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It's this configuration that makes the Vostro V130 a leap and bound better than the Core 2 Duo–based Vostro V13 — even though the Core 2 Duo-based Vostro V13 ran at 1.3GHz, the 1.33GHz Core i5-based Vostro V130 is a lot more efficient when it comes to processing data. In our Blender 3D rendering test, the V13 notched up a time of 1min 47sec, which is 30 per cent faster than the time of the Vostro V13, while in the iTunes MP3 encoding test, the V130 recorded a time of 1min 40sec, which is 60 per cent faster than the V13. What all this means is that the Vostro V130 will handle productivity applications with ease, and if you were really dedicated, you could also use it for some media creation and encoding work.
A fast 7200rpm, 500GB hard drive is installed in the Vostro V130: it recorded an average transfer rate of 35.33 megabytes per second in our tests, which is remarkable in that it's the identical rate we received from the Vostro V13. There were no such similarities in the graphics tests, in which the Vostro V130's Intel HD graphics recorded a score of 1153 in 3DMark06, double the score of the Vostro V13's Intel GMA 4500MHD graphics.
While the performance of the unit has improved markedly as the price of the unit has come down, the 13in Vostro's design remains the same. The Vostro V130 has a similar magnesium alloy palm rest to the V13, similar metal hinges, and it has a sealed chassis design in which the battery such as Dell BATDW00L Battery , Dell BAT-I5000 Battery , Dell C1295 Battery , Dell C5331 Battery , Dell C5340 Battery , Dell C647H Battery , Dell C7786 Battery , Dell CG036 Battery , Dell CG039 Battery , Dell D5318 Battery , Dell D5540 Battery , Dell D5561 Battery is trapped and can't be easily replaced. This is one aspect of the Vostro V130's design that we find hard to tolerate, as we like to be able to carry a spare battery on long trips. But the snugly fitting battery inside the chassis is one of the reasons why Dell has been able to make the Vostro V130 so thin — it's only around 20mm thick with the lid closed, and this thickness doesn't vary much from the front to the rear like it does with a MacBook Air, for example.
Because it's so thin, there isn't much airflow in the unit and it tends to get warm after a while. You can use it on your lap for a short time before it starts to warm up and feel uncomfortable. The heat comes from the 7200rpm hard drive primarily, so we'd like to see this unit offered with a solid-state drive. There are vents on the rear through which the accumulated heat can escape, and you have to be mindful of these when you do use the unit on your lap, so that you don't block them.
We think the screen on the V130 could be better. It has a native resolution of 1366x768 and a LED backlight, but its poor contrast and colours make it unsuitable for scrutinising photos and videos.
The keyboard of the V130 is comfortable to hit and the only part of its layout that we don't like is the column of Page Up/Page Down, Home and End keys, which reside to the right of the Enter and Backspace keys. This is similar to the design of the Fujitsu LifeBook SH530 (the Dell is a little better in that the Delete key is placed in the top-right corner). The touchpad is large (80x44mm), and it has soft left- and right-click buttons, but its multitouch software wasn't always reliable in our tests. Even after we enabled multitouch scrolling, the gesture would sometimes cause the pad to stop responding but the buttons would continue to work. We had to restart the system to get it working again.