Dell Latitude X1 Laptop
Dell Latitude X1 Reviews and information
The ultraportable Dell Latitude X1 laptop is a great-looking, feature-rich business notebook. The X1 laptop from Dell brings us a 2.5lb notebook with a widescreen display, reinforced LCD backscreen for durability, sealed anti-spill keyboard, Pentium M 733 1.1GHz Ultra-Low Voltage processor, built-in Wi-Fi + Bluetooth and SD card reader and more other stuff.
Dell Latitude X1 Specifications
- Intel Pentium M processor 733 (1.1GHz ULV) combined with the Intel 915GMS chipset
- 12.1-inch WXGA (1280 x 768) Super Bright display , TFT active matrix
- 256MB to 1.28GB of DDR2 400MHz shared SDRAM
- Choice of 30GB or 60GB hard drives
- Standard internal Intel PRO wireless 2200 802.11b/g and Dell Wireless Bluetooth 350
- Choice of optional external 8X DVD-ROM, 24X CD-RW/DVD combination and 8X DVD+/-RW optical drives, floppy disk drive, and 40GB second hard drive
- Integrated 10/100/1000 Gigabit5 Ethernet and 56K12 V92 modem
- Ports include: two USB 2.0, VGA, headphone and microphone, SD/Compact Flash cardreader, IEEE 1394 (FireWire)
- Optional 6-cell, 53WHr Smart Lithium Ion Battery
- Choice of Windows XP Home or Windows XP Professional Operating System
- Dimensions: 0.98-inch high, 11.26-inches wide, 7.7-inches deep; (25.0mm high, 286mm wide, 196.8mm deep)
You can read more about specifications at Dell Latitude X1 Ultraportable Laptop Released (pics, specs)
Dell Latitude X1 Reviews online
What are the specialists saying about this Dell laptop model? Let’s take a look at the reviews this laptop got.
One good review for Dell Latitude X1 notebook comes from Laptop Magazine:
“Think of it as a Latitude with attitude.” – I really liked this – ” At 2.5 pounds, the sleek, silver-colored Dell X1 laptop is the lightest in Dell’s business notebook line. In order to achieve its super-portable design, Dell skimps on one key feature, a PC Card slot, but this lighter-than-air laptop makes up for these shortcomings in enough areas to warrant the investment.
With a tiny footprint of 11.3 x 7.7 x 1 inches, the Dell Latitude X1 notebook is tailor-made for tight spaces, whether it’s a coach class seat or a crowded train or bus during your morning commute. The Dell Latitude X1 is far from fragile. Dell’s Shock Zone shock absorber protects the hard drive should your system take a tumble.
Despite the overall compact dimensions of the system, the widescreen display forces the base to be a bit wider than normal. This allows the system to offer a very comfortable, fairly spacious keyboard, which is sealed to protect against the occasional spill. We only wish the touchpad were a bit larger.”
Pros:
• Incredibly small and light
• Spacious keyboard
• Integrated Bluetooth
• TPM security chip
In the end: “Backed by Dell’s three-year parts and labor warranty with 24/7 toll-free tech support, Dell Latitude X1 ultraportable has a lot to offer. The Latitude X1 from Dell makes some sacrifices to fit into its tight frame and is a bit pricey at $2,229, but it’s worth considering for road warriors looking to travel lightly. ”
Cnet Reviews also features a Dell Latitude X1 review. The laptop gets 7 point (Very Good) rating: ” The new Latitude X1 packs the latest components and a wide-screen display into a thin, featherweight case…Sonoma architecture brings PCI Express to the Dell Latitude X1 notebook, though the notebook lacks an XPress card slot for future high-speed expansion; cards are not expected to show up until 2006, and we’re not convinced that this is a feature you’ll regret not having. Intel’s 915 integrated GPU, which can borrow up to 128MB of system memory, powers the wide-screen 12.1-inch WXGA screen; we found the screen big enough to show two or three data windows at once and even adequate for DVD viewing. The rest of the components are among the smallest and the most battery friendly available: a 1.1GHz ultra-low-voltage Pentium M processor; a big 60GB hard drive running at a slow 4,200rpm; and 512MB of 400MHz DDR memory. On the downside, none of these components is easily removable, so upgrades and component swaps will be difficult, if not impossible. Our $2,002 test unit, priced toward the high end of the Latitude X1 line, also featured a self-powered external CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive that connects to the laptop via a pair of USB 2.0 cords.”
and:
“The Dell Latitude X1 laptop squeezes everything a business user will need (except for an integrated optical drive) into a sleek, featherweight case.”
On PC Magazine the Dell Latitude X1 laptop was originally published as a preview and has recently been updated to incorporate the test unit, which has a different processor and hard drive, a new price, and test results.
“Like all Latitudes, the X1 offers more built-in security than the typical notebook, integrating the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) chip. The TPM is a hardware chip that sits on the motherboard and offers a safer means of storing your passwords than what Windows has. As the X1 doesn’t have a smart-card reader, and its design is different from the rest of the Latitudes, those docking solutions will not be compatible.
As far as ultraportables go, the X1 can compete with the best of them, even with its less-than-full-size keyboard. It will make for a worthy travel mate any time you’re on the road.”
From PC Magazine Dell Latitude X1 Review
