Matt's Linux Blog

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.

Labels: d630, dell