Laptop Buying Guide
Smaller, lighter weight
Not everyone can carry a 6 and half pound
laptop around
There are small laptops that weigh in around 3
to 4 pounds and boast only a 12" screen. I have bought some of
those for clients and they have been very happy.
But if you want to go in between, say, the 5
pound range, here is a laptop you can buy that you should be
very happy with.
(NOTE: This system is Windows Premium Ready, not just Vista
compatible)
Dell Laptop - Latitude D630 Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.00GHz 800Mhz, 4M L2 Cache Memory: 2GB DDR2 667 SDRAM, 2 DIMMS Operating System: Windows XP Professional (or) Windows Vista Home Premium or Above LCD: 14.1 inch Wide Screen WXGA Graphics: 128MB nVidia Quadro (256MB better) Hard Drive: 120GB 7200rpm Optical Drive: 8X DVD+/-RW Wireless: Intel 3945 802.11ag Dual Band Mini Card Battery: 6 Cell (9 cell sticks out in front of keyboard) Pointing Device: Keyboard integrated Pointing Stick/Touchpad Fingerprint Reader: Included Docking Solution (Optional): Choose one if you wish AC Adapter: 90 Watt (may outlast 65w)
Optional Dell Built in Verizon Wireless Broadband
So, as you can see, there are a lot of similarities between
this lighter weight laptop and the heavier model. The primary
difference you will notice, of course, is the smaller screen. I
actually downgraded from WXGA+ to plain WXGA so that the
resolution would not be so high that older eyes (even younger
ones!) would have any trouble reading it.
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