Wise Purchase
I’m loving my Dell Latitude E6400 laptop. It has been treating me well since the moment that I pulled it out of the box. This generation of Latitude has rocketed past all previous generations that I’ve owned or used, which has been quite a few.
The battery life has been perfect… I am typically getting 3-4 hours. Part of this is due to the smaller screen; I stepped down from a 15-inch to a 14-inch with this laptop. This is my first laptop that has had a light-sensor, which adjust the screen brightness based on the light around. I’m not sure if it is this laptop or improvements with Vista, but the sleep and suspend functionality has been fantastic. I can now close the lids and attend to what I need and pick-up right where I left off upon returning.
As laptops become lighter, I love them more. This laptop weight half of what my previous laptop did – something that I have been grateful for with all of my recent walking. As much as I’m loving my 4.5 pound laptop, I still have my eye on a 2.5 pound netbook. Weight (and mass) mean a lot more when you want to be mobile.
Two things that I never knew I wanted are a backlit keyboard and a built-in webcam. The keyboard has been hands-down the best new feature – to the point that I have a hard time imagining how I lived without it. Working in the dark and low-light is a pure joy. At first, I thought the built-in webcam was just plain creepy, but as peer-to-peer video conference utilities have great improved, this has been a unexpected benefit.
Yes, I am a Dell fan… and I am sure that Mac has had all of these features for a long time. I also enjoy the fact that I can have all of these features for under $800. Computers improve so rapidly; it’s nice to have the option to upgrade more often by spending less to start.
1 Comments:
I couldn't agree more about the backlit keyboard. I have backlit keyboards on all of my PC's, but then again, I work in a cave, underneath the stairs.
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