Re: Laptop Questions

journey wrote:
Hi Jim,

Based on your answers it seems like you have the right laptop for your
needs. I just wanted to bring your attention (and you already were
aware) that it's not portable.

I like the laptop I got a lot but I still wonder if a D510 would have
been OK.
Granted a 510 has a slightly smaller screen, integrated graphics and
not the same build quality, things that would lead me to the 810 again,
but I'm still intrigued.
I'm slightly confused at modular bays etc. but won't both the 510 and
the 810 take a HD and a CD at the same time and that's the limit?

Thanks, Jim

As far as build quality, the 610 is known for that now (much more than
the 600).

The modular bay does have an option for another HD/CD. I mostly have
used it for batteries, but since you won't use yours much for
portability you may not be interested in that.

Using FAT32 for Linux makes sense. I don't know how to configure
systems for Linux, but if possible I'd try to have a common FAT32
partition but use NTFS for the XP partition. When hard drives get
larger more space is wasted / file on NTFS (unless I am dating myself
and that was improved from FAT to FAT32).

Anyway, I think you will like your system.

Journey

On 6 Mar 2006 18:24:07 -0800, "jim_tehma (e-mail isn't checked)"
<jimtehma@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

journey wrote:

<snip>

Hi Jim,

Just curious, why did you go with the Latitude D810? I do like the
modular bay for an extra battery but not much more than that.

I considered the 810 and the 510.
Thee 810's build quality seemed better than the 510.
And I thought you can put another HD/CD in the modular bay?

Mistake?

I have had the Latitude D505 (now D510), the Inspiron 600m, and the
Inspiron 700m. The D510 and 600m are in the upper range of what I
would want to carry. I don't quite understand why, but the 700m, only
about 1.5 pounds lighter, felt a _whole lot_ lighter.

On some previous laptops, the tray pops open an inch. I didn't have
to "drag" it, it was very loose and I could "slide" it the rest of the
way open.

Yes, "slide" gives a better description

Did the disk come as FAT 32? Why not NTFS?

FAT32. I don't care for the security/permissions of NTFS.
And linux can read/write on FAT32 partitions unlike NTFS (write
freely).

If you bought a laptop for portability, the D810 probably isn't going
to fit the bill, but I guess you've found that out already.

portability was not in mind, more desktop replacement!

In the Latitude line, the D610, D510, D410, and X1 are all good
choices. The X1 doesn't have a full-size keyboard, but I think the
D410 does. The Inspiron 710m is great but also doesn't have a
full-size keyboard.

By full keyboard you mean the 87-keyes layout?

The D810 would be my last choice out of all laptops that Dell
currently offers, but my needs / desires are probably a lot different
than yours.

I wanted the bigger boy on the block.

:-)

Thanks, Jim

Journey

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