Dell Precision M4400
Notebook Specifications
Notebook: Dell Precision M4400Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T9400
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA Quadro FX 770M 512 MB
Display: 15.4 inch, 16:10, 1440x900 pixels
Weight: 2.79kg
Price: 1450 euro
Links: Dell homepage Dell notebook section
Average Score: 89% - very good
Average of 2 scores (from 2 reviews)
mobility: 79%, workmanship: 90%, ergonomy: 87%, emissions: 85%
Reviews for the Dell Precision M4400
Foreign Reviews
88% Test Dell Precision M4400 Notebook
Source: Notebookcheck 
online available, Long, Date: 10/17/2008
Rating: Total score: 88% performance: 92% display: 89% mobility: 79% workmanship: 90% ergonomy: 87% emissions: 85%
90% Dell Precision M4400
Source: Notebookforum.at
online available, Short, Date: 10/13/2008
Rating: Total score: 90%
Comment
NVIDIA Quadro FX 770M: Professional graphics card with certified drivers for professional 3D applications and CAD with a significant improved OpenGL performance. The chip is based on the 9600M GT consumer cards.
These cards should be able to display all current games with fluent framerates but not all with high detail settings. Especially demanding games like Crysis, Age of Conan, or Mass Effect are only playable with lower settings. Less demanding (and older) games, like Fifa 08, Command & Conquer 3, or Battlefield 2142 can be played with higher detail levels.
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
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.
T9400:
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
15.4": 15 inch display-variants are the standard and are used for more than the half of all notebooks. 15.4 inch display with 16:10 are the standard for notebook displays.
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.
2.79 kg: This weight is average for notebooks. Therefore the numerous mass of laptops with 15 inch display fits in this class of weight.
Dell: Dell is one of the biggest international manufacturers according market shares and the number of notebook models, which are reviewed in German and English speaking countries. Some of these reviewed laptops achieve top positions according total rating and price/value relation.
89%: This is a good rating above average. Nevertheless you should not forget, that 10-15% of all notebook-models get a better rating.
>> Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.
