Dell latitude D610 - How do you rate it?

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Dell latitude D610 - How do you rate it?
Right now I have a Dell Latitude C500. It's a 4-year-old, Pentium III laptop. This is my work laptop.
At work, they want to give me a Dell Latitude D610. I had my first look at it, and I am very disappointed!. The screen seems to be smaller and not as sharp (I tried to adjust the resolution, and it's still not as good as my older laptop). Also the touch mouse pad is not as sensitive (not as smooth). The laptop overall looks cheaper, but it has the centrino CPU with the blue tooth technology (who cares!) and built in wireless card.

So it has more technology, but the smaller and cheaper screen is a major drawback.
What do you think of this laptop (Latitude D610)?. It looks that Dell now a day is not as good as it used to be. I am thinking to ask for a different laptop, maybe hp or Toshiba (with comparable price). Which one would you recommend?

Thanks

Answer 1

presently, there's the latitude d620
no d610 !

if u ask me, one of my favorite notebooks is a dell
xps m1210
http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/xpsnb_m1210?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd

it's a neat lil dynamite !
http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=us&cs=04&kc=6W300&l=en&oc=i1210lo&s=bsd&fb=1

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T7200 (2GHz/667MHz/4MB) Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005
AV Communication Package Integrated Webcam and Mobile Broadband Antenna
Memory 1GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz (2 Dimms)
Hard Drive 80GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
8x CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer DVD+R write capability
Sound Options Integrated Audio
Video Card 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ Go 7400 TurboCache™
Primary Battery 53 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery
Intel PRO/Wireless 3945 Internal Wireless and Bluetooth
Dell Service & Support Plans 2 Yr Ltd Warranty, On-site Service, and HW Warranty Support
McAfee Security Center with VirusScan, Firewall, Spyware Removal
Enhanced Software for CD or DVD Burner
Adobe Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 7.0

>> $ 1,737

< the t7200 processor is awesome, 2.0 ghz dual core with 4 mb l2 cache ., together with the 256 mb graphics, it makes it a great machine, believe me >
the xps range is a premium range & screen, viewing & overall performance is great. together with win xp media centre 2005, it makes home entertainment too a pleasurable experience !
besides at 12.1" & bout 4 lbs it's a truely portable machine
tho by no means an ultra-portable !

< need u'r comments ... plz post / mail to narrow down solution >
get the above specs; processor, ram & graphics on a toshiba & u sure have a great notebook !
rest of it is sorta superficial, u can decide best wat suits u . . .