Dell Inspiron 6400

A dual core Notebook starting from 799 euro gibt’s not? It gives nevertheless. From the TV-advertisement well-known Dell Inspiron 6400. In the mobile middle class it addresses itself particularly to the achievement-hungry clientele, which spend neither too much nor with itself wants to drag too much. With net world you experience, what the small brother of the Inspiron has 9400 so everything drauf.

In the everything else as exciting Design in the house Dell changed not much: The simple silver and the white edges know net world readers both from the forerunner Inspiron 6000 and the larger 17-Zoll-Notebooks Inspiron 9300 and Inspiron 9400. To the most remarkable characteristics one chromfarbene row of buttons between the perforated loudspeaker openings, louvers on the left and on the right beside the keyboard as well as two round switch beside the lit status indication

Dell Inspiron 6400

* Display15,4 “, 1,680 x 1.050
* Processor Intel core duo T2300
* Arbeitsspeicher2x 512 MByte DDR2
* GrafikAti Mobility Radeon
X1400 128 MByte
* Festplatte80 gigabyte
* Netzwerk10/100-MBit-Ethernet,
Wireless LAN
* Characteristic memory card reader

In the available variant full 1,200 euro and 3.27 kilograms become from the minimum data of 799 euro and 2.8 kilograms. This weight joins smoothly the Riege of the heavyweighty Breitbild Notebooks with 15,4 tariff image plane. Also the S-4 m5500 von Alienware and Qosmio F20-161 von Toshiba brings similarly much on the balance. To the elevated equipment an Intel duo T2300 with 1.66 gigahertz, a gigabyte work and 80 gigabyte fixed disk as well as a Ati Mobility Radeon X1400 belong to core to play acceleration.

Who wants to see particularly much get, seizes to scarcely 75 euro the more expensive UltraSharp display with 1.680 x 1,050 instead of 1.280 x 800 pixels, which are used also with this test. Two further Klicks on the inch-long accessory list give a remote maintenance, a stronger Akku and a cover from Lederimitat to the Inspiron 6400. The Media center edition loads already 38 seconds after unpacking and operation of the switching on button from Windows XP for lot putting in.

Reflected

Actually reflecting screens, Relikte from the supremacy of the tube monitors, should belong long to the past. Where the Inspiron 6000 preceded still with good example and reflection-poor display, the successor Inspiron 6400 unfortunately falls a mode feature with more than doubtful use. This hides itself here behind the designation TrueLife and worsens the legibility with unfavorable beam of light considerably. But Dell is not the only Notebook manufacturer with mobile Schminkspiegeln. To the advantages of the Widescreen display for it clarity, stung sharpness and high plasticity belongs.