Remanufactured Dell Latitude C610 Notebook (1.2Ghz Pentium III, 256MB RAM, 20GB Hard Drive, CD/DVD) | 
| Brand: Destination Software
List Price: $1,750.00
Buy Refurbished: $349.00
You Save: $1401.00 (80%)
Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 1643
Hardware Type: Notebook Computer
Platform: Windows 2000
Media: Personal Computers
CPU Manufacturer: Dell
CPU Speed: 1.2
CPU Type: Intel Pentium III
Processors: 1
System Memory: 128
Memory Type: SDRAM
Battery Type: Lithium Ion
Hard Drive Size: 20
Graphics Card: ATI Radeon Mobility
Graphics RAM: 16
Native Resolution: 1024-by-768
Modem: 56 Kbps
Network Interface: 10-/100-Mbps Ethernet
Free Memory Slots: 2
Includes Software: Windows 2000
Shipping Weight (lbs): 10.2
Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 12.5 x 1.5
Model: Latitude C610
UPC: 835942000012
EAN: 0835942000012
ASIN: B000ACAWW4
Availability: Usually ships in 4-5 business days
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| Features:
| • | Remanufactured notebook PC with 1.2 GHz Intel Pentium III processor | | • | 20 GB hard drvie, 256 MB installed RAM (1 GB maximum) | | • | One USB 1.1 port, one S-Video, one VGA, one serial, one parallel, dual PCMCIA card slot (for two Type I/II or one Type III)) | | • | 10/100 Ethernet, 56K modem, DVD/CD-ROM drive | | • | Windows 2000 Professional |
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Amazon.com Product Description
Built with the mobile business traveller in mind, this remanufactured Dell Latitude C610 notebook PC is a great choice for the budget-minded road warriors who need quick access to important spreadsheets and word processing documents. Weighing just 5.73 pounds, the C610 features a 14.1-inch LCD screen, 20 GB hard drive, 256 MB of installed RAM (with a maximum of 1 GB of RAM), a 1.2 GHz Pentium III processor, and Windows 2000 Professional operating system. You'll get up to four hours of battery life on one charge, and you'll be able to show presentations through either the VGA monitor connection or S-Video port (which can connect directly to a TV). It comes with a DVD/CD-ROM drive featuring 24x read speed for CDs and 8x for DVDs that can be swapped out for the included floppy drive. Other features include: - 1 USB 1.1 port for connecting to PDAs, MP3 players, printers, and more
- Serial and Parallel connections for connecting to peripherals
- PS/2 connection for external keyboard or mouse
- 10/100 Ethernet and 56 Kbps modem ports
- 2 PC card slots compatible with two Type I and Type II cards, or one Type III card
- It measures 12.6 by 1.46 x 10 inches
- 2 memory slots; 1 available
What's in the Box
Dell Latitude C610, rechargable battery, AC adapter, power cord, printed instructions
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 Something Wonderful November 6, 2005
Sigrid Peterson (Philadelphia, PA USA)
9 out of 12 found this review helpful
"But now and then he'll do something wonderful!" is a lyric from a love song in The King and I, musical and movie. A computer is rarely beloved; I have had a number of painful experiences with computers, over the last twenty years. I've felt betrayed, and fooled, and of course puzzled and baffled and hurt. That is not the case with the Dell Latitude C610, which I purchased refurbished in June 2004. Since then, Dantigone--ok, so he's actually a she for the purpose of network names--has been an amazing find. First of all, it comes with the Windows 2000 Professional Operating System. Immediately before that I was using a Compaq computer that was a good machine, but was running Windows ME, which locked up about 4 times a day, and had to be restarted. I restart Windows 2000 fairly often, between installing stuff and reconfiguring this or that, but when I do, it's on my terms, not because the computer has locked up. Second, and most valuable to me, the problems I've had with this computer have all been solvable, and when they are solved it's "something wonderful."
For a year and a half, now, I have been running the Latitude almost non-stop. I've traveled from Philadelphia to Leiden in the Netherlands with Dantigone in tow; took it along for hour-long bus rides three times a week for a semester, with a few hard bumps along the way; had it brought to me in the hospital last spring, and read several books in e-book format while I was there; and generally operated it 14 hours a day, with virus scanning, backup, spyware scanning, and other automated utilities running overnight.
It runs hot. As something of a correction to that, I have a wrist rest under the back three inches of the keyboard at all times. It's only a machine; it won't last forever, though I treat it as if I expect that. This past week, the display suddenly for no apparent reason turned a disturbing aqua, instead of white, and everything gray was tinged with pink. I thought it had died; a new or refurbished screen would cost almost as much as a new/refurbished C610. Yet the computer part was fine, I could work in MS Word if I picked the blue screen option, and I could attach an external monitor for working on the web. And then I packed it up to take to work, jostled it a little, then set it up at work, all without turning it off, just running on the battery. And something wonderful happened once more; the white whites and gray grays were back!
I give the C610 five stars for constancy, and the occasional wonderful surprise. I'm glad Amazon has some of them to sell right now.
 Latitude c600/c610 series are rock-solid January 10, 2006
Beechaka (Cranberry Township, PA United States)
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
Ok, the price may seem a bit on the high side here. But let me give the insight of a person who has had the Latitude c600 series, Inspiron 5150, Latitude D810, and Inspiron 9300-- the c600 is a tough computer, reliable, and (memory allowing) powerful. For this price, you could do much worse.
You can go to Dell.com and get a new Inspiron for much less than a new Latitude. However Inspiron does not use as rugged and tested parts as what goes into the Latitude series. My Inspiron 5150 was a piece of junk, however my Inspiron 9300 is wonderful. These inconsistencies are based on the lower testing and durability requirements of the Inspiron line; you never know what you are going to get.
To get back to the Latitude, especially the C600/610 -- historically speaking for me, this computer has performed the best, under the toughest circumstances, for the longest amount of time with minimal problems. I did have a keyboard replaced, and I bumped up the memory to 512mb, but this is one solid computer. Of course, bear in mind that this computer series is a few years old. Decide for yourself if it is worth the price, but if you don't need the latest processor and you want something reliable, this one can't be beat within Dell's stable.
Good machine - highly rated by Industry review sites December 12, 2005
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5 out of 8 found this review helpful
I purchased one like this at another site at the same time my daughter purchased a new Inspirion 600M in Fall 2005. She paid about $1800 [including about $300 for maximum warranty]. 80 gig hdd, Combo DVD Rom/CD +/- R/W, 512 megs memory, 56k modem, 10/100, 32 meg ATI AGP video card, legacy ports, XP Pro, wireless, extra battery, plus some other minor adds. CPU is Celeron at 1.6 mhz or so. No carrying case, no floppy. Price did not include any 'extra' software other than that installed on base model.
Mine: PIII at 1.2 Ghz, 'M' cpu that offers step down to 800 mhz when on batteries, 30 gig hdd, 512 megs memory, legacy ports,1 usb is 1.1, 2 PCMIA slots, 56k modem, 10/100 ethernet, 16 meg ATI Radeon Mobility AGP video card, AC power adapter, 'new' leather carrying case, floppy drive and cable, Combo DVD Rom/ CD +/-RW. Plus it still had 120 days on an extended warranty. Though it came with a 'bare' HDD - no O/S. But that is what I preferred. I booted from a boot floppy and fdisked the drive, formated it and installed Windows 2000 Pro. I then went to the Dell site and dowloaded and installed the necessary Drivers.
I had absolutely no problems with the o/s install and the install of the drivers. Plus I flashed the bios to the newest version.
I already had an old Dell Latitude CP 233mhz that went bad, but the battery from it is a match to the one I bought + the AC power supply is compatible. Plus I already had a 56k PCMIA X-Jack modem, Linksys PCMIA 10/100 Ethernet card and a Netgear WG511 54 Mbps wireless PCMIA card that I had used on the now defunct CP 233. I also had a wireless router. I did buy from another vendor an additonal battery [now have 3, can use 2 at a time, though have to give up a slot for the Floppy or the DVD Combo. And I bought another 56k PCMIA modem that has more features.
I did have problems with the installed modem, which is a PCTELL and for some reason the one stick of 512 memory went south. It took me about 25 minutes on the phone with Dell support, to have them ship to me a new stick. I received it the next day. And have had no problems since. I was lucky that I got a tech at Dell who knew his stuff. Plus I had already run Industry Standard Diagnostics software to test the memory.
Battery life in my opinion is excellent - about 5hrs with the two 3800mAH batteries installed - surfing, MS Office applications, music, Windows Media Player running at same time. Weight is good.
Running Sisoft Sandra on her machine and on my machine gives results almost equally the same for both machines.
And running other benchmarking programs give about the same results. Battery life for both machines seems to be about the same, but it seems that hers is somewhat better.
Of course my C610 is used and now out of warranty and hers still has about 3 years to go. Hers is newer and sometimes newer is better, but at the time I was on a limited budget, she was not.
I have done a number of tweaks to get more performance out of mine, though I have done none to hers so not to void her warranty. The only tweak I have done is to a registry setting that maximizes the O/S to increase download speeds on Broadband.
With the base price of the machine and the other purchases my cost was 26 - 27 % of her $1800. I forgot, I already had an extra unused, legal license for Windows 2000 Pro + for the other software I have used freeware and open source software.
Anyway that is my $.02. I was pleasantly supprised at the performance and features equalness between her machine and my refurbished [done by Dell - who then transferred it to a 3rd party] machine!
here is why you buy this instead of a new inspiron December 22, 2005
C. Bersch (usa)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I've owned "new" inspirons that I paid twice as much as for this latitude..Hands down the Latitude is simply a better machine even if it it reconditioned. The latitude is more consistent, sturdier and holds power longer. I was so disappointed by my inspiron that I don't think I would ever buy another one. As far as I am concerned, Dell is lucky that I would buy any product. But the latitude is as good a product as the inspiron is bad. Go figure.
Simply one of the best laptops ever made September 8, 2006
Mick Mitchell
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have owned my C610 for two years. I bought it used. I own a web hosting business. Needless to say, I am ALWAYS online (in the car, in road side rest areas, airports, home, office, etc) and I am contantly using the C610 to program and test. I highly recommend this laptop to anyone who is involved in mission critical computing situations. Also the LED screen has sharp, vivid color. Easy on the eyes.
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