Just this minute bought myself a ‘new’ Dell D630 laptop from the UK Dell Outlet. Dell Outlet ships laptops that get returned to Dell for whatever reason… the good news is that I saved myself about £300-£400 over the Dell store price
The specifications are very impressive: 2.5GHz Core 2 Duo (T9300), 4GB RAM, 14.1” display (1440×900), internal modem, DVD/RW drive, Bluetooth and wireless. It’s not my ‘perfect’ laptop though… the internal SATA disk is 120GB 5400RPM and it has an Intel GMA X3100 graphics chipset—I’d go for a 160GB 7200RPM disk or a 500GB 5400RPM disk, along with an Nvidia graphics chipset. I’d also quite have liked a laptop with a built-in webcam, after I today discovered that my trusty Creative WebCam NX Pro is not supported under Vista
So why not an M4300 with stunning 1920×1200 display? Simple really… finding them with the right spec is difficult, they’re 15.4” (too big to carry) and they cost a minimum of £100 extra (more likely to be £200 once you factor RAM into the deal)
Hopefully this time next week I’ll be a very happy chappy :)