Where can one go around Seattle to try out Dell laptops in person? Work is going to buy one for me tomorrow, and I'd really like to get a feel for the options before deciding.
a lot of malls have dell kiosks, but these usually only have the consumer inspiron line of laptops. theyre usually similar enough to the more business oriented latitudes that you can at least get an idea of what they are.
Can't help re a place to try them, but I had a company-supplied Dell Latitude at my previous employer, and bought one of my own (a Latitude CPi) back in 2001. It's worked like a champ and does everything I need my primary computer to do. Some people don't care for a trackpad, but if you can deal with that (or bring along your own mouse and mousepad), you'll probably find the Latitude series is a good choice. Just my .02.
If you had a day I'd take you around with me as I fix them tomorrow.
But, what are you looking for? Horse power vs. lightweight, LatitudeD800/Inspiron 8xxx vs. X300 Modular bays vs. thin. The keyboards all have the same feel /style of keys.
Latitudes C series had dual modular bays which I personally like, but the new D series have Gigabit LAN and longer battery life. All have mini PCI card for choice of b or b/g or a/b/g wireless. The modem is on a daughter card. Some can have Bluetooth. Most all have 2ea USB2, 1ea 1394
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dude, you're getting a ....
But, what are you looking for?
Horse power vs. lightweight, LatitudeD800/Inspiron 8xxx vs. X300
Modular bays vs. thin.
The keyboards all have the same feel /style of keys.
Latitudes C series had dual modular bays which I personally like, but the new D series have Gigabit LAN and longer battery life.
All have mini PCI card for choice of b or b/g or a/b/g wireless.
The modem is on a daughter card.
Some can have Bluetooth. Most all have 2ea USB2, 1ea 1394