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"Tough notebook, some flaws" on by parkhoon
Pros: Tough trimetal chasis, smart battery
Cons: bad memory performance, no dual channel support
Summary: I've been using this for about two months now. I ordered two 512 MB DDR2 533 MHz memory from crucial tech, thought it would run as Dual channel mode, but it didn't. Wonder why they built it like this. With internal graphics, the bandwidth of systems memory gets more important. I wish this supported dual channel mode. Also to add, it doesn't even run on 533 MHz mode for the memory. It only runs on 400 MHz mode. The bus speed is 533 MHz, but the Bus to Memory speed ratio is reduced, it runs as 400 MHz speed which sucks. I talked with Dell tech support for not supporting dual channel mode, and then they put up a note that D410 doesn't support dual channel mode. I regret buying this for those memory issues, and wouln't recommend this system. I would recommend D610 instead.
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I am sorry for providing you guys with wrong info about the 400 MHz memory speed. I found out today that it does oprate at 533 MHz, with real clock of 266 MHz. The problem was that the CPU-Z v1.28 program was not reading the values correctly. CPU-Z v1.30 reads the memory frequency correctly. -
"That's a Terrible Picture!" on by MaxSMoke
Pros: It's not that Big
Cons: It's not very Small
Summary: Why are the only photos of this laptop shown on it's Gi-Mormous Media Bay. It looks like a monster notebook from the early 90's on that mammoth thing. It's really not that big. If you look closely, you can just see the true edges of a much sleeker notebook tucked inside. I'd hope Cnet staff would make a note of this error and add some pictures of the ACTUAL laptop by itself. These images make that laptop look so large, it's laughable!
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"Great Value for money" on by Jetinder-Sira
Pros: Great looking 12.1 inch screen, small, light weight, good solid feel of quality and has a feel of class. Ram and hard drive are easy to upgrade. Wifi is fantastic as soon as D410 switches on it finds the nearest wifi hotspot to you.
Cons: Dell branded batteries VERY expensive, 3rd party ones good but most standard sized ones are only 11.1v 4400 mah and not 11.1v 4800 mah which Dell says the D410 needs. Extended range 7200 mah ones are great but have a 1 inch lip and look very ugly.
Summary: Originaly wanted a Samsung NC20 netbook (but in August 2009 that's still very expensive). Then on cnet and on other websites read a lot of reviews about the Dell D410 saw a 2nd hand Dell D410 + external Dell CD-RW drive on e-bay and bought it.
The laptop is brilliant, its light and small enough to carry around with one hand all day. Its well made, well designed and has a feel of quality and solidness.
I feel the 12.1 inch screen is better for the eyes than 8.9 inch or 10 inch screen.
Unlike most netbooks of today the D410 has a "square" 12.1 inch screen (which looks bigger than todays 12.1 inch "wide" screens.
D410 feels reliable and feels like it can go on forever. It does exactly what I want it to do.
Because it was originaly designed for business and corporate customers good 3rd party Batteries and other bits for it are pretty cheap. You can buy them online almost anywhere at decent non rip off prices.
Some D410s have very old batteries which work but the BIOS or Windows can't "see" and can't tell you how long the battery will last. This problem is easy to fix (just buy a new battery).
If you have any problems Dell have a forum where people can help.
Any one who wants a decent netbook should look at this first as its very similar in size and thickness to current netbooks. Has just as much or more computing power than current netbooks costing £100-£300 more than the D410
(Depending on usage) standard batteries can last up to 3 hrs on one charge, extended range 7200 mah ones can last 5 hrs or more on one charge.
Like other netbooks the D410 doesn't have a built in CD-RW/DVD drive but you can pick up 3rd party USB ones easily and cheaply on the net.
D410 takes the same software as current netbooks and PCs but due its age its cheaper than any similar spec netbook you can currently buy so is brilliant value for money.
It may not have all the toys bigger laptops have but if you want a basic laptop to carry around all day (with out your arms aching). If you want to surf the net, write letters/easys, e-mails, watch You tube, listen to MP3s etc and do general things any where in the world including the train or bus to work then this is perfect.
If I need another laptop I would definately buy another D410 I love it and I very highly recommended it. -
"Good size and performance, terrible keyboard" on by sinoslav
Pros: Processor speed, light weight
Cons: terrible keyboard, mediocre battery life
Summary: I've had my Latitude D410 for about three months now. I use it both as a desktop replacement and a mobile laptop. It's served my needs pretty well: the processor is terrific, and it has very good connectivity (4 USB ports!). The single biggest downside of the notebook is that its keyboard is terrible. I've previously owned a Dell Inspiron 5000 and a couple of IBM Thinkpads, both of which had good keyboards, but the Latitude's keyboard is far inferior. Particularly notable is that there are mouse buttons situated just under the space bar so whenever you use your thumb to hit space it slams into the fixed part of the mouse button. Basically, don't buy this notebook if you plan on using its keyboard for serious typing of any sort. Most of the time, I just plug in an external keyboard and monitor -- it's fine for that.
A couple of other notes -- I've had bad luck with this notebook's NIC, it doesn't work consistently. Battery life is so-so. And I wish that the computer had come with a 7200rpm hard drive option. -
"Compact, 4 pounds, Bright screen, Fast" on by ebou
Pros: Excellent design, Keyboard &Touch pad: perfect.
Cons: 9 cell battery: bulky. No serial port
Summary: Excellent design, compact and light, only 4 pound with 6-cell battery and no optical devices. My machine is fast with Intel M, 2.0,and 2 gig memory, operated by Windows XP-pro; The unit is also equiped with CD/DVD-RW (external). Fan is very quiet, but machine is running hot, after 3 hours. D410 is a top performer in the mobil group of under 4 pound of weight. 9-cell battery last very good, but I don't like its bulky design. I have to retire my 10-monh old D600, and replace it by D410. I really like it.
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