The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Opinions on the D520

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Falcon X, Jul 3, 2006.

  1. Falcon X

    Falcon X Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    13
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Hello,

    I am curious if any of you own or have played with the D520. The D620 is abit out of my price range, and I'm hoping to get a laptop with a fairly good build quality. I'm a tad nervous about the inspiron e1405, but all the features that come with it makes it seem like quite a good deal. Is the D520 even worth considering?
     
    Falcon X, Jul 3, 2006
    #1
  2. lilredfoxie

    lilredfoxie Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    51
    Messages:
    381
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    IMO the Inspirons are a better deal, they have more features for a lower price. On the latitudes you have to add like $100 extra for the d-bay DVD burner, a CD-ROM is standard, and a lot of the upgrades and stuff are more expensive then they would be on the Inspirons. The old x10 Latitudes were a good deal since they had a 3 year warranty standard.

    From what ive read, the screens arent as nice, and the audio isnt as good as the inspiron series.
     
    lilredfoxie, Jul 3, 2006
    #2
  3. kingcrowing

    kingcrowing Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    2
    Messages:
    352
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    yeah, it really depends on what you do, I like the Matte screen but I also like really high res screens (the D820 has a 1920x1200 matte) so if you like a matte screen go latitude, and I usually use external speakers (with a sub) or headphones so I dont care about really nice sound built in. So if you plan on using this for mobile multimedia then go with the inspirons, but if you (like me) really just watch movies at home, then maybe go latitude if you can afford it because they also have a higher level build quality
     
    kingcrowing, Jul 3, 2006
    #3