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 Dell Latitude D400 | |
| Manufacturer | Dell |
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| Product family | Latitude |
| Type | Laptop computer |
| Release date | July 2003 |
| Operating system | Windows 2000 Professional, English |
| CPU | Intel Centrino @ 1.7 GHz |
| Memory | 512 MB (DDR 266 MHz) |
| Storage | 40 GB IDE HDD |
| Display | 12.1 in (31 cm) 1024x768 |
| Graphics | Intel 82852/82855 GM/GME Graphics |
| Connectivity | 1 Dell D/Bay (Optical drive/USB 2.0 combo port), 1 USB 2.0, 1 FireWire, 2 Audio jacks, 1 VGA, 1 Serial port |
| Website | https://www.dell.com |
The Dell Latitude D400 is a powerful and affordable business-looking laptop of the early 2000s. It came with either a 1.3 GHz Intel Centrino or a 1.7 GHz Centrino processor.
Collection Specifics
I bought this laptop for around $30 sometime in early 2018 I believe on eBay. This is the first retro computer I ever bought. I made two YouTube videos of this laptop on my YouTube channel, though in the first video, I really didn't have any idea of what I was doing, yet somehow it's become one of my most viewed videos.
Operating System
This laptop originally shipped with Windows XP Professional. In my YouTube videos, I installed Windows XP on it as well; however, you may notice it's now running Windows 2000. This is because I don't have any other Windows 2000 devices, so I just decided to use this one as a Windows 2000 device since Dell has drivers for it and it actually performs better than XP.
Hardware
When I bought this laptop, it did not come with a hard drive, so it has one that I bought off of eBay, otherwise everything else should be original. It also didn't come with an optical drive originally, so I also had to obtain one myself.