Comments Dell Latitude E4200 12.1in Ultra-Portable - Laptop - review

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BillBroadley

1:49 AM on 19 January, 2009

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"One thing you can't change, however, is the 12.1in, 1,280 x 800 display. As with all notebooks this size it's an LED backlit effort and is suitably sharp, bright and legible in bright light thanks to the anti-glare finish. It's a shame there's no option for a higher resolution, but we've yet to see a 12.1in"

The thinkpad x200s is 1440x900 and the x200 uses CFL not LEDs as a backlight.

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Ohmz

3:07 AM on 19 January, 2009

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Bill, I believe Andy meant TR hasn't reviewed one yet. I would like to see a pair of reviews of the X200 and X200s. Is it likely you guys will review one/both?

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AndyVandervell

9:08 AM on 19 January, 2009

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Yeah, that's was what I was saying, but thanks for pointing that out Bill. We are indeed looking into getting the X200 in for review.

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sengstaken

1:09 PM on 19 January, 2009

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The "instant on" feature reminds me how quick it used to be to boot up my Acorn Archimedes. The whole OS was kept on ROM, and starting up took about 10 seconds from cold. When we've got the superfast SSD and quick booting Windows 7, could this sort of boot time be a possiblity? Notebooks surely all need this sort of pre-boot option.

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yungchin

11:49 PM on 20 January, 2009

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Thanks for a nice review! With this wonderfully up-to-date connectivity package comprising all of USB, Firewire, and e-SATA, one wonders why they didn't opt for a DisplayPort connector. Maybe simply because Intel was late delivering proper driver support for that?

PC Pro also reviewed this machine (at http://www.pcpro.co.uk/os/reviews/244275/dell-latitude-e4200.html ) and were complaining that the screen was below par. Do you have any comments on that?

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