Apr 30, 2009 12:41 PM
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(Updated Apr 30, 2009 10:32 PM)
Now lets say you are in the hunt for an entry level model which offers you almost everything... you will soon discover that the net books are inadequate as they have very small screens and have no optical drives. The lifestyle laptops offer some extra features but at a real hike in price.
So the choice is then a business notebook. Of all of them at reasonable price (less than 30K) I found the Dell Vostro the coolest looking with a glossy black exterior. It comes with an adequate dual core (better than celerons)and with 1 gb of system memory and 120gb of HDD space.
I upgraded to 2 gb and got vista in place of the bundled Ubuntu. Been using the laptop for the last 6 months with no complaints what so ever.The keyboard flexes a bit though and does not give the same unbreakable feel as a HP. The screen is really great with the non-reflecting coating.The viewing angle is also reasonable.The laptop is also relatively light weight and sturdy enough to sustain months of lugging around.Vista runs without a hitch though it takes a while to boot.
Have used it for games..silent Hill 4 , NFS and it works fine at the lower resolution setting. Softwares of the Office bundle being not as resource intensive runs fine.Surfing the net is as easy as any other comp.connectivity is great with bluetooth, built in Lan, wi fi access and card reader.The laptop is overall a good budget buy and will suffice for most homeusers looking for a dependable no nonsense machine.
