Dell Latitude E6400

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Reviews for the Dell Latitude E6400

80% Dell Latitude E6400
Source: PC Mag
The Dell Latitude D630 has had one of the most successful runs in business laptops, gracing the desks of countless professionals over the past two years. But at this point it's so long in the tooth that it lacks features as simple as a built-in media card reader—something that can be found on most business laptops today. The E6400 is a major upgrade from the previous D630. Dell has finally added an SD slot, has incorporated a trendier design, and continues to offer its wide selection of configurations and parts.
4 von 5, Mobilität exzellent, Display gut
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 11/03/2008
Rating: Total score: 80% display: 80% mobility: 95%

80% Dell Latitude E6400 review
Source: Techradar
The Dell Latitude E6400 may lack the style of some other laptops, but it's every bit as good. Excellent performance makes it an effective machine for power users, and you'll also find impressive quality and usability.
4 von 5, Verarbeitung gut, Leistung gut, Ausstattung gut
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 10/24/2008
Rating: Total score: 80% performance: 80% features: 80% workmanship: 80%

90% Dell Latitude E6400 14.1in Business Notebook
Source: Trusted Reviews
A powerful, flexible, sturdy and well designed portable all-rounder, the Dell Latitude E6400's design and functionality caters very well to the needs of a wide range of users, be they relatively undemanding users who want something practical and long lasting, to power users that need to multitask extensively while on the move. Throw in a pleasing but serious aesthetic design and it becomes very easy to recommend.
(von 10): 9, Preis 8, Leistung 9, Ausstattung 10
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 10/23/2008
Rating: Total score: 90% price: 80% performance: 90% features: 100%

Dell Latitude E6400 Review
Source: Notebookreview.com
The Dell Latitude E6400 is a great performer and a solid replacement for the Dell Latitude D630. It seems to be built well enough to be thrown around in day-to-day use, and it's clear that Dell is trying to improve the Latitude line and offer compelling features ... like 19-hour battery life. We really couldn't find any major reason to dislike the E6400, but there are a number of "minor annoyances" that could make some businesses look elsewhere. As we mentioned, although the E6400 proved to be quite durbale during our tests, the alloy chassis is thin in some locations which makes the notebook "feel" less durable than it actually is. We're certain the thinner alloy sections where used in order to keep weight as low as possible, but flex is something you don't want to see in a business notebook. Overall, corporate clients who are looking for the next generation of business notebooks from Dell have plenty of reasons to buy the E6400.
Mobilität sehr gut, Leistung gut, Emissionen gut, Verarbeitung mangelhaft
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 10/20/2008
Rating: performance: 80% mobility: 90% workmanship: 50% emissions: 80%

80% Dell Latitude E6400 14in business laptop
Source: Reg Hardware
With its angular black mittel-Europa executive styling - BMW rather than Lexus - the Latitude E6400 certainly looks the part of a serious business machine. It provides all the connectivity - network and peripheral - you could wish for and decent performance, all at a surprisingly middle-management price. An excellent machine - as long as you're not intimidated by the styling. It is the law.
80%, Preis gut, Leistung gut
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 10/03/2008
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 80% performance: 80%

83% Dell Latitude E6400
Source: PC Pro
We caught our first glimpse of Dell's new Latitude E-series when we came face to face with its semi-ruggedised E6400 ATG laptop. With a suitably burly build and plenty of carefully focussed business features, it was a promising debut for the range. Dell's latest business model is another superb outing for their recently released Latitude E-series. It's not cheap, though.
5 von 6, Preis schlecht
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 09/01/2008
Rating: Total score: 83% price: 40%

80% Dell Latitude E6400
Source: Laptop Mag
Priced at $1,463, the Dell Latitude E6400 is a durable and secure notebook that offers snappy performance and plenty of endurance. And thanks to Dell’s redesign, this is one sleek business notebook you’ll want to be seen carrying. Power users will want to upgrade to discrete graphics, and we wish the touchpad were bigger, but overall the E6400 is an very good choice.
4 von 5, Display mangelhaft
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 08/22/2008
Rating: Total score: 80% display: 50%

78% Dell Latitude E6400
Source: CNet
A total revamp of Dell's ubiquitous business laptop line, the Latitude E6400 offers Intel's latest Centrino 2 mobile platform and introduces a brushed-metal design that works at home or office, but the real highlight here is the long battery life.
(von 10): 7.8, Ausstattung 8, Leistung 7, Mobilität 9
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 08/21/2008
Rating: Total score: 78% performance: 70% features: 80% mobility: 90%

80% Dell Latitude E6400 ATG
Source: PC Pro
It wasn't so long ago that we clapped eyes and hands on Dell's newly-redesigned Vostro range of laptops, designed expressly for the needs of smaller businesses. Now comes the turn of its premium business range, and the launch of Dell's latest Latitude E-series. To celebrate the occasion, PC Pro has an exclusive first look at the 14.1in Latitude E6400 ATG. A fine debut for the new Latitude E-series family, with only the price remaining to be seen.
gut, Preis mangelhaft
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 08/01/2008
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 50%

Foreign Reviews

Centrino-2-Notebooks
Source: c't - 22/08
, Long, Date: 10/16/2008
Rating: performance: 80% features: 90% display: 80% mobility: 80% ergonomy: 90% emissions: 90%

82% Test: Dell Latitude E6400 (14,1-Zoll-Notebook)
Source: Chip.de
online available, Short, Date: 10/16/2008
Rating: Total score: 82% price: 88% performance: 69% features: 86% display: 80% mobility: 83% ergonomy: 88%

90% Dell Latitude E6400
Source: Notebookjournal
online available, Long, Date: 09/13/2008
Rating: Total score: 90% price: 70% performance: 70% features: 70% display: 70% mobility: 70% workmanship: 90% ergonomy: 70%

Dell Latitude E6400
Source: Notebookforum.at
online available, Medium, Date: 09/06/2008
Rating: features: 80% display: 90% workmanship: 80% emissions: 60%

Comment

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD: Onboard (shared Memory) GPU built in the GM45 chipset (Montevina). Because of two more shaders and a higher core clock, much faster than the old GMA X3100. Still not advisable for gamers (DirectX 10 games not playable or only with very low settings). The integrated video processor is able to help decode HD videos (AVC/VC-2/MPEG2) , e.g., for a fluent Blu-Ray playback with slow CPUs.

Lower end of Graphics Cards for users who want to play games. New games should run on these cards, but only with decreased details and mediocre resolution.

Intel Core 2 Duo: This is the Core Duo and Core Solo successor with a longer pipeline and 5-20% more speed without more power consumption. As an addition to the Core Duo design there exists a fourth decoder, an amplified SSE-unit and an additional arithmetical logical unit (ALU).

The Core 2 Duo for laptops is identical to the desktop Core 2 Duo processors but the notebook-processors work with lower voltages (0.95 to 1188 Volt) and a lower Frontside bus clock (1066 vs 667 MHz). The performance of equally clocked notebooks is 20-25% lower than Desktop PCs because of the lower Frontside bus clock and the slower hard disks.

P8400:
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.

14.1": 14 inch display size is a mixture between the small formats of subnotebooks and the 15 inch standard display.
The reason why so many people like displays with medium size is, that this size is not exhausting for the eyes, does not need too much current and the laptops can be kept quite compact.
>> To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.

2.32 kg: This notebook is lighter than the average of all notebooks. It is too heavy for sub-notebooks. 14 inch displays are normal for this class of weight.

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