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[New] Vostro V13

Discussion in 'Dell Latitude, Vostro, and Precision' started by Johnny T, Dec 8, 2009.

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  1. idiscuss

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    How do you know?
     
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    lucboucim Notebook Enthusiast

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    Just received my V13 today (Montreal, Canada) - 7300CPU with 2GB ram.
    One of the best ultra thin laptop I've used. Screen is great, keyboard is ok, very quiet, battery will run for more than 4 hours. Very clean design.
    I will sell my new AMD based HP DM3 which is too noisy and heavy !

    I even opened the V13 to look at what's inside - easy done 2 screws in the back and 6 screws at the bottom case and pull the case that's it!
    Hard disk easy to replace. Battery would also be easy to replace. Mini half size Wan card. There's even a mini PCI-e slot and antenna cables for the WWAN option. Memory slot is not accessible from the bottom. I think we need to remove the keyboard to change-upgrade the memory. I need to figure out how to do this because I would like to upgrade to 4GB.

    To be frank I think this laptop could compare to the MAcBook Air ( I had one for a couple of months but the drive capacity was too limited).
     
    lucboucim, Jan 5, 2010
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    Great! But how about the SIM card slot? Is it there also?
     
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    wii IPS Rules

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    About the screen, does have that "grainy" look at that many screens have? You can see what I mean if you look at a white background and move your head back and forth, the screen quality is important to me.
     
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    I have received and currently using the V13. The keyboard is not the best I have seen. The space bar for me is really bad. Very noisy. Sounds like a 90s keyboard. I am working with the Dell support to see if it's only my laptop or many other also. Argg!! I like everything except for the keyboard.
     
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    I forgot to look for a SIM card slot. I'll check when I reopen the V13. If it doesn't have one then we will need to use the EVDO type WWAN adapter.

    Screen is not as sharp (crisp) as on a MacBook but it is much better than on many other PCs I've used. I would not say it is grainy.
     
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    Ouch... No EVDO for me... :(

    I thought since V13 borrows Adamo 13 form factor, then the SIM card slot should be accessible from outside. Something like this, maybe?
     
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