Latitude 110L

[imported_jediknight]

Anyone have the Dell Latitude 110L laptop? I'm looking at buying a laptop for university next year, and Dell has a pretty good price on this one: $699CAN for the base model (Cel-M 1.3, 30GB HD, 256MB RAM, etc.)

I'm specifically concerned with battery life (I may be using it up to three hours per day without access to an outlet.. ahh.. gotta love those long commutes!), and compile performance (I'm in a Computer Engineering program)

Any opinions?

 

[nardvark]

if memory serves me correctly, the pentium M will have better battery life than a celeron. This seemed counterintuitive to me when I heard it, but perhaps the current celeron's architecture is older than than what is on the pentium m, and doesn't use power as efficiently? Can someone verify this?

anyways, if what I heard is true, you might be better served by spending a bit more on a pentium m machine.

 

[xcrunner51]

the Celeron-M's don't have speedstep like the Pentium-M's do. So they run at full power while the P-M's can either run at low power or adaptive.

 

[imported_jediknight]

Yeah, I'm thinking that would be a worthwhile upgrade.. I like to stay away from anything branded Celeron, personally.

How is the build quality of these machines? Brightness/viewability of the LCD? Expected real-world battery life?