Dell Latitude X300: A Traveler's Companion
by Andrew Ku on October 30, 2003 5:53 PM EST- Posted in
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General Usage Performance
It is interesting to note that in these two benchmarks, the Dell Latitude X300 pulls ahead of the IBM ThinkPad X31, even with a slower processor. We attribute this to the 5400RPM hard drive that the X300 is equipped with in comparison to the 4200RPM hard drive on the X31.
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DL2 - Saturday, March 20, 2004 - link
I currently have an x300. I travel a great deal and have had a problem with a spot appearing on the screen. I have already had the screen replaced once and soon to be again. My question is would the IBM x31 be more durable than the Dell 300? I have not been able to find a x31 to compare to.Shalmanese - Saturday, November 1, 2003 - link
When anyone says Centrino, the basically mean the Pentium-M. Its just that Centrino is the more recognisable brand name. Technically, half the machines out there aren't real Centrinos since they use a 3rd party 802.11a/b/g chip.And I wasn't saying that the R50p was comparable to the X300, I just wanted it on the waiting list for reviews. IBM haven't had a serious Desktop replacement machine since the A31p over a year ago. (The G series doesn't count due to its sucky onboard graphics). It should be interesting what it brings to the table.
RichieZ - Saturday, November 1, 2003 - link
"BTW, the T40 isn't all that much bigger than the X31.... I like mine :)"Um the T40 is quite a bit bigger than the X31, I had a T40 at work and have an X31 as my personal machine.
Isn't this X300 acutally made by samsung?
Randalmaker - Saturday, November 1, 2003 - link
"Centrino technology continues to breathe a breath of fresh air into the market with a marriage of performance and portability."...omg stop this blue-eyed intelback-scratchin plz. we all know that the real innovation here is the banias only and that intel is using their marketing power and money 2 wipe out its mainboard competition once more. i shouldnt have 2 tell u that. centrino is a joke but it worxSouka - Friday, October 31, 2003 - link
R50p is a "monster" in size compared to these ultra-portables.... review, yes...comparable, no.anyways....yeah, the X31 rulz....more expensive, but going cheap on laptops is often not worth it. BTW, the T40 isn't all that much bigger than the X31.... I like mine :)
Shalmanese - Thursday, October 30, 2003 - link
"The X31 rains supreme in the battery life department."...Anyway, the feature set looks a lot like the Sony ultra-portables, right down to the blocking of the VGA port when you stick the media bay on.
quick request: would it be possible for you to review the IBM R50p when it comes out? Exected release date is november some time. Thanks