Dell Vostro 3700 review

Vostro 3700: the 17-inch desk machine with the batch's lowest carry score

The Vostro 3700 is the 17.3-inch big-body of this batch's Vostro pool, and its record is the pure desk-machine trade: a screen diagonal of 17.3 against a business-class median of 14 — the promoted strength — against a portability score of 5.8, the lowest figure recorded anywhere in this batch.

Where it holds up

Screen diagonal is the promoted strength: 17.3 inches against a business-class median of 14, a 23.6 percent gap the bands rate huge and place in the category's top quarter. The Latitude D800 in this batch makes the same desk-machine trade — 3.2 kg of mass around a 72 Wh tank. For the buyer whose laptop never leaves the table — two full documents side by side, a spreadsheet with room to breathe — the diagonal is the entire product, and the record prices it honestly: everything else on the sheet is the era floor.

Where it falls short

Portability of 5.8 is the lowest reading in this batch — the physics of a 17-inch body recorded without mercy — and graphics is the flagged weakness at zero, a coverage gap rather than a measured zero. Overall performance reads 1.6 with the office index at 4.8; every task axis sits on the low-band floor constants (gaming 19, modeling 12, engineering CAD 19, photo work 13), and the composite score of 4 against a business-class median of 49 completes the floor sheet. The big screen sits on small silicon.

Practically: a fixed desk station for legacy light duty; the carry axis is a warning, not a footnote.

Price and depreciation

No listing price is recorded for this configuration and no depreciation curve is modeled — there is no resale math to quote and no dollar projection to weigh.

Alternatives to consider

The Vostro 16 5635 in this batch is the rational big-body pick: a top-quarter 54 Wh battery behind a 16-inch-class screen at portability 39.7. The Latitude D800 is the other desk-bound heavyweight here (3.2 kg, portability 21.7) — between them, the 3700's case is the diagonal alone.

Bottom line

Fairly priced for the class, the Vostro 3700 is the diagonal-first desk machine: 17.3 inches of top-quarter screen on the batch's lowest portability score and a floor compute sheet — a stationary purchase, and honest about never moving.