Manual from Dell

The only documentation specific for Vostro 3300 that is at the moment available from Dell is the Setup and Features Information Tech Sheet. There is no documentation on how to upgrade the memory, CPU, or HDD.

Delivery schedule

• Thursday 2010-04-08, the order was placed
• Sunday 2010-04-11, the device was shipped from Raheen, Ireland
• Thursday 2010-04-15, the device arrived Copenhagen, Denmark
• Monday 2010-04-19, the device arrived in Helsinki, Finland. Despite the closed air space. Later in the day it was delivered at the office.
  

External connectors not tested

The ExpressCard, eSata and external microphone connectors are not tested, due to lack of needed external HW.

Hardware

The machine under test here is a Dell Vostro 3300, which was shipped with following specification:

• Vostro 3300 : Standard Base Best Config
• LCD Back Cover : Red WLAN with Camera
• Processor : I5-520M(2.4GHz)
• Palmrest : Fingerprint Reader Biometric
• Display : 13.3in Anti-Glare
• Memory : 4096MB (2x2048) 1333MHz DDR3
• Hard Drive : 500GB Serial ATA (7,200 Rpm)
• Optical Drive : 8X DVD+/-RW Drive including software
• Power Cord : 3 Wire 90W AC Adapter
• Battery : Primary 4-cell 40W/HR LI-ION
• Graphics : NVIDIA® Geforce™ 310M, 512MB Graphics
• Wireless : ROW Dell Bluetooth 365 Card
• Wireless : ROW Dell Wireless 1520 (802.11n) Half Mini Card
• No Mobile Broadband
• Keyboard : Internal Swedish/Finnish Qwerty Backlit Keyboard
• Operating System : Finnish Windows WIN7 Home Premium (32Bit OS) with Recovery DVD

Out of these, I plan to replace hard drive with OCZ Vertex Series 60GB 2.5" SSD SATA II. That will also bring in Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) Beta 2.