Dell Inspiron 9400 Specifications

By Justin Jaffe, CNET.com on 29/03/2006

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The good:

  • Excellent overall performance and competent gaming performance
    Complete set of multimedia controls and connections
    Quality speakers
    Runs Windows XP Media Center
    Features double-layer DVD burner

The bad:

  • Lacks integrated TV tuner, though a PC Card tuner is available

The bottomline:

The Dell Inspiron 9400 packs a solid set of multimedia features, and when configured with Intel's Core Duo processor, it has enough power to speed through virtually any task, from editing video to playing games.

Users' rating:

8.9/10

Battery

  • Battery type included
  • Lithium-ion

Connectivity

  • Network interface
  • 10/100/1000 LAN, Bluetooth, 802.11b, 802.11g
  • Dialup modem
  • Yes
  • USB ports
  • 6
  • Firewire ports
  • 1
  • Firewire type
  • 400
  • VGA
  • Yes
  • HDMI
  • No

Display

  • Natural resolution (max)
  • 1440 x 900 pixels
  • Diagonal screen size
  • 17 inch

Drives

  • Primary hard drive
  • 100 GB
  • Optical drive
  • DVD-RW

General

  • Dimensions (H x W x D)
  • 394 x 287 x 40.64 mm
  • Weight
  • 3.49 kg
  • Laptop type
  • Midweight

Graphics

  • Amt of video RAM
  • 256 MB
  • Graphics hardware
  • GeForce Go 7800

Memory

  • Amt of RAM
  • 1GB
  • RAM type
  • DDR2-533

Other

  • Motherboard chipset
  • Intel 945PM

Processor

  • Processor type
  • Intel Core Duo
  • Processor speed
  • 2.16 GHz

Software

  • Operating system
  • Windows XP Home

Sound

  • Embedded stereo speakers
  • Yes
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