There is darkening and lightening, but you can clearly see all text and the images are distinguishable … though not colored correctly. Angles less than 90 degrees look better than angles greater than 90 degrees. Surprisingly, the vertical angles were not horrible. Horizontal angles, like other notebooks, are good. It suffers from what I assume is often referred to as “sparkle,” “shimmer,” or “graininess.” The best way to describe it is that there seems to be a layer of dust on my screen or that I am actually using a matte screen instead of glossy. Nevertheless, many users won’t be able to notice this. I was not able to properly capture this phenomena. The screen will be a disappointment to some.
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I think it’s just right because I hate stiff buttons. The scroll function on this pad works quite well. Unfortunately, I had some problems using this touchpad. My touchpad stopped working after I uninstalled video drivers despite the fact that all settings indicated the touchpad was enabled. How video drivers affect a touchpad, I will never understand. Later, my touchpad stopped tracking properly for no good reason. It was as if my system was lagging, but there was nothing running. At one point, the tap-to-click feature stopped functioning as well, though it was enabled in my touchpad properties. Hopefully, these frustrating touchpad problems are just isolated to this review unit. The touchpad and touchpad buttons have a nice feel to them, though the touchpad buttons might feel a little mushy for some. One odd item of note: The far left side of the keyboard has a different tactile feel when typing. It feels “more hollow” on the left side and the sound it makes when you press keys is a slightly more audible thud. Most of the time it isn’t too noticeable. There is some minor flex on the far right side where the enter key is, but this won’t hinder typing. Generally speaking, the keyboard is comfortable for typing. That said, few budget notebooks have these extras.įor those that prefer watching instead of reading, here’s a quick video tour of the Dell Latitude D531: Some ports that are missing are a media card reader and some sort of DVI/HDMI port. On the back side, you have two USB, S-video, ethernet, modem, serial, and VGA ports. On the right side, you have two USB ports. On the left side, you have the headphone out, microphone in, and firewire ports. However, there are some points of weakness. There was noticeable flex on the upper left hand corner above the keyboard, and the plastic that surrounds that left hinge felt loose. Furthermore, I was a bit uncomfortable with the way the battery jiggled when it was attached. The LCD is very solid - I was unable to produce any ripples in the screen even when I applied excessive force. The palmrest also had negligible flex.
I appreciate how they made the latch a shiny gun metal.ĭell Latitude D531 top view ( view large image) I find the design rather refreshing compared to the horribly bland looks of HP and Lenovo’s business notebooks. Some say that the Latitude is a bit too flashy for a business notebook because of of the greyish silver, but it is more grey than silver and doesn’t have the luster that would make it stand out.
The two-tone black and grey casing is mostly grey on the exterior. The Latitude D531 has a very simple design.
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Ports: Four USB 2.0, one Firewire, headphone out, microphone in, s-video, modem, ethernet, VGA, serial port, PCMCIA slot.Optical Drive: Optiarc 8x DVDRW AD-5540A.Wireless Card: Dell wireless 1505 draft-N card.Display: 15.4” WXGA+ “TrueLife” (250 nits) (14.1" screen is also an option).
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