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Today in the morning came in 4 boxes from Dell, 3 Dell Vostro 1310 Laptops and 1 Dell Vostro 1510 Laptop.

First thing I noticed was the packaging, the box huge! Here, take a look!

Dell Vostro 1510 Laptop

Four Dell Vostro Laptop boxes

There are two versions of Vostro 1510, one with Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T5670 (1.80GHz) and the other with Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T8100 (2.10GHz) at Dell Malaysia website. But guess what, the Vostro at my hands has Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5870 @ 2.00Ghz.

Dell Vostro 1510 Vista

Compared to my 13″ MacBook, this machine looks like a soldier type.

Dell Vostro 1510 Notebook Computer

Generally Vostro models are designed for business. That’s why I guess it’s designed minimalistic. It’s not fancy, it is a solid box that does the job.

Little things I didn’t like:

1. Phone & Mic jacks in front, I’d expect them to be on the left side. When you work in the office, you tend to listen music using ear phones all the time. The wire mess in front will definitely bug you a lot.
2. RJ45 Network jack, external VGA input at the back of the laptop. Whenever you need to connect LAN cable and/or external VGA, you will need to turn around the laptop or close the lid. Again, I’d put them either on the left or right side of the laptop.
3. Ugly Targus backpack. How many people really enjoy those bags that comes in a package?

Little things I loved:

1. CPU cooling
2. 4 USB ports & FireWire
3. apple like cdrom drive
4. 15.4″ WXGA
5. 8-in-1 media memory card reader
6. Two stereo 2 watt internal speakers with HD Audio 2.0 software standard

Here’s some shots of the laptop

MacBook 13" by Dell Vostro 1510

Dell Vostro 1510 Keyboard

Dell Vostro 1510 & MacBook 13"

How much? The cheaper model is RM2379 and the higher specs model is RM3839.

Do you have Dell Vostro? What’s your say? Share it with us.

IdeaPad S10 Netbook

One of my bosses at my place bought a netbook – Lenovo IdeaPad S10. I couldn’t stop myself from getting my hands on that machine.

First thing I noticed is that the keyboard is really small and not so perfectly designed. You can always blame to the fact that it’s a netbook. Yes, but why not take a look at HP Mini? They sure did a hell of a job with their keyboard.

IdeaPad S10 Netbook Keyboard

Also left/right click buttons aren’t that nice too. When clicking right/left click you have a bit of trouble, not ergonomic(?).

IdeaPad S10 Netbook Charger

Honestly, if you make that small netbook I think you should have spent some time designing a more compact and more user friendly charger. Learn from Apple. I love their charger. The fact that I can remove the thicker part of the charger and make the charger damn small.

However I liked their netbook cover. It’s well designed and cute.

IdeaPad S10 Netbook Cover

If you take a look at the specs:

Intel Atom N270 CPU, 2GB RAM, 160GB SATA HDD, Intel 95o, 10/100 Mbps LAN, b/g WiFi, Bluetooth, 1.3Megapixel webcam, SD/MMC/MS/MS pro card reader, 2xUSB port.

It’s 1.25kg, 3 cell battery. For a good netbook I’d say 6 cell battery is must. May be you sacrifice and have a little bit more weight.

Overall, bad keyboard, low battery life, long/big charger, nice cover, good CPU.
Lenovo Ideapad S10 10.2-Inch Netbook (1.6 GHz Intel Atom N270 Processor, 1 GB RAM, 160 GB Hard Drive, XP Home) White