[Sussex] Dell Latitude C640 versus C840

[Frances Fleming]

On Mon Aug 15 21:36:45 BST 2005, Mark Harrison (Groups) wrote:
> I know next to nothing about video cards. I have a high-end home cinema
> setup for watching DVDs, and seldom play games, so for me PC video cards
> are generally required to display OpenOffice - they can all cope :-)
>
> Both appeared to have the obligatory networking, which is really all I
> need.
>
> My own laptop is vastly inferior to either, yet performs fine for my
> requirements - that suggests that either would be over-specced for my
> needs

I should have remembered to state that I'm into The Gimp and Blender 3D
modelling, and also want to try my hand at home video editing.

I know it keeps coming back to the bigger screen size with the C840, but
would the C640 be adequate?