At Yedda (my day job) we recently ordered 3 new laptops.
Our spec was very specific (that’s how we are ;-) ):
The reason we want 14.1″ screens is due to size and weight (some of us, not me, rides on bikes and/or motorcycles to get to the YeddaHQ). We also wanted as high resolution as possible and the WXGA+ seems very good.
" doc_version: "1" last_updated: "2017-06-02" date: 2007-09-05 tags: [D630, dell, laptop, shortage, T61, thinkpad, Yedda] canonical: "https://eran.sandler.co.il/2007/09/05/israeli-shortage-in-high-end-laptops/" --- ## Sitemap - [Home](https://eran.sandler.co.il/) At [Yedda][1] (my day job) we recently ordered 3 new laptops. Our spec was very specific (that’s how we are ;-) ): * Core Duo 2 running on at least 2Ghz * 2Gb of RAM * 100Gb or more hard drive * WXGA+ screen (1440×960 resolution) * 14.1″ screen * Non shared memory video card * DVD burner The reason we want 14.1″ screens is due to size and weight (some of us, not me, rides on bikes and/or motorcycles to get to the YeddaHQ). We also wanted as high resolution as possible and the WXGA+ seems very good. Up until now we mostly used Thinkpads so we obviously checked out the new [T61][2]. Aside from the fact that it was a bit costly (which we were willing to accept) there were no T61 machines in Israel with WXGA+ or with a Core Duo 2 running on at least 2Ghz or the machines had an integrated shared memory video card (which is a big no no!). We checked out the [Dell D630][3] which also had the same configuration, got good reviews and was surprisingly ~$500 cheaper. The only problem was that it had to be specially ordered for us since [Dell Israel][4] doesn’t work the same way it works in the USA. Dell Israel brings a certain set of models to Israel and Israelis don’t get the pleasure of having a specific Dell machine built just for them. Luckily we ordered 3 machines and our supplier was willing to place a special order at Dell UK for us. The original estimated delivery time was 3 weeks (work weeks, not calendar weeks) which ended up today. As you can figure out from the title, the machines will not arrive today. It seems that there is a shortage in Israel not just in Dell high end laptops but in other brands as well and I’ve heard people getting a delivery date for December. The official explanation for the delay in shipment of our Dell machines was that there is a delay in LCD screens in the UK and that’s why the machines are sitting there screen-less waiting for us. The current expected delivery date out of the UK is the 25th of September. I guess we will just have to wait. [1]: http://yedda.com [2]: http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/catalog.workflow:category.details?current-catalog-id=12F0696583E04D86B9B79B0FEC01C087¤t-category-id=F2F5363C71FA4D61B176AD5FB80FA5D8 [3]: http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/latit_d630?c=us&cs=555&l=en&s=biz [4]: http://dell.co.il