Dell Latitude D430 Review – PC Authority
PC Authority have published their review of the Dell Latitude D430 Notebook. ‘While the D430 is available with standard mechanical 1.8in hard disks, our review model had a 32GB SanDisk SSD UATA 5000 solid-state disk. The capacity isn’t great, although it’s enough for the OS and all of your work documents, but the disk is fast and Windows started quickly. Since there are no moving parts, you won’t lose data if you drop the notebook when it’s turned on or off. The downside is that these disks are expensive. For most people, it makes more sense to switch to a mechanical hard disk – a 60GB model drops the price by $487!
Although the D430 is available with Windows Vista, the model we reviewed had Windows XP Professional installed. With a 1.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo U7600 inside, we weren’t expecting terrific speed – the U7600 is an ultra-low voltage processor designed for ultraportables, so its priority is power consumption rather than speed – and so it proved. Despite a hefty 2GB of RAM, the D430 managed only 0.70 in our benchmarks. That said, this is fine for everyday use; it’s only when you switch to intensive tasks such as video editing that it struggles.’
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