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Dell Latitude C840 review

7.5

Editors' Rating

Very Good

8.3

Members' Rating

Excellent

Typical price:£ 2160

Verdict

It won’t win any design awards and isn’t cheap, but Dell’s business-orientated Mobile Pentium 4 notebook is well specified and a solid performer... Read Full Review.

Pros

  • Good performance
  • Integrated 802.11b wireless networking
  • Large 15in. screen.

Cons

  • Bulky and heavy
  • Lacks aesthetic appeal
  • Expensive.

Key Specs

Processor manufacturer: Intel
Processor model: Pentium 4 Processor-M
Clock speed: 1.6 GHz
RAM installed: 256 MB
Wireless LAN: 802.11b Mini-PCI card
Hard drive size: 20 GB
Graphics processor: nVidia GeForce4 440 Go
Graphics RAM: 64 MB
Display diagonal size: 15 in
Dimensions (W x H x D): 33.1x4.45x27.6 cm
Weight: 3.61 kg
Operating system: Windows XP Professional

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Member Opinion

8.3

Average Member Rating

Excellent

3 Members have reviewed this product

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Avinash vins

Avinash vins

one outstanding product this is...

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9.0

Spectacular


Anonymous

Anonymous

Very good, but quite heavy to carry around a university

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8.0

Excellent


Anonymous

Anonymous

Good performance, but a little bulky

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8.0

Excellent


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Put simply, what is the compelling reason to pay ~$200 extra for an Eee with Windows XP? A Windows Eee won't come with any useful applications and you'll have to buy anti-virus software to boot. The truth about low cost computing is that nobody really cares whether the machine is running Windows or Linux as long as its cheap, its easy to use and it works.

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