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If lugging around a suitcase comprising your inch thin LCD screen and an ultra thin CPU tower for computing on the move is termed as a portable computer, it's high time Oxford coined a new term. With a bevy of laptops or notebooks out there trying to make their mark, getting your hands on the one that can really suffice your needs is as complex as searching the matrimonial section. Yet today we try to judge whether the Dell Latitude D410 can be that faithful partner, on-the-move that is.

The Dell latitude we received for review packed an Intel Pentium M 760 Processor (2.00 GHz w/533MHz FSB) based on the 915 GM chipset with 512 Megs of 533 MHz DDR2 RAM. The 915 chipset is sufficient for the casual gamer to run a few titles available right now. Of course, you can't expect the chipset to run DOOM 3, but you can go ahead and run Half-Life 2 (mind it low quality, everything). More on performance rags later.

The laptop weighs 1.72 kg and is pretty small in dimensions - 9.4 inches in depth, 11 inches in width and 1.25 inches thick. Thick? Yes, it does appear that way perhaps because of its relatively smaller foot print. Aren't latest laptops supposed to be lean mean, walk-on-ramp machines? The D410 isn't technically one. For starters, it doesn't feature any integrated optical drive. And only a 12-inch XGA display. Well, isn't something that small supposed to be featherweight?