Dell Vostro V13 Laptop Review
My quick review of the Dell Vostro V13 laptop – please find a full review on my website, www.techgearguy.com. Ranging anywhere from $450 to $650, this model of laptop offers portability not commonly found in this price range. Coupled that with its sleek industrial minimalist design, even a Mac fanboy like myself can appreciate how nice it is.
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is the dell vostro v13 worth having no DVD (1)
Hmm. only six minutes.
@chutsu
Yes. In fact the hard drive, RAM and battery can be accessed for upgrade/repair without too much difficulty for those with some skill:
@roykog you wont exceed 2 gb of ram in windows 7 with normal usage. If you care about having superfetch on which is pretty useless to many people and also a waste of battery life since the hard drive have to fetch data to memory, you dont need 4 gb at all, save the money and go for better cpu and hard drive or something.
sounds like American English but with some Euro twist to it,if i am right, u wouldnt be a…..Russian American! haha
will it be a problem to run Visual Studio 2010 with SQL Desktop edition together in this machine.. ? wil it be good enough if it has a 4gb RAM with a Core2Duo ?
Can one replace the battery one the Vostro v13 themselves??
@roykog definitely get the additional 2Gb. $100 isn’t bad either.
Definitely enough or definitely worth paying?
@roykog definitely.
Hey I’ve got another question! Do you think it’s worth paying 100$ more for 4 GB of RAM instead of 2 GB or is 2 GB plenty enough??? Thanks!
@anandjassneet Running a desktop edition of SQL engine on the machine will most likely degrade performance and seeing it’s not a performance driven machine, I think you will see a noticeable drop in performance.
@gesan501 Does not come with one. It was sacrificed most likely to have a unit this thin. I just use a $40 USB powered DVDRW drive for rare times when needed.
No DVD rom?
will Visual Studio n SQL softwares work fine on V13 ?
@techspoke Hi there and thank you! Funny you mention it as all newer reviews will be shot with wide angle cameras. I have a few reviews coming up that are brewing – please make sure you come back to check ‘em out! Thanks again!
Good Review! Might wanna try a wider shot next time.
@NM2HI2TX no issue running itunes and everything that is involved.
@hahaha96300 No issues handling normal day to day apps and tasks. It is a ULV processor even if it has 2 cores and 2gb limits you to some degree. With everything full blasting, you would get about hair under 3 hours.
@roykog same here. what about like itunes how would it work with music. such as itunes
Problem is : difference is 300$ here in Canada… But thanks for your answers, I’ll take a deeper look in it!
Nice video, useful, btw!
@roykog With the difference only being $50 US, I’d definitely take the Core2Duo over Solo. As far as the battery – it lasts just hair under 3 hours if you have LCD turned up, WiFi going, in a normal usage situation.
Thanks for the quick and complete answer!
I’m planning to buy it for university, you know, taking notes and all that. I don’t plan doing much gaming on it. As for the battery life, as long as it lasts about 3 hours, should be okay. I read it lasted about that time, is it right?
Your Core 2 Duo ULV cost about 900$ in Canada. I was actually planning to core the ULV Solo Core. Do you think it’s gonna be much slower or is it still gonna be a good laptop?
Thanks again!
@roykog One I got is their $649 unit which comes with Core 2 Duo ULV and 2Gb of RAM. I can see it being great to have for school due to its slim size and comfortable keyboard. But the battery life isn’t all too great which would make it not suitable if you normally don’t plug in. As far as doing your school work, not much of an issue. Don’t plan on playing much of any decent games though. Ain’t gonna happen.
What were your specs? How much did it costs you? Would you recommend it for school?
Thanks!
hi. i have 2 qns. is this laptop gd at handling multitasking and hows long is the batt life? thanks