Different from the Vostro 3360 tested before, the Vostro 3460 with 14 inch did not start to take the thin route like the 3360, and continued the design of the traditional 14 inch notebook with a body size of 346? 244? 28.76 ~ 31.64 mm, bare metal weight 2.23kg, travel weight 26.85.
▲ Body size and weight
In terms of overall design, Vostro 3460 continues the calm, simple and stylish design of Vostro series, with three beautiful body colors of red, silver and brown, which can meet the personalized needs of different users for notebooks.
▲ Anodized alumina top cover
Since the birth of Vostro series, the anodic aluminum oxide top cover has been used to this day, and the new Vostro 3460 also adopts such a top cover, which can significantly improve the corrosion resistance of aluminum alloy and improve its surface hardness and wear resistance.
▲ VOSTRO LOGO at the bottom of the screen
Although the VOSTRO 3460 looks very similar to the previous generation products, the Vostro 3460 has made many improvements in the details of the fuselage, especially the word Vostro at the bottom of the screen. The previous products were printed here with DELL. In addition, the design of Vostro 3460 fuselage tail is also different from the previous generation products.
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Keyboard surface design
▲ Keyboard design continues the previous generation design.
Since Vostro3450, the Vostro series has completely changed to chocolate keyboard, and so has the new Vostro 3460. Although the touch of chocolate keyboard has been controversial, the chocolate keyboard equipped with Dell Vostro 3460 is slightly better than the ordinary chocolate keyboard in resilience. In addition, the keyboard of Vostro 3460 also has a backlight function, which can illuminate the keyboard in the dark and reduce the chance of accidental touch.
▲ Three independence and quickness remain the same.
The three independent shortcut keys of Windows Mobile Center, Dell Service Center and softkeys on the upper right of the keyboard seem to be the standard configuration of Vostro series, and the Vostro 3460 tested this time is also equipped with these three shortcut keys.
▲ Touch pad is comfortable to use.
Vostro3460' s touchpad has a moderate area, and its surface has been specially treated, so it can slide smoothly even if there is sweat on your fingers. Just above the touchpad, Vostro3460 also has a touchpad working status indicator light. When it is on, the touchpad is disabled, and when it is off, the touchpad can be used normally.
▲ Fingerprint identification
As a business notebook, the Dell Vostro3460 provides us with a fingerprint identification device on the right palm rest. With the accompanying DigitalPersona software, it can prevent illegal login and effectively control the users who have access to data.
Interface and extensibility
▲ The interface configuration is complete.
▲ The layout of the left interface is compact.
Vostro3460 interfaces are mainly distributed on both sides of the fuselage. It provides us with four common interfaces, such as USB3.0 interface, HDMI interface and VGA interface, which basically meet our daily needs. Moreover, Vostro346 is also equipped with a USB interface that supports the power-off charging function, which can use the notebook battery to charge the mobile digital products without plugging in the power supply. Especially, the current smart phone consumes a lot of power and often runs out of power, so this function of the notebook can be used to charge it.
▲ A detachable baffle is provided at the bottom.
Vostro3460 has a detachable bezel at the bottom of the fuselage. After opening it, we can see that Vostro 3460 provides us with two memory slots, 1 full-height mSATA slots and a 2.5-inch SATA hard disk, so we can easily replace the memory, hard disk and SSD with mSATA interface.
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hardware configuration
In terms of hardware configuration, the Dell Vostro 3460 we tested this time has a high configuration, equipped with Core i7 36 12QM quad-core processor, 2? 4 GB DDR3- 1600 memory, 32GB SSD+750GB hard disk and GT 630M graphics card fully meet the needs of business office. At the same time, GT630M graphics card provides a certain 3D game capability, which improves the application of the whole machine in entertainment.
Dell Vostro 3460
Parameter name parameter specification
processor
Intel Core i7 36 12QM
chip set
HM77
memory
2? 4 GB DDR3- 1600
display card
NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M ( 1024 MB)
hard disc
32GB SSD + 750GB
monitor
14.0 inch (resolution 1366? 768）
wireless card
Intel(R) Centrino(R) Wireless-N 2230
wired network adaptor
Atheros AR8 16 1/8 165
Notebook size/weight
346? 244? 28.76～3 1.64mm/2.230kg
price
8999 yuan
In addition to the core hardware that people pay more attention to, Dell Vostro 3460 is also equipped with HM77 chipset and intel N 2230 wireless network card. With 332GB SSD, it not only supports Intel intelligent response technology, but also supports Intel WIDI 3.0 wireless display technology, which can expand up to 3 display screens.
32GB SSD reduces boot speed
▲ Boot time is 20 seconds.
With the addition of 32GB SSD solid state drive, Dell Vostro 3460 supports Intel Intelligent Response Technology, which improves the disk performance and shortens the boot time. Through the test of bootracer, it takes only 20 seconds to recover from the state of complete shutdown to the desktop.
Processor performance test
▲ Processor performance test (the higher the score, the better)
CINEBENCH is a cross-platform test system launched by Maxon Company. Its CPU test project uses CPU to render a high-precision 3D scene, thus testing the core of the processor and the multi-thread processing ability. Judging from the above test results, the performance of the new generation Core i7 36 12QM equipped with Dell Vostro 3460 is quite strong, which is at a high level in the current notebook CPU and fully meets the needs of ordinary users for daily office games.
Business office ability
▲ Symark total score (the higher the score, the better)
SYSMark is a hardware performance evaluation tool, which focuses on the evaluation of commercial computing performance and production performance of computers. With its strong CPU performance, Dell Vostro 3460 scored 2 10 in this test, which is at a high level in mainstream notebooks at present, and can better meet our needs of running professional software such as Photoshop, After Effects and 3ds Max.
Game performance
▲3Dmark VANTAGE GPU (the larger the value, the better)
In terms of game performance, the GT630M graphics card installed on Dell Vostro 3460 targets low-end users, and adopts the Fermi architecture of the previous generation. In the 3Dmark VANTAGE test based on DX 10 API, Vostro 3460 scored a total of E 19053, including the GPU project score of 198 14. Run mainstream 3D games such as Dust 3 and Call of Duty 8 smoothly with 768 resolution and medium image quality.
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battery life
▲ Battery life is 226 minutes.
Dell Vostro 3460 is equipped with 1 1. 1V 48Wh lithium-ion battery. It runs for 226 minutes (3 hours and 46 minutes) in the battery life test of MobileMark 2007, which is mainly used for office applications, slightly lower than the battery life of similar notebooks in the same test environment.
Fuselage surface temperature
▲ Temperature of keyboard surface and fuselage bottom surface
The surface temperature of the fuselage directly affects our comfort. For Vostro 3460, after half an hour's copying test, a large range of heat accumulated in the left position of the keyboard surface, with the highest temperature in the red area of 48.2℃, which will make you feel scorching when you touch it for a long time.
At the bottom of the fuselage, the part with high calorific value of Vostro 3460 is concentrated near the cooling hole, where the highest temperature reaches 52. 1℃. Try not to put it on legs or other soft surfaces when using it.
summary
As a business notebook, Core i7 processor has brought us strong processing power, which is the guarantee of efficient office work. The solution of 32GB SSD+750GB hard disk improves the disk performance, shortens the boot speed, and ensures sufficient storage space; Intel N 2230 wireless network card, HM77 chipset and fingerprint recognition make Vostro 3460 more secure and have a wider field of vision.
In addition, the addition of GT630M graphics card has improved the audio-visual game capability of Vostro 3460. So on the whole, the new Vostro 3460 is a versatile notebook that can meet the office needs of business users and provide strong entertainment capabilities, but the official quotation of 8999 yuan is really expensive.