Page 2 - Build and Design; When closed, the laptop seems virtually indestructible.; Dell Latitude D430 User Review
Weight: 3.2lbs (with battery, without optical drive) • Brand new, and without my extra warranty upgrade, this configuration of the D430 would cost $1,640 before taxes. With my warranty upgrade, the system would cost about $1,800-$1,900 brand new. Additionally, the single-core D430 is only available ...
Page 3 - This is the only weak spot in the bezel.
encountered. The bezel has one small weak spot at the inside vertical edges, and when pushing in on the LCD screen from up top I can produce some ripples on the screen. Is either a lot? Would it possibly be enough to damage the screen? No on both counts, but as with any notebook do not act out any o...
Page 4 - Screen and Speaker
(view large image) (view large image) The exterior of the D430 (aka the back of the LCD screen and the bottom of the notebook) appears to be almost 100 percent gun-metal gray, which is a design feature that we’ve seen in Latitudes for a long time. It’s getting kind of old, but it still looks nice. B...
Page 5 - Not too shabby I might say...
The D430 features a standard 12" WXGA screen with a total resolution of 1280×800 pixels. Widescreen has pretty much become the standard for all notebooks, and I do have to say that it is nice to have this much horizontal real-estate. The screen resolution itself is just right for a 12" noteb...
Page 7 - s sound; Processor and Performance
fails utterly. Every time I listen to a music track or movie the sound has no depth and it feels and sounds like something is missing. To try and get around this, I tried using the headphone jack on the D430 with a pair of Creative earphones that are known to work well enough to my satisfaction on o...
Page 10 - Heat and Noise
machine? Yeah, you heard me right…and during idle the processor most of the time stays at 0% usage with occasional spikes to up to 10% utilization. On a daily basis I am using Microsoft Office, several FTP and SSH applications, an Xserver program (which is a Linux/Sun equivalent version of Windows R...
Page 11 - Keyboard and Touchpad; There is no doubt in my mind that the D430
(view large image) Most of the time, the processor’s fan on the D430 does not need to run at all (or only at a very slow speed) to maintain the 50-60C temperatures. That means that during general usage the laptop is virtually silent, and you’ll only be hearing occasional hard drive clicking sounds. ...
Page 13 - hours and 16 minutes; . Considering I was frequently using; hours and 18 minutes
Back (view large image) From left to right: Ethernet, modem, 2x USB, VGA-out, 1x USB (also used for DVD drive connection), IEEE 1394 Firewire 400 port, and the AC power jack. The Intel 3945 802.11a/b/g WiFi card works perfectly fine. I have no issues connecting to the networks I frequent, no disconn...