ah... that's the one, thanks for the info. It's working fine now.

I am a Vostro 3400 user. Yes, the screen lid is very thin and what the website said is true. A little pressure will make the lid bend. But in everyday use, no one would go and press the lid with their finger. So I don't see that as a problem. In fact, the thin lid is what makes the laptop light. To avoid bending the lid too much, I always open it by lifting it from the centre position (the position of the camera).

As for carrying the laptop around or storing it in compartment, a good laptop bag can do a pretty good job to protect the screen lid.

Educate your cousin to take good care of a laptop, regardless of brand and model. Even if you decided to get other model which has a tough screen lid, other thing can happen to it if the owner does not use it in a correct way.

Or you might want to consider a Panasonic rugged laptop.

This post has been edited by bladegun: Jun 12 2010, 11:13 AM

thanks for your reply do you or anyone here know where can i see it physically? my cousin wants to see it can "feel" it...and compare with the acer 4820tg since after customising, the prices are almost the same

is there any shops in lowyat that sells this?

Vostro is the 'Business' line of laptops. Shops in lowyat don't sell this line of laptops. It is only available online. You can look at the pictures in the first post.

only shadows low. rest all high. resolution at 1440x900. really smooth. <3 my vostro 3700. i installed the latest bios along with the other latest drivers from the dell website when i reformatted with win 7 pro x64. batt life can come in around ~3hours depending on what you use it for. it plays Blur on max 1600x900 as well.

downside is the speakers which i have some good audiotechnica headphones for

and maybe the keyboard could use a good cover. anyone find any decent ones on the market?

do recommend if anyone can find the laptop cover.. prefer a 100% transparent ones

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Added on June 14, 2010, 7:56 ambtw, is there an "actual" dual screen solution for windows7 when i put as extension... because my taskbar is full. i wish there's another taskbar on my extension screen...

This post has been edited by hivemy: Jun 14 2010, 07:56 AM

what you mean by actual dual screen? it all can be configured in the nvidia control panel

sorry let me rephase... there's no taskbar @ when I extend my windows to another LCD.

dun think it's possible... as Windows treat it as 2 separate monitors...

unless u ve sth like ATi Eyefinity, that's another story...

Try use UltraMon/MultiMon/DisplayFusion?

Is it common in Windows 7 that the program such as Windows Live Messenger and the Gadgets to be "Not Responding" and requiring you to "Close" them or "Restart" the application. It's quite frequent for me especially windows live messenger after starting up on windows. :\

just installed Ultramon... just what I need.

thanks!

Just ordered a Vostro 3700 last night.
Price ended up at RM2,923.00.Only upgrade I took was changing home basic to premium.

Did not upgrade the warranty to 3 years,was that a bad choice?Any chance I could extend on a later date?I mean,looking around the forum,most of you said the build was tough.So am hoping it'll last a good 4,5 years.

p.s are all the owners satisfied with the units they have after a month or so using it?was contemplating on whether to go with a sxps 16 or the vostro.Going with this instead since the pictures of the unit looks a tad 'tougher'

This post has been edited by imahappyklown: Jun 17 2010, 10:42 AM

You could extend the warranty later on, but the price would be different and more expensive...

Hi guys, i hv some question to ask.

How about the vostro 3700 compare with studio xps 16? Just now i found that the price r not difference too much between this 2 laptop.

The xps studio graphic card(ATI HD4670-1GB), speaker and display is much greater than vostro but it heavy than vostro which is 2.97kg and process just P8700.

For me i would like performance more than display. But i dunno which 1 is better for play game..

HD4670 still bit better than GT330M unless you OC it...

IMO P8700 is better

unless you use application that better in i5...


SXPS 16 is still better

Thx guys,

still got something to ask again... izzit that HD5730 only can support i5 ?

or is it the time to buy sxps now? i expect next month will hv the choice to upgrade to HD5730

Its not because HD5730 only support i5 but its Dell decision and looking from other side, its more feasible they just clear the old stock C2D with HD4670 rather than make a new mobo for it to accommodate HD5730, which they rather make it with Core i5...

What you mean by next month? There's already option to upgrade to HD5730...

But only available in 2nd option which is rm4099...my budget is below rm3k...

that y i expect after june 24 will hv new option