Dell Latitude D600 LapTop :Review

Dell did a marvelous job redesigning its corporate thin-and-light notebooks, making the new Latitude D600 a wise choice for companies looking to upgrade their laptop fleets.

Review: The thin-and-light Latitude D600 series, based on the new Pentium M processor, marks the start of an ambitious new corporate look for Dell. Not only has the company redesigned all of its popular Latitude laptops, it has also reworked its docking stations, port replicators, and media modules. The notebooks carry the very latest components, including Pentium M processors and Intel's new 855 chipset. The D600 series isn't always a true-blue Centrino, but it can be. The company offers either the Centrino-completing Intel Pro wireless mini-PCI card, known as Calexico, or Dell Computer's own TrueMobile Wi-Fi mini-PCI cards.

Product Features and Technical Details

Product Features

• Dual-core processors allow your laptop to split tasks between two separate processor cores so that they can share the load
• Additional software installed such as spreadsheet and word document programs, online user's guide and more!
• 2048mb/2GB of memory will improve performance and help extend the useful life of your system as you run software applications
• Internal wireless card - This allows you to connect to any wireless hotspot
• Internal Network card - This allows you to connect to a High speed DSL / Cable internet modem

Processor, Memory, and Motherboard

• Hardware Platform: laptop
• Processor: 1.833 Intel Core Duo
• Number of Processors: 1
• RAM: 1024 MB
• RAM Type: DDR2 SDRAM

Operating System and Software

• Bundled Software: Office Professional Package (MS Office Compatible), Anti-Virus Software, Original Restore Media

Special Features

• 4 USB 2.0 compliant connectors
• Serial (DTE): (one) 9-pin connector; 16550-compatible,16-byte buffer
• Video: (one) 15-hole connector for VGA (video) out
• Infrared: one port compatible with IrDA Standards 1.1 (Fast IR) and 1.0 (Slow IR)
• Audio: microphone-in-jack; stereo headphones/speakers jack
• Docking: 280-pin connector for the Latitude D/Port-Family, Advanced Port Replicator, or D/Dock-Family Expansion station
• Modem: RJ-11 port (56K v.92 Modem)
• Ethernet LAN: RJ-45 port (10/100 Ethernet LAN)
• One (Type I or Type II PC card)
• Audio type/controller: AC97
• Stereo: 20-bit stereo-digital to analog and 18-bit stereo analog to digital
• 16-bit stereo sound integrated speakers
• Video type: 128-bit hardware accelerated Graphics
• Battery & AC Adapter Included

Hard Drive

• Size: 80 GB
• Type: Serial ATA

Cases and Expandability

• Weight: 12 pounds

Wireless

• Wireless Type: 802.11 A/B