• Freeman@lemmy.pub
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    1 year ago

    Those Dell D series latitudes were ahead of their time in build quality. Especially when compared to what came later.

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      1 year ago

      And you could upgrade them too. Back when socketed CPUs existed on laptops along with expansion slots, and batteries were removable with a thumb latch (and most laptops could run on the power adapter without the battery being installed, which prevented trickle charging related battery degradation, perfect for a “desktop replacement” that would spend a lot of its time hooked up to power before that category of laptops even really existed). Good times.

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        They even had a super compact version. Something like a d400. Was awesome for datacenter/console work. Had a serial port, vga and was like 12.3 inches and only a few pounds despite being stout.

        I think I used a d6xx for a while longer than I should have just because of that serial port and how bad usb to serial adapters were back then.

        Unfortunately the d420 had a slower processor and would struggle as a desktop replacement.