Thanks . I'm now actually deciding between this laptop and a Sony SZ which does have a slightly smaller screen but also is much lighter. The SZ's screen seems to be better and I am looking for a laptop that I could carry around quite frequently and I'm afraid the Dell might be too big.

i have the d620 samsung screen, and it still looks bad. The improvement is marginal

I wonder if I even bother to get the Samsung screen for my D620 now that you say it looks bad. I have the LG screen.

Well, I have to go to the window setting to put the brightness at 59 to get it bright, it is a tick away from wash out.

My collegue D610 looks dull too. It is not bright.

I love my Dell 24" LCD monitor and my Insprion 6000 which has bright screen from almost any corner.

With the D620, I have to look at at certain angel, slightly off you will see dim.

for a high end business laptop they sure decided to go cheap on the screen, geez I'm quite dissapointed since everything else works quite well. :@

Before judging the screen, we should understand the reasons why they are like that. Actually they aren't bad screens at all. They are different and there are few reasons for that.

The Latitude D-series is designed for business use and so are the screens too. Those screens are made with the new Prism LGP technology and there are few things how they differ from the screens made with ordinary technology.

It's good to read this whitepaper to understand the issues with these screens. http://www.powernotebooks.com/info/W...0%20C8015+.pdf

One of the most valuable feature is that they are more than 20% brighter than traditional screens when compared with similar backlights. So they dont need as effective backlights to be bright enought for business use. That means more battery life which is very important in business machines.

I personally where little disapointed with my screen at the first place. It wasn't quite as nice as the screen in my previous laptop, but the previous laptop was optimized for gaming and entertainment, not for business use and battery life. Now, after I understand the benefits of this new technology I wouldn't change it to anything that consumes that much extra of my battery life. I also do like how it looks more and more every day.

As a conclusion after almost 2 months of using it I would say the screen is good for everyday use and very good if not excellent for business use.

my hdd is now making a buzzing noise

Thanks for the info. Main reason I've purchased the D620 was not for business purpose but for the possibility to have external monitor, port replicator, and monitor stand. Wanted something that I can just dock and your're ready to go. Although I am in the IT field, a business laptop would not suit me....come on now....in IT you can have your choice from all different laptop/workstations that you can use for the office and if you use a laptop you can take it home as well and use for personal. Actually writing this on my work laptop right now. To me the screen sucks and now with me getting the M1210 this should be a sweet system even though with smaller screen but it does have widescreen so that's good. Specs are pretty much the same and I get a better screen. In talks with our corp rep to get my D620 exchange for the M1210.

Guess in the end it all depends on the user and the main thing.....is that your happy with your purchase. Glad that you are happy with your D620.

I've had just about every consumer level Dell laptop released in the past 2 years:
In reverse cronological order:
Inspiron 640m, Inspiron 6400, Precision M20, (skipped 630m) Latitude D610, Inspiron 6000, Inspiron 700m, Inspiron 600m, Inspiron 5150, Inspiron 5100, Inspiron 1100. etc( you get the point)

I recently purchased the D620, and I generally like my D620 (Duo 2.0GHz, 1GB 667MHz RAM, 60GB 7200RPM HD, NVIDIA NVS110M 256MB, WXGA+ LG/Philips, WLAN, BT, etc). I did some benchmarks (own benchmarks, quite accurate, been running it for years) and utilizing both cores, it even beats my Dell GX620 D930 (Dual core @3.0GHz, 2MB cache) by a small margin.

My screen (LG/P) seems alright. In my opinion, I think the screen is actually better than my i640m's SEC(Samsung) WXGA+ Truelife screen which felt washed out, but the ultimate screen is on my Inspiron 6400, ultrasharp WSXGA+ w/ truelife. An outstanding display I must say on the 6400.

My only complaint with the new unit is that it runs quite hot:
- CPU is hot (always running at 2GHz, I thought speedstep should bring it down when not needed to 1GHz, but it doesn't often do that even when sitting idle)
- HD @ 7200RPM is hot
- I'd assume the videocard gets quite hot.

My 640m ran very cool (1.86GHz, 5400RPM, GMA950). Didn't feel any heat whatsoever. The 6400 was hotter, but not quite as hot as the D620 though.

I'm actually thinking about swapping the HD to a 5400 RPM just to reduce the heat.

All around, I like this system quite a bit. It is probably one of the better systems Dell has put out in the recent years. Considerably better than the D600/610 series.

Thats very interesting. I'm using the notebook for mostly college classes and work. I RARLY watch movies and I don't think i've played a game in over 5 years. So if this screen is better on battery life, then i'm all for it. I saw a WXGA in the store and it looks great so as long as the WXGA+ looks just as good, then i'll be happy. I have a D400 right now, I just want to quality to be close to that. I also don't want it to be hard on my eyes since I work on it over 12 hours a day.

on a totally new topic, just wondering if your guys have a problem with your latitude not closing all the way. There is a bit of a rattle in mine when you shake it because the screen does not shut all the way. Thanks

There is no rattle on my unit The screen stinks as it is an LG screen. Two other D620's with no rattle as well. LG screens which are crap.

The M1210 screen is fine if you dont mind looking into a mirror if you use it in any bright environments. I haven't had any problems with my D620 monitor being dull or out of focus as some users state. I came from an XPS Gen 2 which had a nice monitor, but it was too glossy for business use.

there seems to be 10 page thread on dell about this screen issue,

http://forums.us.dell.com/supportfor...cending&page=1

hopefully dell finds a response and recalls these garbage screens we got, this is ridicules to have this type of screen for a high-end laptop

I've had mine docked so I didn't notice it until now. It definitely "rattles" because the latch isn't tight. There's a bit of play. Not only that, there is more space between laptop and screen on the right side than there is on the left side.

Guess it's time to call my rep!

~Moose

This is aweful. Bad screens, bad lids, poor quality!

I got lucky. I don't have problems but it seems that is the exception, not the rule.