There arent any solid reviews so far, over at
www.notebookreview.com on their forums under dell there is quite a lot of information.
Ive been going on the inspiron reviews so far since theyre very similar in design, noone has listed the differences between vostro and inspiron yet with any certainty but things look good for the inspiron apart from some people having a grainy screen and many people hearing a noise with headphones caused by the c2d cpu throttling, that problem isnt exclusive to dell though.
Ive ordered a 1700 and plan to install my own 2GB of ram since dell rips you off on the memory prices. So far what ive gathered about the vostros and inspirons:
PROS:
- Solid build
- Fantastic price considering the specs
- Vostros have magnesium alloy all around the laptop and not just on the lid, i believe the new inspiron line is the same
- Apparently has very good heat dissipation for a laptop
CONS:
- You may get a grainy screen, it seems to be mostly the glossy aka truelife screens that are affected (they will replace it for you by sendin a guy out, just make sure he dosent use an AUO screen)
- The sound issue may affect you (theres a workaround with RMclock, this is the only thing that bugs me about these laptops)
- Some consider it heavy
Here is the
Vostro Q&A thread