The Dell company is one of the most popular and recognized computer manufacturing companies in the world today. It is an American company located in Round Rock, Texas. The company was started by Michael Dell.
As you can see from the link above, Mr. Dell had a net worth of $20 billion dollars before the age of 40. So, I would say that the Dell computer company has done very well, obviously.
As you can see on the panel on the left side of this page, Dell produces so many models of laptop computers that it is hard to keep up with. I don't know how they do it. It's simply amazing. The Dell Latitude D-series laptops are among the most popular and most bought notebooks in the world!
As well as their Dell Inspiron laptop models, which come in all kinds of different colors.
Dell Latitude D400 The Dell Latitude D-Series laptop is a great little notebook. Recently I picked one up on eBay at a great price.
The one I purchased is a Dell Latitude D400 model. If you are thinking about buying one, let me tell you a little bit about it.
First off, It was produced in 2004 so it's an older Latitude model. The operating system that I have on my Dell notebook is Windows XP and that was a must for me. I have a Toshiba notebook that I bought brand new back in 2007 that has Windows Vista on it. I, like many other people, do not care for Windows Vista at all.
Anyway, back to this Dell Latitude that I got. I purchased it off eBay with no operating system installed. That's how I found such a good deal on it. After I received it, I installed a fresh copy of Windows XP myself. And it has worked like a charm ever since.
Below is the hardware and devices that are installed on this Dell Latitude D400 laptop.
Processor info: 1.40 gigahertz Intel Pentium M, 64 kilobyte primary memory cache and 1024 kilobyte secondary memory cache.
Drives: 40.01 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity, 40.01 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity with 31.96 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space.
System Model: Dell Computer Corporation Latitude D400, Enclosure Type: Portable.
Main Circuit Board: Board: Dell Computer Corporation 0W0328, Bus Clock: 133 megahertz, and BIOS: Dell Computer Corporation A08 06/28/2005.
Memory Modules: 1280 Megabytes Installed Memory.
Local Drive Volumes: c: (NTFS on drive 0), 40.01 GB, 31.96 GB free.
Display: Intel(R) 82852/82855 GM/GME Graphics Controller [Display adapter] (2x) Seiko Epson [Monitor].
Multimedia: SigmaTel C-Major Audio.
Controllers: Intel(R) 82801DBM Ultra ATA Storage Controller - 24CA, Primary IDE Channel [Controller] and Secondary IDE Channel [Controller].
Bus Adapters: Intel(R) 82801DB/DBM USB Universal Host Controller - 24C2, Intel(R) 82801DB/DBM USB Universal Host Controller - 24C4, Intel(R) 82801DB/DBM USB Universal Host Controller - 24C7 and Intel(R) 82801DB/DBM USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 24CD.
Communications: Conexant D480 MDC V.9x Modem, 1394 Net Adapter and Broadcom 570x Gigabit Integrated Controller.
Other Devices: Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller, Microsoft AC Adapter, Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery, Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard, Alps Touch Pad [Mouse], Logitech USB Wheel Mouse, Texas Instruments UltraMedia GemCore based smartcard interface and USB Root Hub (4x).
The above information was provided by Belarc. Belarc is a cool free download that scans your computer and it let's you know all of the hardware and devices that are installed on your machine.
Below is a video that I made of my Dell Latitude D400 on YouTube.
Now this D400 model is just one of so many quality laptops that Dell produces. It is sometimes hard to decide which laptop is best for you.
Well, it all depends on how you will use your laptop. If you are just surfing the net most of the time, then you won't need as much power or memory installed on your notebook. But if you do a lot of social networking, or conduct business online, then you will probably need Dell's more powerful laptops.
I mainly use this D400 model to just surf the net, visit message boards, YouTube, and eBay. So this Latitude is perfect for what I do online.
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