Mr Evil

That is the most important piece of information that anyone has communicated regarding the Quadro. I realize it is a business machine and the card is for 3 D applications and CAD programs, but it is good to know that T and L and Pixel Shaders are supported.

By the looks of things your screen seems better than mine.. do you get any light leakage at the bottom, and how do you rate the quality?

Its the one thing that i miss my d610 for.. the screen was far better than it is on my 620

Any words or updates from this weekend's testing?

I am getting my machine tomorrow.

I played Doom 3, it would only run good on 800x600 with medium to high settings and no FSAA. I would get excellent framerates at those settings however! I didn't get Civ4 yet, that will be my next venture.

Ronin,

So this machine is barely meeting minimum requirements. It is respectable but not stellar.

I am getting my machine today.

Have you tried the Microsoft game advisor?

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...r/default.mspx

There is very little fan noise from the D620. I can hear it operating, but it is very low and never enough to annoy me.

Barely hear the fan (integrated graphics) or HD. This is very quiet.

Get the Quadro NVS; it's only $60 more.

im wondering how much of an issue the MONO speaker is...really unusual in this day and age that they chose a single speaker

I think it sounds fine for system sounds, but I never use laptop speakers to play movies, mp3s, or games. I use some quality Sennheiser headsets for that . Even when my XPS Gen 2 had some nice speakers, I never used them... It's only a big deal if you rely on system speakers for the sounds you need.

If you want to support surround sound, get a Soundblaster PCMCIA sound card.

My machine is coming in today.

What headphones do you use? Linky?

I said what headphones i use in that post

Ronin,
Thanks for the thorough review.

It's really helping me get closer to making a decision on which laptop I want to purchase.

I already have a business laptop provided by my company, I want a personal laptop as well and hence the conundrum I'm in now.

With that in mind, I'm debating whether to go for the Inspiron 640M over the Latidtude D620.

Did you make this type of consideration before your purchase? Why did (or why would) you go for the D620 over the 640M?

The 640M wasn't out yet when I ordered the D620, but I would have gotten the D620 anyway due to the superior build materials, security options, dedicated graphics, and it looks better. I dislike the silver with white trim look of the 640M. Also the D620 has a higher resolution screen without the TrueLife reflective glare screen. Some people love TrueLife, but it's difficult to work with it in areas with varying light environments.