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Vostro 3400 - who else?

Discussion in 'Dell Latitude, Vostro, and Precision' started by Smooth_J, Mar 18, 2010.

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  1. chris_compson

    chris_compson Notebook Consultant

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    Yes but instore they do have vostros at least at my local costco last time i was there they had 1520s and 420s...that was 5 months ago.

    nope it wasnt, the slot is there and functional BUT there arnt any antenia leads fot it. (it is a tru PCIE slot and therre at least with the nvidia GPU board.

    no hybrid on my 3400...though it MIGHT come as nvidia perfectts it as i would think its just a driver but then again it could be more and may never come. as for the ship date mine the 520m with 64bit ult, 6gb ram, 500gbhdd shipped in like 2 weeks... delldoes have a 3400 on "Fast track" which shippes in 24 hours delivered in 48.
     
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    What the F, can't get fingerprint reader on highest priced configuration with core i5-520m. Dell pre-configured machines make no sense.

    Dell Singapore allows config of core i5-520M with fingerprint reader.

    I hate that an American company is screwing American customers.
     
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  3. Smooth_J

    Smooth_J Notebook Deity

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    I tried with the 3400, and its included:

    Also Included
    *Aberdeen Silver Display Back
    *500GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive
    *Fingerprint Reader with DigitalPersona software
     
    Smooth_J, Apr 6, 2010
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    Smooth_J, Apr 6, 2010
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    Bronsky Wait and Hope.

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    The Sony owners have been working on retroprogramming the Z11 to enable Optimus automatic graphic switching. I would expect that a future driver will enable the Vostros as well.

    Bronsky:cool:
     
    Bronsky, Apr 6, 2010
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    BeNoM Newbie

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    Mine just got delivered.
    Have only played with it for 5 minutes or so. The time it takes from when you press the on button to when windows starts to boot surprisingly fast compared to what i am used to. In fact the entire boot up is really fast and I haven't even reformatted it to get rid of all the crapware.

    Time until windows starts to boot = 5 seconds
    Time until login screen is ready for input = 32 seconds
    Thats with the 500gb hdd..

    The case feels solid but the top of the lid has quite a bit of flex, like when the laptop is closed and you press down on the top.. The keyboard also has a bit of flex compared to the corperate level laptops that I am used to (but probably much more solid that the crap that you find in department stores and all that).

    Does anyone know if fingerprint readers are actualy secure nowadays? I remember when mythbusters used wet cardboard or something to get straight into a laptop..
     
    BeNoM, Apr 6, 2010
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    tinkeringmc Notebook Consultant

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    so battery life from 6 cell with a g310m, 2 hours max for light web surfing?
     
    tinkeringmc, Apr 7, 2010
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    BeNoM Newbie

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    I have the geforce 310M

    Mine has been going for 1 hour and 10 minutes doing things like downloading and installing firefox, chatting on facebook, changing round control panel settings and general internet browsing, and my battery icon says that there is 2 hour and 56 minutes remaining...

    screen is on 60% brightness and it still seems too bright in a dark room :) was perfectly visible on the tram in daytime too.
     
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    chris_compson Notebook Consultant

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    yes the finger print reader is much more secure the swipe function is a lot harder to fake.

    as for the quick boot yeah i never timed it but i put a 256GB ssd with trim and its at my login prompt at 20 seconds and on my desktop in 30.
     
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    i second that i get 4-5 hours air time. which is a lot more than i was used to with my previous computer where i was lucky to get 2 hours.
     
    chris_compson, Apr 7, 2010
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