Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Dell Latitude D630

Sometime in the next month, I should be getting a Dell Latitude D630. It's going to cost me $1488.43 (including S&H) for the following:
  • 14.1" WXGA+ (1440x900) LCD screen
  • Core 2 Duo T7300 (2.0 GHz, 4MB L2 cache)
  • 512MB DDR2-667 RAM
  • 80GB harddrive
  • Intel GMA X3100 graphics
  • DVD writer
  • 6-cell primary and 6-cell media bay batteries
  • 3 year accidental damage coverage (CompleteCare)
And then I'm getting a 160GB harddrive and 2GB of RAM from Newegg, pushing the total to $1721.34. Not too bad, considering my other options were a Macbook and a Thinkpad, both of which had many fewer battery options available. It's going to be interesting using Ubuntu with this, since it uses a brand-new chipset (Santa Rosa, aka Mobile 965).

It's scheduled to ship on June 8.
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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 15, 2007 at 6:19 AM

    i just got my D630 today...

    ... unlike other installs i've done to core duo intel laptop and amd duo0core, kubuntu failed during boot on this machine. i ended up installing ubuntu server and apt-get install kubuntu-desktop. i didn't get 1440x900 working, but i'm sure that's only a few google searches away. :)

    - chris
    m b f r e i g h t // at // g m a i l

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  2. DavidJuly 3, 2007 at 8:22 AM

    Matt,

    Are you planning on installing Linux on your D630?

    I ordered mine yesterday and, since then, I've been reading about many a struggle getting *nix up and running on the D630.

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 4, 2008 at 7:38 PM

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  4. AnonymousJanuary 8, 2008 at 6:01 AM

    I have also a D630.
    In my blog I talk about how I got the hardware to work (especially graphics).

    I also know how to get the wireless working which was a **** in the ****

    If you want my help pls contact me.

    The address: opensource-openmind.blogspot.com

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