Inspiron 6400 vs Latitude D820

Well, seems like they can be obtained with comparable characteristics. Of course, with Latitude you can stay away from the glossy Truelife screens, but is it really worth the price difference? I notice that there is almost 1k price difference between similar 6400 and D820 configurations.

 

The D820 is a business class notebook, with build quality that is far superior to the consumer oriented E1505. Also, it can be configured with a more powerful GPU.

 

I wish I had the D820 instead of my 6400. I'm not saying that the 6400 is bad but I've used a few D820's and I just like the build of them. After about 9 months of having my 6400 and taking good care of it then I've gotten a few scuffs, and the hinges on the screen are starting to wear out. Not sure if that happens on the D820 also but it is happening on my 6400.

 

I'm probably sending my d820 back next week. Why? Poor quality monitor even after having it replaced with the LG screen (the Samsung screen was beyond awful). The LG screen is grainy and not very bright, has dark spots at the corners and instead of a bit of light leakage, there is really no black on a black dead-pixel-buddy screen, just shades of grey that get lighter at the bottom. You can see the light leakage even when the screen is light colored.

I cannot set the touchpad sensitive enough.

The monitor has already crashed to a completely garbled screen once, and I fear if I keep it, I'll have to get a new video card.

The speakers are the worst I've heard - I listened to a bunch at CompUSA and Circuit City today and all were less tinny.

The computer has terrific specs and I got it for a good price so I hate to have to return it, but I don't see a way around it.

 

With the D820 you're getting far better build quality. I would recommend the D820 to students/business people who take their computers around with them. The Inspirons are fine for everyone else but don't expect them to hold up as long.