subject: The New Series Dell Vostro 1450 Notebook Review [print this page] Dell business notebook category, Latitude series mainly for high-end business users, while the Vostro series is the main push is growing small business users. Today, the protagonist of Dell Vostro 1450 evaluation is achieved series of new products, configuration upgrades for the second generation of Core i series processors, compared to the previous appearance has also been some changes, along with specific information see the following article.
Rounded corner lines stylish design
Dell Vostro series of achievements before the product angular, 1450 to go round route, some corners are smoothed over.
A gray area to maintain the stable characteristics of the business, the middle letter of Dell Logo simple and generous.
Although the A-side plastic, but the horizontal lines through specially designed for elegance, Sese non-slip surface has become more prominent, of course, the fingerprint will not be left in such a case the above.
Dell Vostro 1450 with 14-inch screen design with a resolution of support for 1366 768. Although I also advocate the use of business should have a 4:3 or 16:10, 16:9 widescreen design is the general trend, the user only slowly accepted. Compared to the peripheral border, slightly concave screen some of the aircraft.
The top left of the screen is VOSTRO identity, the middle is the front-130W pixel camera, which is one of the current standard notebook, camera next to a pickup holes. In addition, there are two sides of the screen is on the cushion, the screen under the pressure of the border to avoid direct contact with the palm rest, play a buffer role.
Brushed metal palm rest, spill-resistant keyboard chocolate
Overlooking the C side effects are, overall, black and gray surface A cool colors are all family, and continued the calm demeanor.
Chocolate-style keyboard is now a lot of people may love, and I was one of them. The gap between the keys of this keyboard right click on a collision while another is not easy, is conducive to fast input. Trial process, the keyboard can understand the appropriate keyboard key way, overall, the keyboard feels very good chocolate. In addition, the keyboard is also spill-resistant keyboard, can effectively prevent the liquid against the body.
Touchpad is very large compared to some of both sides of the palm rest a little sink, brushed metal feel the touch area is good, more accurate positioning. Around the key area is also large, medium strength to complete the operation.
Area around the palm rest and touch, are brushed metal panel, right palm care at the labeled second-generation Core i3 label label and Windows 7, it is also no object, is still a simple design.
Brushed metal panel feel good, but sometimes traces of residue used, the user may need to add beauty to wipe.
We get to do a coin machine, and compare, you can see the thickness of the machine control in general, are 14 inches in the middle after the machine level.
Weight, Dell Vostro 1450 single 2.203Kg, to bring the power weight 2.646Kg. Throughout the 14-inch notebook market, basically so that the weight of the performance.
Rich interface 130 open angle
Look at this page we focus on the interface information Dell Vostro 1450.
Front of the aircraft structure is as follows, left for the four status lights, the middle was one card reader, and reader design default protection shell. Reader's position relatively close to the user, easy to use.
Back-end design does not seem very attractive, because the relative left and right middle bulge a lot. Both sides of the design of the back-end security keyhole, and power jack. Interface is designed to take full advantage of the rear fuselage space performance.
The most common interface is arranged on the sides. Followed by the left front to back USB 2.0 ports, HDMI, VGA, RJ-45 and the cooling holes DELL Studio 1450 battery near the USB interface, users can use external devices such as U-disk, VGA external users to meet the needs of slide projector, and HDMI interface allows the user to enjoy the leisure time of an external high-definition services.
The right side followed by a headphone, microphone jack, DVD burner and two USB 2.0 ports, slightly rearward of the two USB ports can be used for external wireless mouse receiver or a wired mouse connected.
The machine shaft as shown below, this small figure from the right you can see a long strip of metal switch button. Keyboard is the most left and most right upper two speakers, symmetrical design provides the user a more three-dimensional sound.
Shaft from close to open as follows, because behind the protruding part of the block, Dell Vostro 1450 opening and closing angle is not great, can only reach 130 or so.
Second-generation i3
Rounded corner design, fashion, A surface texture, comfortable keyboard chocolate left a deep impression on people, then the intrinsic performance of the machine how to do?
Equipped with second-generation Core i3-2310M processor, the integration of next-generation graphics core Intel HD 3000, plus AMD Radeon 6470M graphics card, the machine's hardware configuration is very balanced. In addition, standard 2GB DDR3 1333MHz and 320GB SATA hard drive DELL UR14500P battery can also be well positioned to meet the user's storage needs.
Life, heat
For the purposes of a business notebook, 3D needs may not be the most important, so entry-level graphics card is enough, and coupled with next-generation Intel HD 3000 graphics core switching use, performance and power consumption can achieve a good balance the.
Processors, graphics cards and other hardware are in the replacement, compared to mechanical hard drive has become the short board where a lot of notebooks, SSD has become the first choice for many high-end machines. But then again, solid-state hard drive is good, but high prices may slow down the pace of its popularity. For now, the aircraft is equipped with a Western Digital 320GB hard drive is sufficient to meet the daily needs.
Next we look at the aircraft's life. 48Wh battery capacity in 14-inch laptop is very common, we use the MobileMark 2007 battery life for the whole test. Finally, Dell Vostro 1450 upheld the 189 minutes, three hours of battery life for a 14-inch notebook for performance is acceptable.
Summary
Dell Vostro 1450 is a growth-oriented enterprise business notebook users, the gray stripes A brushed metal surface and the C-face left a deep impression on people, the appropriate interface layout can be well DELL X6825 battery positioned to meet the needs of users . Second-generation Core i3-2310M and AMD Radeon HD 6470M processor combination also well positioned to meet the needs of business people. As a 14-inch business in this, portability is not very prominent, in which case the machine is more suitable for long-term use in the office.
