150 to the price of the machine. dingle does not embrace a lot of within the means of software; other than Microsoft Windows XP Home, you furthermore may get WordPerfect and a few basic photo-editing computer code.
Our review unit was designed around a one.6GHz Pentium M 725 processor and 512MB of DDR2 RAM; the systems integrated graphics borrow up to 128MB of system memory. With a 60GB drive, we have a tendency to got double the maximum amount storage as from the first unit, however dingle deflate on the optical drive; we have a tendency to got a CD-RW/DVD-ROM dance band in situ of a double-layer DVD±RW. The new, more cost-effective unit conjointly had a six-cell battery rather than a nine-cell.
The Inspiron 6000s performance was smart, landing it a competitive score on CNET Labs MobileMark 2002 benchmark that rivaled the punchy magnoliopsid genus TravelMate 2350 and therefore the entranceway NX500X (a.k.a the entranceway M360X). however wherever the Acers battery crapped out once 2 hours, the Inspiron 6000s ran for three hours and forty five minutes. (If you propose to travel frequently with the Inspiron 6000, we have a tendency to powerfully suggest administering $129 for the nine-cell lithium-ion battery, that ought to provide you with even longer removed from the wall socket).
As a part of our $972 configuration, dingle enclosed a annual parts-and-labor guarantee with fee, 24-hour school support. Take note: the corporate has deflate its customary guarantee to simply ninety days, looking on the configuration you decide on, and that we suggest administering for a minimum of a year. Toll-free, 24/7 phonephone support conjointly lasts for simply a year. dingle offers a protracted list of guarantee extension choices, as well as onsite repair, night and weekend service, and accidental-damage coverage--but they are pricey. the simplest a part of Dells support computing device is that the client forum, wherever users will head to get facilitate from different Inspiron homeowners, in addition as from dingle reps World Health Organization moderate the forum. Otherwise, the positioning offers the everyday knowledge domain and downloads sections.
Battery life
BAPCo MobileMark 2005 battery-life minutes
Gateway NX500X418
Dell Inspiron 6000 (Jan 05)217
Dell Inspiron 6000 (Nov 05)191
Acer TravelMate 2350121
System configurations:
Acer TravelMate 2350
Windows XP Pro; one.4GHz Celeron M 360 one.4GHz; 512MB DDR SDRAM PC2700 333MHz; Intel 82852/82855 64MB; Hitachi Travelstar 80GN 60GB four,200rpm
Dell Inspiron 6000 (Jan 05)
Windows XP Pro; one.6GHz Intel Pentium M 730; 512MB DDR2 SDRAM PC3200 400MHz; Intel 915GM/GMS, 910GML categorical 128MB; Hitachi Travelstar 40GNX 40GB five,400rpm
Dell Inspiron 6000 (Nov 05)
Windows XP Home; one.6GHz Intel Pentium M 730; five12MB DDR2 SDRAM PC3200 400MHz; Intel 915GM/GMS 910GML categorical 128MB; Hitachi Travelstar 5K100 60GB 5,400rpm
Gateway NX500X
Windows XP Pro; one.86GHz Intel Pentium M 750; 512MB DDR2 SDRAM 400MHz; Intel 915GM/GMS, 910GML categorical 64MB; Hitachi Travelstar fourK40 40GB 4,200rpm
This is one among the simplest notebooks youll presently get for fewer than $1,000 ($999 at time of testing), and is our new Editors selection for desktop-replacement worth notebooks.
This system has everything the worth notebook user wants. just like the smaller and lighter Averatec AV3270-EE1, it comes with a DVD±RW—a rare worth giving. The Inspiron 6000 includes a multitude of property choices, as well as four USB ports, FireWire and S-Video Out ports, ANd an SD slot. To high it all off, it conjointly includes a quick, 60GB 5,400-rpm drive rather than the slower four,200-rpm drives offered by its peers.
The Inspiron 6000 was the sole one that might gather a sub-$1,000 system with Intels latest-generation Centrino solution—Pentium M 730 (1.6GHz) with 512MB DDR2 four hundred RAM, and 128MB Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900 gramme. This dance band rocketed the Inspirons performance to the highest, well past the Averatec AV3270-EE1 with its one.6-GHz Mobile AMD Sempron 2800+ and therefore the HP collapsible shelter ze2001 with a last-generation, 1.5-GHz Pentium M 715. The Inspirons BatteryMark score was a awfully spectacular five hours fifty two minutes.
Dell has neer hit the worth sweet spot like this before, continuously trumped by its competition. now around, however, things area unit totally different. simply bear in mind that the sub-$1,000 tag is barely obtainable if you record Dells e-code (1111-i6000PC), for a restricted time solely. (You cannot piece this method for this value on the positioning.) With this in mind, even the foremost economical shoppers can realize it laborious to pass up the Inspiron 6000.
PC Magazine uses constant tests and therefore the same scale once rating the multimedia—Music, Photos, Video, Gaming—on desktops and notebooks. we have a tendency to do that thus its straightforward to match shopper notebooks against shopper desktops additionally to comparisons among every class. As a guide: the simplest desktops can score on top of a ninety on a given subject, and therefore the best notebooks can score on top of a seventy. the rationale for this is often even the foremost advanced notebook can got to surrender some capabilities, compared to a desktop, for portability: notably size and weight compromises that have an effect on drive area and screen size, in addition as power compromises that have an effect on C.P.U. and graphics performance.
General
System kind Notebook
OS Provided Microsoft Windows XP skilled
Service & Support one year guarantee
Notebook kind Mid-size laptops (6-7.5 lbs.)
Screen kind Widescreen
Wireless capabilities IEEE 802.11g,
Bluetooth,
IEEE 802.11b
Processor / Chipset
CPU Intel Pentium M 740 / one.6 GHz
Cache L2 cache - a pair of.0 MB
Front aspect Bus 533.0 MHz
Chipset Intel 915GM/PM
Platform Technology Intel Centrino
Features Power-optimized processor system bus,
Enhanced SpeedStep technology,
Execute Disable Bit capability
Memory
RAM 512.0 MB ( a pair of x 256 MB )
Max RAM Supported a pair of.0 GB
Technology DDR2 SDRAM
Speed 400.0 megahertz / PC2-3200
Form issue thus DIMM 200-pin
Slots Qty a pair of
Empty Slots zero.0
Storage
Floppy Drive None
Hard Drive sixty.0 GB HDD / 5400.0 rpm
Storage Removable None
Optical Drive DVD-ROM
Read Speed 8x
Optical Drive (2nd) None
Hard drive kind transportable
Display
Type 15.4 in
Max Resolution 1680 x 1050 ( WSXGA+ )
Widescreen affirmative
Audio & Video
Graphics Processor PCI categorical - ATI quality RADEON X300 PCI categorical - 128.0 MB
Compliant Standards Sound working man,
AC 97
Input
Type Touchpad,
Keyboard
Communications
Wireless 802.11b/g,
Bluetooth
Wireless Controller Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG
Network Interface 10/100 LAN
Modem
Protocols & Specifications ITU V.92
Max Transfer Rate fifty six.0 Kbps
Battery
Technology metal particle
Installed Qty one.0
Capacity ninety six.0 Wh
AC Adapter
Voltage needed AC 120/230 V ( 50/60 rate )
Output 65.0 Watt
Connections & enlargement
Slots 1.0 x Memory ( one.0 free ),
2.0 x laptop Card ( zero.0 free )
Interfaces one.0 x Network - LAN 10Base-T/100Base-TX - fifteen pin HD D-Sub (HD-15),
1.0 x IEEE 1394 (FireWire) - VGA - RJ-45,
1.0 x Hi-Speed USB - S-video output - four pin USB blood type,
4.0 x show / video - connecter - RJ-11,
1.0 x show / video,
1.0 x Modem
Memory Card Reader Card reader ( SD Memory Card )
Software
Software enclosed Drivers & Utilities
Miscellaneous
Features Intel PRO/Wireless
Dimensions & Weight
Width 13.9 in
Depth 10.2 in
Height 1.5 in
Weight 6.6 lbs
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