Dell Vostro 1310

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Reviews for theDell Vostro 1310

80% Dell Vostro 1310 13.3in Notebook
Source: Trusted Reviews
Last year Dell launched its small business orientated Vostro brand, but at the time its laptop line consisted entirely of repurposed Inspiron machines. This may have sufficed in the short term but if large businesses could benefit from purpose designed laptops in the Latitude range, why not small businesses as well? This was clearly the view taken by Dell and earlier this year it launched a new range of bespoke laptops for its Vostro line. Superb battery life and good performance at an affordable price make the Vostro 1310 a superb option for the small business in need of portable work horse.
(von 10): 8, Leistung 9, Ausstattung 6, Mobilität sehr gut, Preis gut
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 06/26/2008
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 80% performance: 90% features: 60% mobility: 90%

65% Dell Vostro 1310 review
Source: CNet
The Vostro 1310 is a decent all-rounder for everyday office tasks and Web surfing, and we reckon it's probably a good buy in its lower specification guise. With the high-end spec that our review machine came with, however, it merely looks like a budget laptop that's trying too hard to make it into the major league.
6.5 von 10, Leistung gut, Verarbeitung mangelhaft, Mobilität mäßig
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 05/20/2008
Rating: Total score: 65% performance: 80% mobility: 60% workmanship: 50%

80% Dell Vostro 1310
Source: Laptop Mag
The Dell Vostro 1310 has all the ingredients of a first-class small-business notebook. Its balance of price, portability, and performance, not to mention all the support and configuration options, make it a no-brainer investment.
4 von 5, Leistung gut, Mobilität mangelhaft
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 04/18/2008
Rating: Total score: 80% performance: 80% mobility: 50%

77% Dell Vostro 1310
Source: CNet
Catering to companies with one to 25 employees, Dell's Vostro line of laptops occupies the space between the company's consumer Inspiron and corporate Latitude lines. Like the Inspirons, the Vostro laptops offer a decent selection of components at a sub-$1,000 starting price. Small-business owners who would otherwise buy a consumer laptop should consider the full-featured, 13.3-inch Dell Vostro 1310.
7.7 von 10, Preis gut, Display gut, Mobilität gut, Verarbeitung mangelhaft
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 04/17/2008
Rating: Total score: 77% price: 80% display: 80% mobility: 80% workmanship: 50%

Dell Vostro 1310 Review
Source: Notebookreview.com
Overall, the Dell Vostro 1310 is an impressive budget notebook with clean looks and solid performance. Whether you need a simple business notebook or a budget portable laptop with modest gaming capabilities, the Vostro 1310 makes an excellent choice. That said, the chassis isn't as nice as we hoped ... the edges are sharp and could be smoother or more rounded, the case feels more flimsy than the earlier Vostros, the touchpad button placement is bad, and the mono speaker does not provide a good audio experience. Still, none of these issues are "deal breakers." The other huge advantage to the Vostro line is the support, lack of bloatware, and excellent return policy. Dell will let you purchase a Vostro, use it for 30 days, and if you don't like it you can send it back for a full refund without any restocking or shipping fees. That's just amazing. In short, the Vostro 1310 is an excellent addition to the Vostro family and gives business professionals and consumers on a budget a low-cost alternative to the Dell XPS M1330.
Mobilität gut, Display gut, Leistung gut, Verarbeitung mangelhaft, Preis mangelhaft
User Review, online available, Medium, Date: 04/15/2008
Rating: price: 50% performance: 80% display: 80% mobility: 80% workmanship: 50%

80% Dell Vostro 1310
Source: PC Mag
The addition of the Dell Vostro 1310 ($1,258 direct) to the Vostro line is almost like bringing a supermodel into a team of geeks. Don't get me wrong—the other Vostros are far from underachievers, but they lack the style and the travel-friendliness that today's small-business users tend to look for. Low prices, multiple configuration options, and a "no-trialware" option should make the Dell Vostro 1310 laptop a start-up favorite.
4 von 5, Preis gut, Leistung gut
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 04/15/2008
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 80% performance: 80%

83% Dell Vostro 1310
Source: PC Pro
It's no secret that we weren't that impressed by the Vostro range's debut back in 2007. While dedicated support packages and enhanced next-business-day warranties were certainly attractive extras in their own right, the hardware itself wasn't really designed for the needs of small businesses. It was, in fact, just the familiar Inspiron chassis finished in a more dour and businesslike black. For its new Vostro range, however, Dell has taken the criticisms on board and started entirely from scratch. It's a good thing too, as in addition to the usual 15.4in and 17in models - the 1510 and 1710 - Dell has added a 13.3in laptop to the range, the Vostro 1310. The 13.3in addition to Dell's recently redesigned Vostro range is an unmitigated success.
5 von 6
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 04/01/2008
Rating: Total score: 83%

Foreign Reviews

Gehobelter Klotz
Source: c't - 14/08
, Long, Date: 07/01/2008
Rating: performance: 70% features: 80% display: 80% mobility: 90% ergonomy: 90% emissions: 90%

Dell Vostro 1310
Source: AON.at
online available, Short, Date: 06/12/2008
Rating: price: 80% display: 80% emissions: 80%

86% Test Dell Vostro 1310 Notebook
Source: Notebookcheck
online available, Long, Date: 05/29/2008
Rating: Total score: 86% price: 80% performance: 70% display: 80% mobility: 86% workmanship: 88% ergonomy: 85% emissions: 91%

90% Dell Vostro 1310
Source: Notebookjournal
online available, Medium, Date: 05/23/2008
Rating: Total score: 90% price: 80% performance: 70% features: 50% display: 50% mobility: 70% workmanship: 70% ergonomy: 70%

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Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100 is an integrated (onboard) graphic chip on a Mobile Intel 965GM chipset. It is the successor of GMA 950 and features a fully programmable pipeline (supports Aero Glass fully and DirectX 10 with newest drivers). The peformance of the X3100 is clearly better than the GMA 950, still demanding modern games won't run fluently.

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 2 Duo: This is the Core Duo and Core Solo successor with a longer pipeline and 5-20% more speed without more power consumption. As an addition to the Core Duo design there exists a fourth decoder, an amplified SSE-unit and an additional arithmetical logical unit (ALU).

The Core 2 Duo for laptops is identical to the desktop Core 2 Duo processors but the notebook-processors work with lower voltages (0.95 to 1188 Volt) and a lower Frontside bus clock (1066 vs 667 MHz). The performance of equally clocked notebooks is 20-25% lower than Desktop PCs because of the lower Frontside bus clock and the slower hard disks.

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

13.3": This is a frequent and the biggest display format for sub-notebooks.
The advantage is, that the subnotebook can be small dimensioned and can be carried easily. Further the tiny display has the advantage, that it needs few current, which improves the battery runtime and in consequence the mobility. The disadvantage is that the reading of texts is very exhausting vor the eyes. High resolutions can hardly be used.
>> To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.

2.16 kg: These sub-notebooks weight less than the average of all notebooks, but represent a heavier class of weight among the sub-notebooks. 13 inch displays are normal for 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.

80.13%: This rating is to be considered as average, because the amount of notebooks with better ratings is about equal like the amount with worse ratings.

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