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Pros

  • Very fast
  • Well designed

Cons

  • Very expensive
  • No touchpad

At A Glance

Strong performance, battery life, and keyboard make this expensive business notebook a winner.

The Specs

Pricing
Part Number 17044DU
Inventory Number 25002
UPC Code 00882861261208
Processor
Processor type Intel Core Duo L2400
Processor speed 1660.0 MHz
Memory
Memory size 500.0 MB
Memory type DDR2 SDRAM
Memory speed 667.0 MHz
Display
Display size 12.1 inches
Resolution 1024 x 768 pixels
Vertical Resolution 768
External Monitor Interface Integrated
Graphics
Graphics Type Integrated
Primary Graphics Chipset Intel 945GM
Storage
Drive size 80.0 GB
Floppy Drive No
Other storage SD Card
Battery
Battery Type Lithium ion
Vendor Rated Battery life 821.0 hours
Standard Number of Batteries 1
Number of Included Batteries 1
Ports and Connections
Microphone input Yes
Available Interfaces
  • Mini PCI Port
  • Infrared
  • Audio - Microphone In (1/8" Mini)
  • USB - Universal Serial Bus Port (x3)
  • Audio - Headphone Out (1/8" Mini)
  • FireWire Port
Ethernet Type 10/100/1000 Mbps
Firewire 1
Headphone Jack Yes
Wireless connection 802.11 a/b/g
Bluetooth Yes
Slots SD Card
PC Card Slots 1
Dimensions
Width 10.6 inches
Depth 9.4 inches
Height 1.5 inches
Weight with Accessories 6.1 pounds
Weight 6.1 pounds
Sound
Speakers Mono
Storage Media
SD card Yes
Included Software
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Other Features
Docking Station Port Yes
Devices Docking Station
Input devices Eraserhead
Pointing Device Eraserhead
Other Hardware X6 docking station
Hardware List optical drive
Case
Multipurpose Bay
  • stereo speakers
  • microphone port
  • (4) USB 2.0
  • parallel port
  • modem port
  • network port
  • VGA port
  • serial port
  • headphone jack

Performance

Battery
Battery Life (Office Applications) 8:21  (hh:mm)
Multitasking
World Bench 6 Multitasking 536
Gaming
Far Cry, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit 8.97  Frames per second (higher is better)
Doom 3, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit 6.03  Frames per second (higher is better)
Performance
World Bench 5 Score 83
World Bench 5 Rating Very Good
Number of Included Batteries 1
Mozilla 450
ACD Systems ACDSee 786
Discreet 3ds Max OpenGL 675
Adobe Photoshop 371
Discreet 3ds Max DirectX 441
Windows Media Encoder 364
Ahead Nero 1026
Musicmatch Jukebox 601
Adobe Premiere 569
Roxio VideoWave 308
WinZip 531
Microsoft Office XP 575

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