I'm a little late to this discussion, but as others have already noted the Vostros are just rebadged Inspirons without the added software. Because of my status with Dell Small Business, I can usally configure a Lattitude cheeper than a Vostro (my cost). I've had some odd problems with the Vostro laptops with one customer. They use their Blackberries as modems and for some reason the Sprint software doesn't want to work right on the Vostro we tested. We had to return it and get a Latt. One thing I will say: Spring for the extended warrenty. I've know far, far, far too many Inspirons (laptops and PC) crap out in the second or third year.
From: Len Hammond [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 10:21 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Dell Vostro 1000 Afternoon friends, This morning I am looking into a new laptop for one of my clients. (Lost my corporate IT job a while back to downsizing and started consulting just to feed the kids - now I really like it!) Trying to find what this guy needs without spending too much and I found the Dell Vostro. Looks great on paper. Having been a happy Latitude user for about 10 years I was wondering how the Vostro compares to the Latitude? Anyone have any thoughts. The Dell line is about the only place I can get a laptop with either XP Pro or Vista Business on it from the git-go. All of the other manufacturers make it very difficult if not impossible to get a business OS installed without having to buy a separate license and do it yourself. All the big-box stores (something this client likes) only have Vista Home Premium. Many bells & whistles that this client will never use and and Home won't join the domain in a few months when I install a domain for them. - Len Hammond Hammond Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
