Advertisement
Promo

Become a member of the ZDNet UK community

Mobile devices Toolkit

  • Email
  • Trackback
  • Clip Link
  • Print

Hi-Grade Ultinote M6400 review

7.5

Editors' Rating

Very Good

9.0

Members' Rating

Spectacular

Typical price:£ 1339

Verdict

Despite Intel's warnings about the use of desktop Pentium 4 chips in notebooks, Hi-Grade has designed a system that delivers very good performance and a good feature set with no apparent problems. As far as we can tell, this notebook looks excellent value for money... Read Full Review.

Pros

  • Very good performance
  • Good battery life
  • Reasonably priced.

Cons

  • Bulky and heavy for a two-spindle notebook
  • No built-in wireless networking
  • Only one PC Card slot.

Key Specs

Processor manufacturer: Intel
Processor model: Pentium 4
Clock speed: 1.8 GHz
RAM installed: 512 MB
Hard drive size: 40 GB
Graphics processor: ATI Mobility M6-M
Graphics RAM: 16 MB
Display diagonal size: 14.1 in
Dimensions (W x H x D): 31.3x3.8x26.3 cm
Weight: 3.35 kg
Operating system: Windows XP Home

Read full specs

Rate this product

Member Opinion

9.0

Average Member Rating

Spectacular

4 Members have reviewed this product

View Opinions by: Date Posted | Rating | Most Useful

Michael Gorham

Michael Gorham

Excellent reliability, robust & wear-resistant

Read more

10

Perfect


IAN RAFFILL

IAN RAFFILL

Heavy but very humble

Read more

9.5

Spectacular


ian raffill

ian raffill

a powerfull notebook tough and reliable

Read more

9.5

Spectacular


Anonymous

Anonymous

Good Desktop Replacer

Read more

7.0

Very Good


Read all the member opinions

Video icon

Video

Enterprise Smartphones Special Report Special Report

Nokia E63

Nokia E63

Review Although it's missing some features (chiefly HSDPA and GPS), Nokia's E63 is a well-thought-out, ergonomic and affordable smartphone.

More Special Reports

On The Road Blog

Small Business: Growing Your Small Bus...

Small Business: Growing Your Small Business Blog – Community Blogs! Author: Eric Everson As most people know, in addition to being a mobile gadget guru, I am also passionate about... More

Post a comment

Linux on Netbooks - with PICTURES!

As this is the holiday season, and things are slow, I have finally taken the time to follow up on some very good advice that Jake gave me, and learn to produce blog entries with pictures.... More

3 comments

Mobile Broadband on Linux, Revisited

It has been nearly a year since I last wrote about using Mobile Broadband on Linux. I have recently acquired a new Huawei USB dongle, so I think it is time to revisit the subject.... More

9 comments

Win a BlackBerry with Vlingo voice recognition

Win a BlackBerry with Vlingo voice recognition

What is ZDNet UK's usual tagline?

Competition closes - 14 Jan 2010

Discussions

schmidtpainting schmidtpainting

Satellites to the rescue

Thursday 31 December 2009, 10:24 PM

1 comment
Tezzer Tezzer

The cost of Freedom

Thursday 31 December 2009, 3:32 PM

3 comments
blackholesun blackholesun

Attack Site!

Thursday 31 December 2009, 3:14 PM

6 comments
ator1940 ator1940

The cost of Freedom

Thursday 31 December 2009, 3:06 PM

3 comments


Skip Sub Navigation Links to CNET Brand Links

Help

Become part of the ZDNet community.

Newsletters