This was marked as an unknown device named 5880 in Device Manager.

Keeping to the absolute minimum, I installed the following:īroadcom USH CV w/ Fingerprint Swipe Sensor. There were a few drivers and updates that I’ve had to download.

Driver for Mobile Intel 45 Express Chipset family (beta WDDM 1.1 display drivers).

Windows Update offered the following updates: Windows 7 (x86) installed from a USB memory stick in a little under 10 minutes and the laptop has a not too shabby performance rating - I’m pretty pleased that the hard disk gets a rating of 6.7:

ULV Intel Core 2 Duo U9400 (1.4Ghz, 800Mhz FSB, 3MB cache).

Mobile Intel 45 Express Chipset with Intel vPro.My main aims for this machine is to go with something in an ultra-portable form-factor for good battery life and portability and the tablet PC screen for reading. Surely Dell could do better in the packaging department. Here’s a couple of photos to give you an idea of the packaging - here’s what’s in the box, and here’s the wasted space inside the accessories box. I must say though, it’s a little disappointing to see the amount of packaging the laptop was shipped in compared to what you’re actually left with. It arrived the same day as the Windows 7 Release Candidate, so the default Windows Vista install, disappeared pretty quickly. I’ve been looking to get a tablet PC for some time now and I’ve just recently picked up a Dell Latitude XT2, which includes multi-touch support.

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