Talk:Dell Latitude

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This article was nominated for deletion on October 13, 2005. The result of the discussion was keep. An archived record of this discussion can be found here.

Robert 00:41, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] Gigabit11

What is "Gigabit11"? Searching the web for it reveals very few hits, most of which are at the Dell website and tip off that the bulk of this article was copied from the product spec page (typos and all) at, e.g., [1] .


probably in reference to Gigabit Ethernet

[edit] Discrete graphics cards?

An unregistered user (calling from IP address 66.188.93.152) has added comments:

They will also feature a move to nVidia based discrete graphics cards from the new Quadro NVS series GPUs. These GPUs will be based off of the consumer line geForce 7300/7400 Go serise.

The first sentence mentions "discrete graphics cards". This implies a separate PCB for the graphics card, which sounds a bit incredible for a laptop. I'd like to see a reference. The second sentence is not very well formed, and has a spelling mistake.

So I'm to take these two sentences out. I would discuss with the user who made the edits in the first place, but they didn't make it from a registered account, so it's a bit difficult to communicate.

Duckbill 14:58, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

I am no expert on laptop internals, but I know that they are commonly modularized in various ways. The hard drive and main memory are modules (though sometimes there used to be some built-in). I think the modem used to be a module sometimes. There is a new mini-PCI standard, that I think is used these days for wireless modules, that one would call a card. The same might well apply to the graphics function in some cases. On the other hand, I think in most cases the cpu chip is soldered in, and not something easy to replace even if you can figure out how to take everything apart without breaking it (and then get it all back together). 69.87.203.221 13:09, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

It's a perfectly common thing for a laptop that will have more than one GPU option to have a modular graphics card, but the cards are designed for and peculiar to each family of laptop chassis. They're not interchangeable between chassis, and rarely interchangeable between motherboards that use the same chassis. The C6xx series have modular graphics cards, located just underneath the power button (indeed, the power button and 'i button' switches are actually part of the GPU). It's possible to swap them over, although for most models exactly one type of card was ever produced. The c640, I think, had two different types, with the same GPU but different amounts of RAM. The C8xx series is the same, I think, and it is possible to simply drop the Quadro cards from the Precision C8xx into the Latitude C8xx. 80.168.239.204 (talk) 14:04, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

The Latitude series utilizes the Mini-PCI architecture for the wireless card and also has a modular video card. I own several (C- and D-series), and while disassembling for repair found the video adapter to be removable (simple press connector and 2 scres). This seems to be a common practice in modern laptops- I also have 2 IBM's with similar features.

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[edit] Improvements of the "Dx10" series over the "Dx00" series

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In early 2005, Dell refreshed the Latitude Dx00 series into the Dx10 series. The refresh included:

  • Two extra USB ports on the side, next to the module bay.[citation needed]
  • Stronger, more durable tri-metal chassis[citation needed]
  • D-dock is actually a USB device, and only has drivers for Windows beginning with Windows 2000 and currently XP.[citation needed]

Alexbrewer 23:09, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Unreferenced

This article remains substantially unreferenced, and more unreferenced material has been recently added. Will references be forthcoming for this new material, or should it just be removed in order to not make the articles' problems any worse? -- Mikeblas 12:21, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Latitude D600

The information on the D600 comes from the sources noted as well as looking at my D600. I apologize if I didn't list everything in the correct place or the correct column.

  • The CNET specs lists the video as 1024x768x24, but the review says it is also available in a 1400x1050 version (which mine is).
  • I didn't know what was meant by the "video type" column so I left it blank.
  • The CNET spec says it weighs 4.4 lbs but the review says 5.5. Is the difference the battery? Which one should be listed?
  • The CNET review says it comes with the Intel 2100 but mine has the Intel 2200 -- I'll guess they upgraded when the 2200 became available.
  • I mentioned the bluetooth support (because that's what I came looking for -- trying to figure out if I have bluetooth) but it's not mentioned in the other models so I don't know if I should have.
  • It also has a modem which I didn't mention because none of the other models did.

--Ishi Gustaedr 15:04, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image

I've noticed that the laptop pictured in the article is rather an old model and really isn't a proper representation of the Latitude series any longer. So I was wondering whether anyone minded if I replaced it with a picture of either a D610 or a D420?--Hazel77 13:04, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Dell Latitude XT Tablet PC?

Rumors of a new tablet Pc by dell have been confirmed at the Oracle OpenWorld. this should make a nice addition to the Latitude article, however, how and where to put it is still a question.

Should it be added under Specs for X model? user:mnw2000 14:34, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Dell Latitude C610

The video resolution of the C610 is wrong. The one i'm posting this on will only go up to 1024x768 on it's panel.

88.105.143.57 (talk) 16:01, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] What does "specially selected RAM" mean?

The phrase is used in the tech specs listed for the C500. What does it mean? 217.33.74.203 (talk) 11:29, 16 May 2008 (UTC)