Looking to add a new computer to your household, or for a gift this holiday season? The Dell Latitude E6400 Laptop Computer is a good choice among laptops. As with any Dell system, it components of this laptop can easily be upgraded.

For software, the Latitude E6400 comes standard with Genuine Windows Vista® Home Basic SP1. Windows Vista is a powerful operating system by Microsoft, if you haven’t heard of it. Dell allows you to pick any Windows operating system to replace this one, ranging up to Genuine Windows Vista® Ultimate SP1.

Now on to hardware. The laptop comes with an Intel® Core™ 2 Duo P8400 processor. This processor is powerful enough for basic computing, but it can’t run any of the next generation games. If you plan on gaming with this computer, upgrade to a faster processor to run new games smoothly. Watch movies, browse the web, or do just about anything on the E6400’s 14.1″ Widescreen monitor supported by a Mobile Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD graphics card. The laptop also comes with 1.0GB of RAM, although I suggest that you upgrade to 2.0GB or more for only $40 to run Vista smoothly.

Save files on the 80GB hard drive, or upgrade to up to 250GB of space. Enjoy bonus features, such as a built-in microphone, 24x CDRW/DVD drive, and Dell Wireless™ 1397 802.11b/g card. Dell also offers many extra features for an extra price, such as an internal fingerprint reader. Wouldn’t it be cool to log into your computer with your fingertip? Also enjoy the state-of-the-art support by Dell for only a few bucks extra. The Latitude E6400 Laptop Computer starts at $800, although it is easy and suggested to add extra features or upgrade the hardware of the system.