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ZDNet has a review of the Dell Latitude C840.
The Latitude C840 got down to business in our labs' benchmark tests. Equipped with 256MB of DDR SDRAM; a smoking 64MB Nvidia GeForce4 440 Go graphics chip; a 40GB, 4,200rpm hard drive; and Windows XP Pro, the notebook posted an overall SysMark score that tied with the 1.7GHz P4-M-based Gateway 600XL's and finished a hair ahead of the Toshiba Satellite 5105-S607's, even though both competitors carried double the Dell's RAM. Battery life was good; the C840's powerful, 14.8V/3.9Ah lithium-ion battery held out for 162 minutes in our drain tests, 75 minutes longer than the Toshiba's weaker 10.8V/3.6Ah cell and 7 minutes behind the Gateway 600XL's 11.1V/5.7Ah battery. The P4-M's ability to knock its power consumption down from 1.3V to 1V during less battery-hungry periods undoubtedly helped.
ZDNet has a review of the Dell Latitude C840.
The Latitude C840 got down to business in our labs' benchmark tests. Equipped with 256MB of DDR SDRAM; a smoking 64MB Nvidia GeForce4 440 Go graphics chip; a 40GB, 4,200rpm hard drive; and Windows XP Pro, the notebook posted an overall SysMark score that tied with the 1.7GHz P4-M-based Gateway 600XL's and finished a hair ahead of the Toshiba Satellite 5105-S607's, even though both competitors carried double the Dell's RAM. Battery life was good; the C840's powerful, 14.8V/3.9Ah lithium-ion battery held out for 162 minutes in our drain tests, 75 minutes longer than the Toshiba's weaker 10.8V/3.6Ah cell and 7 minutes behind the Gateway 600XL's 11.1V/5.7Ah battery. The P4-M's ability to knock its power consumption down from 1.3V to 1V during less battery-hungry periods undoubtedly helped.