Anyone with a Dell Inspiron 630m

GuruJockStrap · 25 Mar 2006 at 00:04

Need a laptop and decided to purchase one of these. Managed to get Intel Pentium M 1.73GHz (2MB, 533MHz), 512MB RAM, 40GB HD, XP MCE plus the usual stuff for £470.

Not using it for gaming but for pretty much everything else.

Anybody on the forums have one? Whats it like? Positives/negatives?

GuruJockStrap · 25 Mar 2006 at 08:05

This laptop will not be used for gaming so I'm not bothered about the itegrated graphics.

I was tempted to purchase the Inspiron 1300 with 512MB and upgraded 6 Cell battery for £411 (90 days warranty though).

I personally thought the slightly smaller size, faster CPU, Windows XP MCE and 1 year warranty was worth the extra £59.

Already purchased it and should be here soon.

GuruJockStrap · 26 Mar 2006 at 17:50

Don't think I can say where I got it from. Might be against the rules here.

GuruJockStrap · 26 Mar 2006 at 20:26

Was tempted by the 9 Cell battery but it apparantly sticks out from underneath the laptop due to its size by an additional half or so inch , unlike the 6 Cell version. Also adds to weight.

You can apparantly get just over 4 hours of life from the 6 cell battery, which is more than enough for me.

9 Cell can get around 7 hours.