What abt Vostro?

This new line any good?

Especially the laptops such as 14 " model?

Would you buy one over say a Latitude?

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> This new line any good?
>
> Especially the laptops such as 14 " model?
>
> Would you buy one over say a Latitude?



No. Though I am only basing this on the few Inspiron and Vostro desktops
I've seen.

To me, Latitude is more of a known quantity at this early point.

jmo.


Stew

On Tue, 07 Aug 2007 14:11:49 -0500, me@privacy.net wrote:

>This new line any good?
>
>Especially the laptops such as 14 " model?
>
>Would you buy one over say a Latitude?

I don't have any experience with the Vostro line, but I like the
Latitude line a lot, especially the D520.

The intriguing thing about Vostro laptops is that they allow up to 4gb
of RAM without an insane price premium. They even offer 3gb.

--
rhhardin@mindspring.com

On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk.

On Wed, 08 Aug 2007 10:01:16 GMT, Ron Hardin <rhhardin@mindspring.com>
wrote:

>The intriguing thing about Vostro laptops is that they allow up to 4gb
>of RAM without an insane price premium. They even offer 3gb.

You're right Ron that is very intriguing! The additional RAM is very
affordable. In the past adding over 2G RAM to a laptop meant a huge
price increase (like $1,800 for 4G!!!)

Journey <usenet@merr.com> wrote:

>On Wed, 08 Aug 2007 10:01:16 GMT, Ron Hardin <rhhardin@mindspring.com>
>wrote:
>
>>The intriguing thing about Vostro laptops is that they allow up to 4gb
>>of RAM without an insane price premium. They even offer 3gb.
>
>You're right Ron that is very intriguing! The additional RAM is very
>affordable. In the past adding over 2G RAM to a laptop meant a huge
>price increase (like $1,800 for 4G!!!)

One thing I noticed ant the Vostro laptops was a
magnesium case.

such a case used for Latitude as well?

Journey <usenet@merr.com> wrote:

>I don't have any experience with the Vostro line, but I like the
>Latitude line a lot, especially the D520.

so you think that D520 a great value huh?

even more so than the 640m was?

better value than the D630?

On Wed, 08 Aug 2007 15:38:03 -0500, me@privacy.net wrote:

>Journey <usenet@merr.com> wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 08 Aug 2007 10:01:16 GMT, Ron Hardin <rhhardin@mindspring.com>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>The intriguing thing about Vostro laptops is that they allow up to 4gb
>>>of RAM without an insane price premium. They even offer 3gb.
>>
>>You're right Ron that is very intriguing! The additional RAM is very
>>affordable. In the past adding over 2G RAM to a laptop meant a huge
>>price increase (like $1,800 for 4G!!!)
>
>One thing I noticed ant the Vostro laptops was a
>magnesium case.
>
>such a case used for Latitude as well?

I think the Latitude D520 has a magnesium roll cage and steel hinges.
All I know is that it's more than solid enough for whatever I would
throw at it. I don't know anything about the new Vostros other than
what I am learning in this thread.

Journey <usenet@merr.com> wrote:

> I don't know anything about the new Vostros other than
>what I am learning in this thread.

Me either

Trying to wrap my brain around the Vostro line and why
me or anyone else would buy it over a Latitude.

I mean.... there MAY be reason to go Vostro.... just
not apparent to me yet