Dell Latitude Notebook
Dell Latitude Notebook D500 Review:
Big enough to make presentations, but light enough to take on the road, the D505 gives budget notebooks a good name. Just because you're on a budget, doesn't mean you have to settle for a heavy, cumbersome notebook. Dell's entry-level D500 thin-and-light has a zippy 1.4GHz Pentium M processor, 128MB of RAM, a 20GB hard drive, and a basic CD-ROM drive. Its 14.1-inch display runs at XGA resolution on a 32MB ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 chipset. Even this budget configuration includes a modem, Ethernet, and 802.11b wireless.
If price is no object, three faster versions of the Pentium M are available, as are more memory, big hard drives, and both CD and DVD burners. The system's port compliment includes serial and parallel, as well as a pair of USB 2.0 ports. In addition to VGA output (external monitor), there's also an S-Video port. In all, this thin and light has something for everyone and represents an excellent entry-level value in terms of both performance and reliability.
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Dell Latitude Notebook D500 Features/Specifications
- Classification: Thin & Light
- Display: 14.1'' XGA (1024x768)
- Processor: Pentium M 1.4GHz
- RAM Memory: 128MB
- Hard Drive: 20GB
- Optical Drive: 24x CD-ROM
- Floppy Drive: No
- Media Card Slot: No
- Graphics: ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 32MB Shared
- Audio: Built-In Speakers
- Wireless: Wi-Fi 802.11b & Bluetooth Module 1.1
- Internet Connectivity: 56K Modem + 10/100 Ethernet
- Battery Life: 3 hrs.
- Operating System: Windows XP Home
- Weight: 5.5 lbs.
- Warranty: 1 Year
- I/O Ports
- (1) Fast Infrared (FIR)
- (1) Serial port
- (1) Parallel port
- (1) S-Video port
- (1) VGA connector
- (2) USB 2.0 ports
- (1) RJ-11 phone jack
- (1) RJ-45 standard Ethernet jack
- Microphone, Headphone line-out jacks