First impressions of Dell's 19-hour laptop

The US computer company has just detonated a 'blockbuster' laptop with the Latitude E6400 line with the ability to run almost every day without recharging the battery.

If the laptop is an extremely necessary device for business people, the battery life is the most demanding requirement when people working everywhere are looking to buy a laptop. Dell's breakthrough with the Latitude E6400 brings business people a comfortable way to work, without worrying users about missing the battery while working.

Strengths

It seems that Dell understands the user is not so boring with the silver, the Latitude E6400 is wearing a 'black', red and dark red 'shirt'. As with previous models, the E6400 is made of magnesium alloy to reduce weight, but increases durability. What is impressive is that Dell has outlined the 'vulnerable' areas (Strikezones) to increase protection against falling laptop.

The Latitude E6400 has a 14.1-inch screen, has a resolution of 1,280 x 800 pixels - can be upgraded to a screen with LED backlight with a resolution of 1,440 x 900 pixels showing brighter, sharper images.

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Use a laptop for almost 1 day without charging

The E6400 is equipped with Intel's latest Centrino 2 platform, integrated Intel GMA 4500HD chipset. Users can upgrade with Nvidia Quadro NVS 160M1 dedicated graphics card with 256MB of video RAM.

This new series of laptops for the most time of use has many options. In addition to Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity, users can choose HSDPA, Ultra-Wideband and GPS receiver. Hard drives can also be replaced by 64GB SSD disks, with faster download speeds, less power consumption and more durable than traditional hard drives.

While rival Lenovo from China has designed LED-integrated keyboards for users to use in the dark, Dell has created a blacklight keyboard - the first to appear in high-end laptops. for personal users.

In terms of security, Dell has a fingerprint sensor, TPM chip and both a SmartCard card slot and even supports a wireless SmartCard card. The special thing is, the E6400 also uses ControlVault technology to enhance security. Like the TPM chip, ControlVault stores sensitive encryption keys in hardware. While the TPM chip requires users to install the software to use, ControlVault saves the program always in the BIOS. Therefore, attacks on the system will not affect ControlVault's security capabilities.

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Keyboard with backlight lamp illuminates when working in dark night

Dell's Latitude E6400 can run 10 hours at a time on a 9-cell battery charge, and the extra battery comes with a maximum of 9 hours of battery life.

Weakness

Although this is not an entertainment laptop, in fact, we all want to have a Blu-ray player to store 50GB of songs and movies. Fortunately, Dell has reserved space for later users to upgrade.

Summary: With a selling price of about $ 1,652 (in Asia), the Latitude E6400 is really soft, affordable for business people.