Mid-sized Dothan Notebook Roundup: Dell, Gateway, and HP/Compaq
by Andrew Ku on September 30, 2004 1:09 AM EST- Posted in
- Laptops
Dell Latitude D600: Construction - Build, Appearance, Size
The Latitude D600 has been on the market for sometime now, though recently, it has undergone a slight refresh due to the Dothan introduction. Design-wise, it is basically the same D600 that we have known from the Banias platform.The D600 follows the scheme of other Dell notebooks with angled down speakers and a single securing clip in the center. The speaker quality is what we expect in a business notebook - pretty much average. We should note that this is not meant to function in a multimedia capacity.
Left side (left to right):
- PCMCIA slot
- SmartCard slot
- IR port
- Microphone port
- Headphone port
- Kensington lock port
Back side:
- 2 USB 2.0 ports
- S-video port
- modem jack
- Gigabit Ethernet port
- Parallel port
- VGA-out port
- Serial port
- Power port
- Exhaust vent
Right side:
- Kensington lock port
- Multibay
The D600 measures in at 12.4" x 10.1" x 1.2" and weighs in at about 5.3 lbs (with optical drive and 6-cell battery). It has a nice hard casing that is fairly resistant to scratching; though, make no mistake, it isn't scratch-proof.
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rowcroft - Thursday, September 30, 2004 - link
Great review- sad state of affairs when a 6 pound 1.4" thick laptop is considered mid-size though..... it's fine for machines that won't travel much but this trend of larger & thicker (read: Dell) is not for me.Rowcroft
manno - Thursday, September 30, 2004 - link
Where the are the rest of the benchmarks comparing it to the P4, and Athlon 64 mobiles out there? No superpi, run half-life in software mode, or pull out your old dusty copy of quake 2 for that matter. I want to know if I should get a a64 based laptop, or a P-M based one, it's a good review to be sure, but could use a little fleshing out.Abdulraheem - Tuesday, December 29, 2020 - link
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