Dell Latitude C640
The Dell Latitude C640 was one of the sexier looking notebooks. It's all charcoal black, even the keys, and Dell is great for those users who can't decide whether they prefer a track point or glide pad, because it offers both. IBM has also recently started doing this.
The Dell offers a good selection of connectors, but was also missing some. It doesn't have a FireWire port and only has a single USB port. However, it offers two PC card slots and a PS/2 port, which all the other notebook vendors have dumped.
In our tests, the Dell was the fastest notebook by far. Dell has packaged this notebook quite well by combining a fast 2.0GHz Pentium 4 processor, along with a 32MB ATI graphics accelerator, and 4200RPM Hitachi hard disk drive, which proved to be a winning combination.
| Product: | Dell Latitude C640 |
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| Price: | AU$4295 |
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| Vendor: | Dell |
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| Phone: | 1300 303 126 |
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| Web: | www.dell.com.au |
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| Interoperability: |
½No FireWire port. |
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| Futureproofing: |
20GB hard disk a little small. |
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| ROI: |
Fastest notebook by far, good value for money. |
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| Service: |
½3-year next business day warranty. |
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