Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #13387 in PC Accessory
- Brand: Dell
- Dimensions: 3.00 pounds
Features
- The Dell Latitude D430 laptop is an ideal lightweight solution for business users who travel frequently. Designed as a tough, portable workhorse with plenty of power
- Bright WXGA panel
- ULV(Ultra Low Voltage) Intel Core 2 Duo
- Full magnesium-alloy construction for years of reliable performance
Dell Latitude D430 Core 2 Duo 1.3Ghz 80Mb 2048Mb Win XP Pro
Product Description
Dell Latitude D430 Core 2 Duo Laptop with XP
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful.
Perfect computer for me
By Joachim Mueller
The laptop was chosen to replace my broken Acer netbook. The goal was also to find a better screen size.The computer was delivered quickly and no damage on the box. Within 5 minutes after inspection I had the computer running. The Dell D430 has the appearance of a solid machine and works faster than I expected. The screen is great, the sound a little tinny for watching movies. The wide screen is not 16:9 but the 1280x800 shows web sites and photos nicely. A sign of professional computers is that there are double buttons with the trackpad. There is also a trackpoint but I do not use that as I am geared towards the mouse.As a "compact" laptop the machine is light, but not to light. There is no space for an optical drive, so they gave me an external USB connected drive. It does not burn DVDs but that does not bother me as I have other computers for that purpose. With the HD capacity of 60 GB, of which 20 GB are taken, there is no room for big projects. I searched for bigger hard disks as backup but 1.8 inch hard disks max out at 120 GB and get expensive (other than my broken netbook which came with a 250GB drive).So I use an SD card as storage extension (like for downloads) and an external drive for my video/audio/photo stuff. The USB ports have enough power to run my external drives. On top, there is a firewire port which I like for an external drive. Integrated Bluetooth runs my wireless mouse.Dell has a weird power connector and I will be looking for a duplicate power tip because I do not want to be without a backup. The computer gets hot on the right side which I think is not unusual, especially not with dual core processors. So do not use it right on your lap but get a cooling pad.Talking backup: XP and Dell utilities are on a hidden disk partition and I did not find out yet how to copy that to a hard disk. If the hard disk dies I want to be able to recover XP. My files are backed up on an external drive anyway. There was not a single sheet of paper with the computer so it takes some knowledge to work things out.But right now: I am happy I bought that computer.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.Works great
By Zebulun8
This Dell is a little old but it runs great! Dell used to make really good products. Comparing this to a modern netbook I would say that it is easily the same speed. You get more ram than on a new netbook but the ram runs at slower Hz so close to the same. I got this for about $200 and that was a pretty good deal for what you get. The case is durable and looks good. It has a matt screen which I prefer, less glare and more true to life color. The resolution 1280x800 is the same as the 13.3in macbook all on the smaller 12in screen so you get great clarity. The bottom does get really hot on mine though so that is one drawback. Also on most of these you get the dvd drive separate, meaning its not part of the laptop. Battery life is decent. the power cord is fairly large which matters if you are buying this because this is meant for portability. Overall this is a really good laptop!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.Nice little laptop
By Joey Joe Joe Jr. Shabadoo
As long as you understand that you're getting an ultracompact laptop, and that such a machine by necessity has less oomph than a full-size machine, this is a good machine. Given that the tech is a little old now, it's not going to run real fast for you, even with a pretty good chipset (core 2 duo). Windows 7 was really, really slow for me, so I just wiped it and put a linux distro on it. It runs a LOT better without windows.At the price point these are selling for, if you just want something little and convenient for travel, they're a good buy. You're not going to be doing any serious gaming or data-crunching on it, and it's obviously no good for watching DVD's (no optical drive), but if you just want a machine for office-tasks (i.e., word processing and presentations) and email, this is great for that stuff. I wouldn't want it for my primary machine, but as an alternative to the underpowered netbook and overpriced tablets out there, I like it a lot.Oh, and used stuff? Not that big of a deal. For the discount you get buying used electronics, it's worth a little scuffing and grime.
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