Dell Latitude D531 Review
The Latitude D531 is the latest AMD-based notebook from Dell. It has a magnesium alloy shell, which enhances its durability. It come with an in-built security chip but we missed having a fingerprint reader or webcam, which are pretty common in notebooks of its class these days. It has an 80GB hard disk, which may be a slight concern, but by paying a few extra bucks you can customize your notebook at Dell’s website.
In performance, it scored 2870 in pc Mark05, which makes it worthy for business applications. The score is better than what we got from some of the sub 50K Intel based notebooks reviewed in the April `07 issue. Even in Business winstone it scored 31.8,which is good enough for notebooks in this price bracket and more than the likes of HCLT2250, Intex Challenger 012DW (reviewed April 2007).The laptop ships with winXP by default, but Dell Claims it to be vista ready. However, when we tried running vista on it, everything worked smoothly, except Aero. In Battery Mark it gave a backup time of 2.52 hr, which is good for business travelers and should suffice their needs.
It’s a good performer for business users, but we expected a few more features such as a fingerprint reader and webcam for this price.
Key Specs: ADM Turion 64X2 Dual Core Processor (1.60 GHz), 1GB of RAM, ATI Radeon Xpress X1270, 80 GB HDD, 15.4″ WXGA, Bluetooth, TPM, Intel AC97 speakers
Price: Rs 49,990 (1 Yr warranty)