Dell Vostro 3420 Laptop,12th Gen Core i3-1215U/8GB & 512GB SSD/14.0″ (35.56cm) FHD, Intel Rheinland Certified Comfortview Reduce Harmful Blue Light…

I like the laptop performance, but the heating issue is a concern to be dealt with.

I have Purchased this laptop for my friend after understanding his needs and requirements about office work and home use.

He is using this laptop from 1 month and I also used this laptop some heavy IT work to test the processor + SSD + RAM package response of new laptop to compare with my 10yr old but upgraded to SSD laptop. I found new laptop response is very quick for same software rendering.

My friend using this laptop mostly for office work Mostly like Excel work – Multiple files at a time for Data analysis, PPT, Emailing, some analytical softwares and Browsing prupose.

Pros –
Very good Battery life 8+hrs for work on internet and videos with mid volume.
screen view experience is good.
very light and portable
works fine with 6-10 Excel files at at a time no lag till now.
movie experience is good
6 cores processor
DDR4 2666Mhz Ram with 2 ports.(Easy to Upgrade up to 16GB)
Dell Comfort view screen feature to view screen long time(Less Harmful blue light).

Cons –
No Keyboard Backlit in the New era.
No optical drive (Not needed nowadays – But mentioned in the product specification need to update it)
No additional SSD or HDD port for upgrade.

I purchased this laptop on the 18th and today is the 24th. I have read a lot of reviews complaining about heating issues and yes they are right. This laptop is a heater. It will be very helpful during the winter season.
But I am keeping this as I have liked it and that’s why the good 3 stars I am giving.
When you use any laptop for the first few days, it heats up pretty badly because of a lot of updates going on in the background. I was almost scared when I see it heats up super bad and was thinking to return it. But that was just one time. But still, it heats up more than a normal laptop should. I didn’t expect it because it is an i3 12th gen and has an underpowered processor.
If you want to use this laptop, you will need a laptop cooler and it will be ok.
Why I am not returning it?
I like it, it looks very beautiful and light and has a nice display and it can handle my coding work. I just purchased it as a backup laptop because my main laptop Asus Vivobook runs 14 to 18hrs a day for the last 5 yrs and it needs some rest.
Personally, I won’t recommend this laptop. Maybe try Asus or HP. Asus gives the same features with a crap display and powerful i3 processor at a cheaper price.

Here in short :-

PROS –

1) Compact and lightweight
2) Good Display and sound
3) Doesn’t hang. Actually, it will depend on you. I will need to increase RAM to 16gb because I have heavy software and it this i3 can handle it, just need more ram. For Personal usage, it is great.

CONS –

1) Heating Issues like everyone mentioned. I am just not returning it as it is ok for me.
2) Severe Touchpad Issue.

EDIT – 14th May, 2023

Severe Touchpad Issue. Many times I am clicking touchpad which should trigger left click like all laptops do but sometimes it acts weird and trigger right click. Then it becomes worst and then touchpad stops working. It has happened like 4 times already. It is a brand new laptop and not even 1 month and such a major issue. I reset my laptop. I thought it is because I am using same account of old laptop. In new account on fresh installation, same issue 2 times already. I am disabling this touchpad and using mouse now. I will throw it to the service center in few days.

EDIT – 9th July, 2023

1) Laptop is working fine but touchpad and mouse issue still. I am still using my 6yrs old laptop as my main laptop because its mousepad is fine and better that this laptop. I tested 3 different mouse and it is not smooth but those mouses work fine in old laptop and other laptops too. So something software related issue i guess. I am writing typing from this DELL laptop. I am shutting it down because I cant work fast due to random touchpad issue, will resume work from old laptop. Looks like I have wasted my 40k. May be I will sell this laptop here in Manila, PH and buy some other laptop from here. No more Online laptop now. Next laptop will test fully by using it for 5-10 minutes. Still not recommending this laptop. My coding work is very very light. Even 10 yrs old 2nd generation I3 processor can handle it. So it is not a coding issue.

Personal work