I will add one thing here they do not have docking stations of any form. That said we have 2 now with 2 more stolen over the Christmas holiday. They are lighter in weight than the Latitute, they do come with less trash software, the extended life battery sticks out the back like on the Inspirion line. Good units never give us any issues and we purchased 2 more after owning 2 others for about 6 months (first 2 were stolen).
Jon On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 1:39 PM, Steven Peck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That really bizarre and I've never seen that advertising point as on > their website the advertise it as great for small business. > > I support a small non-profit with 10 seats and I switched them over to > the Vostro line for both Desktop and Laptop as they replace older > systems. They are currently using 2 or 3 desktops and 2 laptops from > the Vostro lines and rather enjoy them. > > The nice thing about the Vostro is that I am able to get a bit more > hardware power for the same money as the more popular lines but skip > the added demo software like mcaffee intro version and such. They > already have Office licenses and the non-profit SA so we save on that > as well. > > The case design is rather plain and not fancy but they are really > happy with it. I went with Vostro for my mother in laws laptop as > well for a similar reason. > > Very happy with the line so far. > > Steven Peck > http://www.blkmtn.org > > On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 10:27 AM, Sean Houston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Hey Len, > > > > To quote Dell's own advertising that I received "The Vostro line is not > > intended for use within a networked environment". Not entirely sure what > > they mean by it, but it doesn't make me feel comfortable. > > I only know two people have have got them for use at their home/home > office > > and they work OK. Definitely seem like a very large step down from the > > inspiron, latitude or XPS lines to me. I would spend a little extra for > > inspiron to save a little in headache. > > Sean Houston > > > > On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 1:21 PM, Len Hammond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> > >> Afternoon friends, > >> > >> This morning I am looking into a new laptop for one of my clients. (Lost > >> my corporate IT job a while back to downsizing and started consulting > just > >> to feed the kids - now I really like it!) Trying to find what this guy > needs > >> without spending too much and I found the Dell Vostro. Looks great on > paper. > >> Having been a happy Latitude user for about 10 years I was wondering how > the > >> Vostro compares to the Latitude? Anyone have any thoughts. The Dell line > is > >> about the only place I can get a laptop with either XP Pro or Vista > Business > >> on it from the git-go. All of the other manufacturers make it very > difficult > >> if not impossible to get a business OS installed without having to buy a > >> separate license and do it yourself. All the big-box stores (something > this > >> client likes) only have Vista Home Premium. Many bells & whistles that > this > >> client will never use and and Home won't join the domain in a few months > >> when I install a domain for them. > >> - > >> Len Hammond > >> Hammond Enterprises > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
