Dell latitude D410 laptop

The D410 brings Intel’s  Centrino to the ultraportable space, being built around the 915GM chipset. With a Intel’s Pentium M 750 processor, running at 2GHz, accompanied by 512MB of RAM.
If you’ve spent much time using ultraportables like this Dell D410 , you’ll know that cramped keyboards are a common problem. However, a width of 277mm means the D410′s casing can fit a board of sufficient size for regular typing. The layout is sensible, with Control outside the Function key, and Delete at the top right making the keyboard comfortable to use.

The accurate trackpoint, supplied in addition to a touchpad, is nice to use, The touchpad is accurate and quick, but there’s no pressure-sensitivity setting in the Mouse Control Panel, resulting in some missed taps. But these are minor grumbles and easy to work around.

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The 12.1in TFT’s image quality is good, and the vertical viewing angle wide enough to give a degree of flexibility when placing the screen.
There are two USB ports at the back with gigabit Ethernet, modem and D-SUB ports. A Type I/II PC Card slot is on the right, along with a smart card reader Inside there’s 802.11b/g. The media docking station has parallel printer port, com ports and additional USB ports as well as houses the 8 x DVD-ROM drive and has a compartment for an additional battery

Dell’s Latitude D410 crams a lot of processing power into a lightweight box that’s still big enough to be used without difficulty.

Order the Dell D410 laptop for £179 from www.ukclearancecentre.co.uk

Specification

Manufacturer	Dell
Model Name	Latitude D410
CPU	Intel Pentium M750 2 GHz
Chipset manufacturer & model	Intel 915
System memory (quantity & type)	512MB 400MHz DDR2 SDRAM (2 x 256MB)
Hard disk size/interface & speed	40GB / UDMA100 / 5,400rpm
Optical drive	DVD (8 speed DVD, 24 speed CD)
Graphics card manufacturer & model	Mobile Intel 915GM Extreme Graphics
Graphics processor	Intel 915GMS Extreme Graphics
External ports	1 x D-Sub
Audio controller (manufacturer & model)	SigmaTel C-Major AC97
Additonal features (S/PDIF etc)	IrDa 1.1, 280-pin D/Dock port
Display	12.1 Inch TFT
Modem (manufacturer, model & speed)	56k V.90
Network card (manufacturer & speed)	Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit, Intel PRO/Wireless 220BG
PC Card slot(s) / Type	1 x Type II
USB 2.0 ports	4 x USB 2.0
Other ports	Headphone out, Microphone in
Operating system	Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Office package	Open office Word processor, spreadsheet, database, presentation and drawing packages
Software other	PDF reader, firefox web browser, Anti virus
Width x Depth x Height	278 x 238 x 31.9mm
Weight	1.72Kg (with 6-cell batt)
Dell MediaBase docking station	2 x USB 2.0, 1x parallel ports, 1x serial port, 1x PS/2, 56K modem, 1x Fast Ethernet, Headphone out Second battery slot for additional battery, Optical drive bay