Dell Latitude C640
Like the IBM T30, the Dell Latitude C640 has been floating about for some time now.
It hasn’t changed at all since we last saw it at the end of last year. It’s still charcoal black, even the standard and function keys are this colour. Dell has also continued to offer both a track point and glide pad.
On the back you will find the most common legacy connectors but it fails to deliver more than one USB connector. It doesn’t feature FireWire, Wi-Fi, or Bluetooth and the optical drive is only a DVD/CD drive while the other manufacturers went one step better by offering at least a DVD/CD-RW drive.
The Dell was the fastest notebook we tested in the December issue. It however hasn’t taken very long to make it the slowest this time around. Despite this, it’s still very fast in both 2D and 3D. You can expect the battery to last almost three hours, which is also very good.
The Dell isn’t a bad notebook but we must say that most of the leading manufacturers have surpassed this model in more ways than one.
| Product: | Dell Latitude C640 |
| Price: | AU$4,295 |
| Vendor: | Dell Computer |
| Phone: | 13 33 55 |
| Web: | www.dell.com.au |
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| Interoperability: |
No FireWire port; only one USB port. |
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| Futureproofing: |
20GB hard drive is a little small. |
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| ROI: |
Light on features. |
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| Service: |
3-year onsite warranty; next business day. |
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| Rating: |
½ |
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