DEEP DIVE: Opening Up the Dell Vostro V13 Laptop

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I decided to crack open the Dell Vostro V13 laptop and see what makes it tick. Be sure to watch my unboxing and first impressions video as well.

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Science & Technology

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• Dell Vostro V13
• laptop
• V13
• Dell
• thin
• light
• opening
• Digital Home Thoughts
• Jason Dunn

[spiritandsword]

Question: Is there a fan inside? cause i used speedfan and it shows 0rpm for cpu fan and 40 for cpu temp

[ThoughtsMedia]

@spiritandsword Yes, there's a fan - Speedfan can't measure things properly all the time. It probably doesn't have support specifically for the V13.

- Jason

[lucyndskywtdiamonds]

Thanks for the response. I was wondering what good would this notebook be good for? Someone has bought me one and I haven't opened it yet. I am wondering if it is worth opening it or trying to get another one?

[ThoughtsMedia]

@lucyndskywtdiamonds It's a good general-purpose notebook; Word, Excel, Web browsing, Twitter, etc. It's more powerful than a netbook, but not by much. I think photo editing would be kind of painful on it...but if you're patient, it's possible. :-)

- Jason

[lucyndskywtdiamonds]

I am a student @ Kaplan online schooling. I am going for IT/webdesign. I was wondering if this computer would be able to handle my online school as well as Adobe CS5 and designing websites?

Thanks

[ThoughtsMedia]

@lucyndskywtdiamonds No, absolutely not. This is a low-powered, fairly slow CPU. It's not a general purpose computer. It wouldn't handle the tasks you're describing very well. The new Intel Sandy Bridge-based laptops are coming out in the next 30-60 days - they're worth waiting for.

- Jason

[julianparamo1]

@podraigporridge Hi! Could you open the Vostro 13? I am working with the "little preassure and it is not working!!! Help!!

[Superkuey]

The wireless card is a PCI-E card and is replaceable with any PCI-E card

[podraigporridge]

A bit of pressure!! mOre like 10,000 PSI of pressure!!

:)

[ThoughtsMedia]

@SurfinQ00 Cool, thanks for letting me know!

- Jason