Dell E5500 Laptop User Manual


 
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Latitude E6500, E6400 Reviewer’s Guide
New Performance Architecture
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor
Dell Latitude E5500 and E5400 are equipped with
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo mobile technology,
featuring the Intel GE45 Express chipset.
You get
powerful mobile dual-core processors with 3MB
or 6MB Level 2 cache and up to 4GB* of 800MHz
dual-channel DDR2 system memory*.
Intel® Centrino® 2 processor technology
provides a forward leap in wireless connectivity,
battery life and performance. What’s more,
thanks to halogen-free and lead-free manufacturing
and a breakthrough 45nm design, users enjoy true
energy efficiency. Intel® Centrino® 2 processor
technology helps meet Energy Star™ requirements
without sacrificing performance.
Chipset and Memory
Intel® GE45 Express Chipset features:
• Support for up to 4GB* system memory and for
dual memory channels and DDR2 800MHz
memory*
• 1066MHz front side bus
• Serial ATA hard drive support
• Up to 6 PCI express ports
• Small footprint (size)
Dual Channel DDR2 Memory*
DDR2 offers dual-channel capability for additional
bandwidth and performance, reduced power
consumption and scalability to help increase
performance with processor and chipset bus
architecture.
PCI-Express (PCI-E) Technology
Serial I/O and Graphics Interconnect provide high
performance (up to 8GB/sec bandwidth)
backwards compatibility with PCI implementation.
PCI-Express is expected to ke
ep pace with
processor and I/O advances for the next 10 years
or more, so it is designed to address your
technology
for the foreseeable future.
Latitude E5500, E5400 Reviewer’s Guide