It feels very solid and the steel hinges are very tight though not as tight as the X1’s. The build quality of the Dell D420 is great overall. So far I haven’t been able to find a single defect. I purchased this laptop on 12/9/06 and received it on 12/15/06. The major downside is the lack of customization but with so many available one can easily find the perfect match. They carry the same warranty as new and do not take forever to build. Many of the refurbished laptops were never used or returned under the 21-day return policy. I have been a great fan of Dell Outlet as it offers much lower prices on basically new items.
While the quality of the X60 is undoubtedly better, I could not justify the price of the X60. Needless to say the D420 with a small fan is a great improvement.īesides the D420 I considered the Lenovo Thinkpad X60.
Furthermore, the heat caused a number of malfunctions on the notebook. This was very annoying when a cooling pad is not available. However, after using the notebook for a period of time the keyboard will get uncomfortably warm. The fan-less design is great for quietness. While the D420 is no where near perfect in this area, the X1 was a lot worse. The X1 just could not handle the load of many programs running at once.Īnother major factor was heat. This was especially apparent when multitasking. However, the 1.1GHz Pentium M ULV felt sluggish at best. The X1 was a great notebook that is extremely light and small. I purchased a Dell Latitude X1 in March 2006 with the intention of carrying it around frequently. Input: Full-size keyboard with touchpad and pointing stickĪs a college student portability is extremely important to me.Dock: MediaBase with 24x CD-RW/DVD Combo.Optical: External D-Bay 24x CD-RW/DVD Combo.Graphics: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950, up to 224mb shared.Processor: Intel Core Duo U2500 ULV 1.2GHz.
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