Thinkpads Forum

What does everyone think, is this Dell a pretty good deal that would compete with a T60 widescreen? I know there are others, like HP.

This Dell is a business-grade laptop with pretty good configuration and great warranty. I was just wondering how it stacks up against the T60 15.4.

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IMO...from a quality standpoint...no comparison.

steveg47 wrote:IMO...from a quality standpoint...no comparison.

Have you really used the particular model in question? I have seen lots of people who have played briefly with only one or two Dell laptops bash ALL Dell computers in general.

I can't say anything about the D820, but I do own a relatively old 15.4" widescreen laptop made by Dell (Inspiron 6000), which is okay in terms quality. Last week, I played with a newer 15.4" Inspiron (probably the E1505) at a local mall, and it's quality is noticeably better than mine, so I guess Dell laptops have been getting better. The Latitude line is supposed to be superior to the Inspiron line, so I imagine the D820 to be even better.

While I second pianowizard's statement that Dells have been getting better, (the inspiron e14xx/e15xx series is very decent for a budget limited student), I will definitely say that thinkpads are on a completely different level. I used the D620 for a week very recently, and it is a good laptop for the cost.

But you should notice one point: any non-thinkpad laptop 'ages' very fast - it is just enough to look at an year-old thinkpad and an year-old Dell - the thinkpad is as sturday as the day it was bought, and the dell is beginning to fall apart (even the latitude series).

My partner has the 820 and I''m not impressed. The keyboard and the screen are not up to par with a thinkpad T60P.

My first notebook was a Dell latitude it was a great notebook
But not as great as my second notebook the ThinkPad R40
I would say IBM-Lenovo is better in terms of quality and durability.

I currently own a Dell 600m, and I agree that they quality is inferior to a ThinkPad.

However, mine is a consumer-grade laptop. As someone else said, the Latitude series is better than the Inspirion. A friend of mine has one at work (my university has a contract with Dell) and it seems pretty sturdy.

That said, there is a reason why I finally decided to switch to a TP. Nonetheless, I thought that the above-referenced computer seemed like a decent deal with the configuration, construction (magnesium alloy) and warranty (3 yrs, including accidental damage protection).

I owned a 600m briefly and it's one of the worst Dell laptops I have ever used. The 700m is much much better, nearly as good as the best Thinkpads.

I forgot to say that the same configuration on a widescreen TP is $2637.00, with the warranty and everything. So I guess the price difference sounds about the same as the difference with other TPs and their "competition".

So the price difference is pretty small. In this case, it's a no-brainer: get the T60!

pianowizard wrote:

steveg47 wrote:IMO...from a quality standpoint...no comparison.

Have you really used the particular model in question? I have seen lots of people who have played briefly with only one or two Dell laptops bash ALL Dell computers in general.

I can't say anything about the D820, but I do own a relatively old 15.4" widescreen laptop made by Dell (Inspiron 6000), which is okay in terms quality. Last week, I played with a newer 15.4" Inspiron (probably the E1505) at a local mall, and it's quality is noticeably better than mine, so I guess Dell laptops have been getting better. The Latitude line is supposed to be superior to the Inspiron line, so I imagine the D820 to be even better.

Yes...Again...No bash...Simple fact....No comparison.

I like to look at driver support also. With a TP, you know 3 years from now they will still make updates for your TP, do you think you would get any updates on a 3 year old Dell?

grimmster wrote:I like to look at driver support also. With a TP, you know 3 years from now they will still make updates for your TP, do you think you would get any updates on a 3 year old Dell?

Again, I believe that the TPs are superior. However, I have a two-year old Dell 600m, a model that is more than four years old, and I still get updates for drivers, BIOS, etc. So, I think that in my very personal experience, this criticism does not apply. Maybe someone else has a different experience.

As someone else said before, if the price difference is only about $300, and I could spare them, I would definitely go with the TP.