Dell Vostro 130 Review – the svelte business laptop

The Windows Experience Index shows a well rounded system, brought down to a 3.1 overall score by the onboard Intel HD graphics. We have previous experience of this graphics solution and while fairly weak, it is more than enough for a business machine like this.

Inside we have the Intel Core i5 470 UM which is a 1.33ghz processor with 3M Cache. There is a single DDR3 slot onboard and this machine comes with the full 4GB of memory installed – running @ 800mhz with 6-6-6-15 timings. Obviously this is only single channel.

The software install is relatively clean, especially for Dell. Bonus points are given for the fact that this is the first machine we have received from them without McAfee bloatware installed, however we aren't sure Trend Micro is any better. Most of the installation software is relevant to this particular machine so there is not a lot we would remove.

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