By Mike Maddaloni on Tuesday, February 08, 2011 at 05:00 AM with 2 comments
Dell’s Vostro line of PCs was created for the small business market, lower-priced PCs without all of the extra software. This resonated with me as I have purchased several for my Web consulting firm. Along with the low price came low design – basic black machines, whether desktop or notebook, without much for style.
When I was asked if I wanted to evaluate Dell’s latest release in the Vostro 130, I jumped at the chance. I have seen ads on bus kiosks around Chicago for the 130, which looked like a slim, sleek model, and it came in red. It arrived the other day from the Zocalo Group, and here’s a video of me unboxing the Dell Vostro 130, and my first impressions of it.
First, I will apologize as this was the worst unboxing video I have ever made! I will do better next time, but I digress. Shortly after unboxing it I charged it up and installed Skype to test out the built-in Web camera, which worked very well. I will be testing it out over the next few weeks and will report back my thoughts, and will probably include some pictures, especially comparing it with my Vostro 1410.
Have you used the Vostro 130? Do you have any questions on it that you would like me to check out while evaluating it?
Mike, good video. Although, I was starting to root for the box there for a bit. Actually I’m very interested in what your impressions are of this machine. My work laptop that I travel around with is also a Dell. Some of the questions that I have for you are:
1. Is the power cord from your other Dell machines compatible with this one?
2. What was the configuration of the machine that they gave you to review?
3. Do you think the machine is road worthy? Would it be able to survive all the traveling as a second machine in a briefcase?
Keep up the good work and keep the reviews coming.
Comment by Ralph J Ingrassia
on 02/09/11 at 05:05 PM
@Ralph - Thanks for the questions, as it’s always good to get insight into what people are looking for.
To answer your first question, the power supplies are interchangable. I will detail the config in a later post, and as for how rugged it is… the jury’s still out on that.
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