The good: Well-designed case; competent performance; decent battery life; includes all the ports and connections most business users need; swappable bay for optical drive; solid manageability and security software; standard three-year warranty; unlimited, toll-free tech support.

The bad: Somewhat expensive.

The bottom line: Incorporating a handful of minor improvements, Dell's trusty Latitude D610 thin-and-light is an all-around solid business laptop.

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By Stephanie Bruzzese
Mar 2, 2005

To take advantage of Intel's new Sonoma platform, Dell has given makeovers to the principal models in its lineup of Latitude business laptops. The revised thin-and-light of the bunch, the Dell Latitude D610, looks nearly indistinguishable from the Latitude D600 model that it replaces, but it features a handful of improvements and new components.

The Dell Latitude D610 sports a dark silver case.

Design
Designwise, there's a lot to like about the Latitude D610; it's a dead ringer for the no-nonsense Latitude D600. At 312 x 259.2 x 34.4mm, the Latitude D610's dark silver case is just a few tenths of an inch larger than the Latitude D600's; it weighs 2.45kg (2.86kg with its three-pronged AC adapter)--about average for its class. We like the sleek, silver case and the firm, full-size keyboard; still, we would have preferred the Delete key placed along an edge rather than floating between the F12 and the End keys. In addition to the modest, rectangular touch pad with its own set of larger mouse buttons, there's a handy pencil-eraser-looking pointing stick anchored in the middle of the keyboard (also with its own small mouse buttons), located directly below the spacebar. Though the laptop lacks many of the multimedia controls found on new laptops, there are external volume and mute buttons. New accoutrements include LED status lights that report when Wi-Fi and Bluetooth are activated, as well as case fortifications around the keyboard and the lid that minimize bowing, which can damage the display.

Design | Features | Performance and battery life | Service and support

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