Dell Latitude D820

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Reviews for the Dell Latitude D820

Dell Latitude D820 with Core 2 Duo Review
Source: Notebookreview.com
The professional look of the Latitude D820, paired with a workstation class video card, is reason enough for Dell to call it a business notebook. While I agree that it would be a great tool for a business, the D820 could also be an excellent notebook for a student looking for performance, ease of use and occasional gaming. I really like my Dell Latitude D820. It performs like I was expecting, the battery life is excellent with the additional 6-cell media bay battery and it's gaming power is close to what I was hoping for. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this model to any professional looking for a solid system for work related task or to students looking for a good machine that can game a bit on the side.
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Preis/Leistung etwas teuer, Leistung sehr schnell, Display recht gut, Akkulaufzeit besonders lang
Single Review, , Length Unknown, Date: 11/15/2006
Rating: price: 50% performance: 95% display: 90%

Dell Latitude D820 Review
Source: Notebookreview.com
In summary, the Latitude D820 is a very nice choice for the desk jockey professional or student. This machine, with its 15.4" widescreen, is not meant for world travel but for flexibility, productivity, and a little bit of portability. At a pinch it can be used on a plane or on a lap but, for the most part, I would not travel extensively with the D820. For its form factor, however, I do not think you will find a better balance between portability and build quality than the Latitude D820. I would wholeheartedly recommend this notebook to anyone looking for an effective tool to get some serious work done.
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Preis/Leistung gut, Verarbeitung ausgezeichnet, Leistung durchschnittlich
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 06/15/2006
Rating: price: 85% performance: 70% workmanship: 100%

80% Dell Latitude D820
Source: Laptop Mag
This Core 2 Duo notebook boasts record-breaking speed, mobile broadband, and all the security features business users demand. Corporate buyers looking for a high-end machine for the executive ranks will appreciate the Dell Latitude D820. It offers all the bells and whistles that a business user could need, including a fast Core 2 Duo T7400 processor and embedded wireless broadband connectivity.
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4 von 5
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 06/09/2006
Rating: Total score: 80%

80% Dell Latitude D820
Source: PC Mag
The Dell Latitude D820 is a portable desktop-replacement notebook capable of strengthening any workforce. It has a roomy widescreen and options for either Verizon EV-DO or Cingular HSDPA, and is an all-around great piece of hardware for both the deskbound and the occasional traveler. At 6.5 pounds, the D820 is slimmer than its predecessor, the Latitude D810 (which weighs 7 pounds), yet it has the same brightly lit 15.4-inch widescreen display.
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4 von 5
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 03/29/2006
Rating: Total score: 80%

79% Dell Latitude D820 Notebook Computer for Business
Source: CNet
Compared to its predecessor, the Dell Latitude D820 looks like it's been on Weight Watchers--and we love the results. This corporate system weighs a half-pound less than the laptop it replaces, the D810, making it sleeker and markedly more portable. Yet the Latitude D820 offers everything the prior version did and more, including a crisp, 15.4-inch wide screen; an Intel Core Duo processor; and cutting-edge options such as integrated wireless WAN and biometric security.
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7.9 von 10
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 03/28/2006
Rating: Total score: 79%

Foreign Reviews

85% Test Dell Latitude D820 Notebook
Source: Notebookcheck
, Length Unknown, Date: 03/02/2007
Rating: Total score: 85% performance: 71% display: 86% mobility: 82% workmanship: 92% ergonomy: 87% emissions: 81%

62% Endlich frei!
Source: mobile Zeit
, Length Unknown, Date: 09/15/2006
Rating: Total score: 62%

Dell Latitude D820: Immer und überall online
Source: Tom's Hardware
, Length Unknown, Date: 09/14/2006
Rating: features: 100% display: 95%

Das zur Zeit einzige sinnvolle Businessnotebook auf dem Markt mit einem kleinem Fehler!
Source: Notebookforum.at
, Length Unknown, Date: 05/08/2006

Comment

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 is an integrated (onboard) graphic chip on Mobile Intel 945GM chipset. It is a faster clocked version of the GMA 900 and supports no hardware T&L (Transform & Lightning) accelleration (which is required for some games).

Only older games can be played fluently with these graphics chips (if they were not too demanding). Shared memory graphic cores in this category got the advantage of less heat production and longer battery runtimes. For office, internet, image processing, and video editing tasks these graphics chips are still useable without any restrictions.

Intel Core Duo: Double Core processor with a very good relation of performance to current consumption. The 2 MB L2 Cache are used together by the double. The maximum capacity of 31 watts is only 4 watts more than with the Pentium M (predecessor). Both cores are lowered automatically and independently of each other by speed steps down to 1 GHz. In addition it now supports also SSE3 instructions. At least it is just as fast as a equivalent Pentium M. With applications, which were designed for multi-processors, the performance can be nearly twice as fast as with the Pentium M (e.g. CineBench around 86% fast)

T2400:
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.

15.4": 15 inch display-variants are the standard and are used for more than the half of all notebooks.  15.4 inch display with 16:10 are the standard for notebook displays.
The reason why so many people like displays with medium size is, that this size is not exhausting for the eyes, does not need too much current and the laptops can be kept quite compact.
>> To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.

3.2 kg: This weight is average for notebooks. Therefore the numerous mass of laptops with 15 inch display fits in this class of weight.

Dell: Dell is one of the biggest international manufacturers according market shares and the number of notebook models, which are reviewed in German and English speaking countries. Some of these reviewed laptops achieve top positions according total rating and price/value relation.

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77.2%: This rating is not convincing. It must be considered, that there exist hardly any laptops, which receive a rating below 60%. This notebook is evaluated below average, this is not really a recommendation for purchase.

>> Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.