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Dell Vostro is a line of computers from Dell aimed at the small business market. Prior to Vostro, Dell’s home and small business computers were sold under the same lines: Dimension for home and small business desktops, and Inspiron for home and small business portables. With the introduction of Vostro, the Dimension line was retired, and the Inspiron line changed to include all computers for the home market — regardless of form factor.
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Notebooks

The current lineup includes four notebooks, from 9" to 17", both AMD- and Intel-based. All Vostro-laptops are available with either shared memory video card (Intel) or dedicated memory video card (either ATI/AMD-based or NVidia-based). Batteries are available from 29 W·h (Vostro 1000) to 85 W·h (Vostro 1000, 1200, 1400, 1500, 1700, and 1710).

All following models were released on July 10, 2007 worldwide with Vostro 1200 released on Dec 18, 2007. They were aimed at small business customers. All models have a Mylar sealed keyboard and shock sensing StrikeZone technology for hard drive.

Vostro 1000

The Vostro 1000 is Dell’s 15.4" low-end business laptop, similar to the Inspiron 1501.

    * CPU: AMD Mobile Sempron, AMD Turion X2
    * Available OS: Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista
    * Display: 15.4" WXGA Anti-Glare, WXGA TrueLife
    * Memory: DDR2-533 – from 1024 MB (1024 MiB) – 2048 MB
    * Hard drive: From 120 GB (120 GiB) (5,400 rpm) to 200 GB (7,200 rpm)
    * Video card: ATI Radeon Xpress 256 MB HyperMemory (integrated)Radeon X1100
    * Battery: 29 W h 4-cell Lithium Ion battery, 53 W h 6-cell Lithium Ion battery, 85 W h 9-cell Lithium Ion battery
    * Price: from £169 ex. VAT and shipping, approx £270 inc. VAT and shipping (UK VAT +17.5%)

Vostro 1200

The Vostro 1200 is Dell’s 12.1" business laptop, based on Intel’s Santa Rosa Platform.

    * CPU: Intel Celeron, Core 2 Duo
    * Available OS: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP
    * Display: 12.1" WXGA Anti-Glare, WXGA TrueLife, WXGA+ TrueLife
    * Memory: DDR2-667 – from 1024 MB – 4096 MB
    * Hard drive: From 80 GB (5,400 rpm) to 160 GB (5,400 rpm)
    * Video card: Intel Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator X3100
    * Battery: 56 W h 6-cell Lithium Ion battery
    * Other: 2.0 megapixel webcam, biometric fingerprint reader

Vostro 1310

The Vostro 1310 is Dell’s 13.3" business laptop, based on Intel’s Santa Rosa Platform . A solution against the competing Apple Inc.’s Macbook

Vostro 1400

The Vostro 1400 is Dell’s 14.1" business laptop, based on Intel’s Santa Rosa Platform. Similar to the Inspiron 1420.

    * CPU: Intel Celeron, Core 2 Duo
    * Available OS: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP
    * Display: 14.1" WXGA Anti-Glare, WXGA TrueLife, WXGA+ TrueLife
    * Memory: DDR2-667 – from 2048 MB – 4096 MB
    * Hard drive: From 80 GB (5,400 rpm) to 320 GB (5,400 rpm)
    * Video card: Intel Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator X3100, Nvidia Geforce 8400M GS (880MB)
    * Battery: 56 W h 6-cell Lithium Ion battery, 85 W h 9-cell Lithium Ion battery

Vostro 1500

The Vostro 1500 is Dell’s 15.4" business laptop, based on Intel’s Santa Rosa Platform. Similar to the Inspiron 1520.

    * CPU: Intel Celeron, Core 2 Duo
    * Available OS: Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista
    * Display: 15.4" WXGA Anti-Glare, WXGA TrueLife, WXGA+ TrueLife, WSXGA+ TrueLife
    * Memory: DDR2-667 – from 1024 MB – 4096 MB
    * Hard drive: From 80 GB (5,400 rpm) to 320 GB (5,400 rpm)
    * Video card: Nvidia Geforce 8400M GS (128MB) or 8600M GT
    * Battery: 56 W h 6-cell Lithium Ion battery, 85 W h 9-cell Lithium Ion battery
    * Other: 2.0 megapixel webcam, bluetooth

Vostro 1510

The Vostro 1510 is Dell’s 15.4" business laptop, based on Intel’s Santa Rosa Platform

    * CPU: Core 2 Duo, Celeron M
    * Available OS: Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista
    * Display: 15.4" WXGA Anti-Glare, WXGA TrueLife, WXGA+ TrueLife, WSXGA+ TrueLife
    * Memory: from 1024 MB – 4096 MB
    * Hard drive: From 60 GB (5,400 rpm) to 320 GB (5,400 rpm)
    * Video card: Nvidia Geforce 8400M GS (128MB) or 8600M GT
    * Other: 1.3 megapixel webcam, bluetooth additional screen

Vostro 1700

The Vostro 1700 is Dell’s 17" high-end business laptop, based on Intel’s Santa Rosa Platform. Similar to the Inspiron 1720.

    * CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo
    * Available OS: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP
    * Display: 17" WXGA+, WUXGA+ TrueLife
    * Memory: DDR2-667 – from 1024 MB – 4096 MB
    * Hard drive: From 250 GB (5,400 rpm) to 500 GB (5,400 rpm). There are two SATA hard drive bays.
    * Video card: Intel Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator X3100, Nvidia Geforce 8400M GS (128MB), Nvidia Geforce 8600M GT (256MB)
    * Battery: 56 W h 6-cell Lithium Ion battery, 85 W h 9-cell Lithium Ion battery

Vostro 1710

The Vostro 1710 is Dell’s 17" business laptop, based on Intel’s Santa Rosa Platform

Vostro 2510

The Vostro 2510 is one of Dell’s 15,4" business laptops. It was launched in the summer of 2008. One of its added features in comparison with the Vostro 1510 is the possibility to have BluRay optical drive.

Vostro A Series

Dell’s low cost, economic line of laptops for businesses. Lately, A860 model offered in USA due to the global recession.

    * Vostro A840 (Intel) – 14.1"
    * Vostro A860 (Intel) – 15.6" (Only A series currently offered in USA)
    * Vostro A90 (Intel) – 8.9"

Asus also introduced New line of Netbook and Laptops. Asus introduced a number of new laptops at CES 2009. Among them are an ultraportable that runs like a race car (the Lamborghini VX5), a tablet PC (the Eee PC T91), and an even slimmer, sleeker netbook. We can say that the high-style Lamborghini VX5 is a premium machine. The VX5 is largely black, with yellow highlights inside and a whole lot of Italian leather stitched into the carbon-fiber chassis.

Other highlights include a backlit keyboard/mouse combo and an ambient-light sensor akin to what you see on the MacBook Air. Revving underneath the hood (and you think I’m just being metaphorical…when you powered up the VX3, you’d hear a car roar) is an Intel quad-core processor, up to 4GB of DDR2 RAM, room for two SATA hard drives, and "the latest GPU."

Besides being able to run Windows Vista on its 16-inch, 1920-by-1080-pixel display, the VX5 also offers an ExpressGate mode; this Linux shell boots up in 8 seconds and provides access to the most basic multimedia and online functions. Among the other features are a 2-megapixel Webcam, a TV tuner, and 802.11n and Bluetooth 2.1+ EDR support. That’s saying nothing of the wireless broadband built into the device, and the fact that it is WiMax-ready.

Asus’s second model, is the S121, technically isn’t a netbook. Nor is it a further refinement of the already-refined N10Jc, according to Asus. The less-than-an-inch-thick metallic frame with leather trim houses a machine that attempts to fill the void between netbook and notebook. While the S121 does have an Atom processor, nobody will mistake it for a budget box after a look at its 12.1-inch, LED, active-matrix TFT, 1280-by-800-pixel display (presented with edge-to-edge glass) and its roomy 128GB solid-state drive. the S121, Asus claims, can survive upward of 10 hours on an internal and external battery working together.

The S121 could be a great, lightweight (about 2.6 pounds), road-ready companion. But it will be facing a lot of stiff competition in the coming year, from, say, the surfacing of a new tweener class of portables using everything from nVidia’s Ion platform to Via Nano processors and whatever else AMD has to show off.

The other big laptop coming from Asus’s stables is the only one clinging to the Eee name: the Eee PC T91 Tablet. Think of it as a touch-screen variant of the 8.9-inch, 901-series models that broke out on the scene in 2008. This hybrid netbook operates the same way as full-blown convertible laptops do, offering a screen capable of rotating 180 degrees. The T91 will offer built-in GPS functionality, a TV tuner, and an FM transmitter. It has the potential to be one well-rounded, affordable, portable entertainer.

So here you are and more to be revealed this week with CES 2009.

There is also new items from MSI In addition to introducing the new U series netbooks, Micro-Star International (MSI) will launch the new Wind Neton all-in-one PCs, X-Slim series and G series notebooks at CES 2009.

The MSI X-Slim series X320 is equipped with the latest Intel platform and a 13.4-inch display of the 16:9 aspect ratio. The notebook’s overall thickness is 1.98cm with the thinnest part being only 6mm, while the notebook only weights around 1.3kg. { Pretty Thin }

In addition to the U115 Hybrid netbook, MSI will launch the U120 netbook that provides WiMAX capability.

MSI will showcase four new Wind Neton all-in-one PCs, the 22-inch AE2203, and 19-inch AP1900, AE1901 and AP1902. The AE1901 is equipped with the dual-core Atom processor, while the AE2203 comes with multimedia and entertainment functions, and supports full HD.

The company will also showcase the CD130 nettop that adopts a dual-core Atom processor, and the G series gaming notebooks GT725, GT727, GT627 and GX420.

MSI X-Slim series X320 notebook
Photo: Company

MSI U120 netbook with WiMAX capability
Photo: Company

MSI Wind Neton all-in-one PC
Photo: Company

Source : http://www.digitimes.com

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Here is what is in store for you for the First Quarter of 2009

Wii

Activision
Monsters vs. Aliens – March 24

Crave Entertainment
Monster Pals™ – March
Solitaire & Mahjong – February
Puzzle Challenges and More! – February
Crayola Colorful World – March

D3Publisher
Onechanbara™ Bikini Zombie Slayers™ – February
Coraline – January

Destineer
WordJong Party – January
Battle Rage – February
Cradle of Rome – February
Cate West: The Vanishing Files – March
Burger Island – March

Disney Interactive Studios
Disney Sing It: High School Musical 3: Senior Year – Winter

DreamCatcher
Play the World – March

Electronic Arts
NASCAR® Kart Racing – Feb. 10
SimAnimals™ – Jan. 27
TRIVIAL PURSUIT – Early spring

Hudson Entertainment
FISHING MASTER WORLD TOUR – Jan. 6
Marble Saga Kororinpa™ – Spring

Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.
DanceDanceRevolution® Disney Grooves – March

Majesco Entertainment
Escape the Museum – January
Major Minor’s Majestic March – March

Marvelous Entertainment USA
Little King’s Story – Feb. 17
Rune Factory: Frontier – March

Mastiff
Deer Drive™ – Jan. 20

NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc.
We Ski™ and Snowboard – March

Nintendo
New Play Control! Mario Power Tennis™ – March
New Play Control! Pikmin™ – March

Sega
The House of The Dead: Overkill™ – February
SONIC™ and the Black Knight – March
MADWORLD™ – March

Southpeak Interactive
Roogoo Twisted Towers™ – Feb. 17
Pirates vs. Ninjas Dodgeball™ – March 17
Brave: A Warrior’s Tale™ – Feb. 17

THQ
Paws & Claws Pet Resort – Jan. 5
Neighborhood Games – Jan. 5

Ubisoft
Tenchu™: Shadow Assassins – February
Broken Sword™: Shadows of the Templars (Director’s Cut) – March

XS Games
Super PickUps™ – Q1

Nintendo DS

Activision
Monsters vs. Aliens – March 24
Pimp My Ride 2™ – March 24
Animal Planet™ – March 10

Atlus U.S.A., Inc.
My World, My Way™ – Feb. 3
Legacy of Ys™: Books I & II – Feb. 10
Trackmania™ DS – March 17

Crave Entertainment
Monster Pals ™ – March

D3Publisher of America
Puzzle Quest™: Galactrix™ – Q1
Coraline – January

Destineer
USA TODAY Puzzle Craze – January
DinoPets – March

Disney Interactive Studios
Phineas and Ferb – Winter

DreamCatcher
Inkheart – January
Learn Math – January
Drivers’ Ed Portable – January
Monster Band - January
Zoo Quest – February
My Personal Diary – February
Music Star: Pop Star – February
Paint by DS – March
Matchstick – March
Dreamer: Top Model – March
Sarah – Keeper of the Unicorn – March
Learn Chess – March
Dragon Master – April

Electronic Arts
Zubo™ – March
Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure™ – Q1
SimAnimals™ – Jan. 27

Empire Interactive
Jagged Alliance – Feb. 17

Gameloft
American Popstar – Road to Celebrity – March 9

Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.
Elebits: The Adventures of Kai and Zero™ – Q1
Suikoden Tierkreis – Q1
Little Magician’s Magic Adventure™ – Q1

Majesco Entertainment
WonderWorld Amusement Park™ – January
Powerbike – January
Our House™ – Q1
Hot ‘n’ Cold – March

Marvelous Entertainment USA
Avalon Code - February
Flower, Sun, and Rain – March

Mastiff
Moon™ – Jan. 13

MumboJumbo
Chicken Hunter Star Karts – March 10

Nintendo
Personal Trainer™: Math – Jan. 12
Fire Emblem™: Shadow Dragon – Feb. 16
Pokémon™ Platinum version – March 22

ROCKSTAR GAMES
Grand Theft Auto™: Chinatown Wars – Winter

Southpeak Interactive
Big Bang Mini® – Jan. 6
Roogoo Attack™ – Feb. 17
Brave: Shaman’s Challenge™ – Feb. 17

Square Enix, Inc.
FINAL FANTASY® CRYSTAL CHRONICLES®: Echoes of Time™ – Spring

THE GAME FACTORY
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES™ – Jan. 19

THQ
Paws & Claws Pampered Pets – Jan. 5

TOMY Corporation
My DoItAll™ – February

Ubisoft
Jake Power Fireman – January
Jake Power Policeman – January
Imagine™ Cheerleader – February
JoJo’s Fashion Show – February
Petz® Horseshoe Ranch – February
Imagine™ Family Doctor – February
Imagine™ Ice Champions – March
Jake Power Handyman – March
My Fashion Studio Paris Collection – Feb. 17
American Popstar – Road to Celebrity – March 24
Broken Sword™: Shadows of the Templars (Director’s Cut) – March

XSEED Games
Retro Game Challenge – Jan. 6

MSI is to offer new netbooks: the Wind U110, U115 and U120.

They will call it The U120 is much the same as the original U100, but with 3G built-in. Here is the specs :

• Options for 2GB of RAM.
• The Z530, a more expensive version of Intel’s Atom CPU, which uses 20% less power.
• A new chipset that uses less power.
• 6-cell battery as standard.
• Hybrid flash/spinning storage, also said to use less power.

New MSI Netbooks; Not Your Standard Cookie-Cutter Specs.

Acer’s netbooks are set to get bigger and cheaper in the new year, according to Acer Taiwan boss Scott Lin. The company will be launching a 10” version of its Aspire One in February or March of 2009, clearly taking aim at the sweet spot for size and portability already covered by the Eee PC, the Wind and Dell’s Minispiron.

Via http://blog.wired.com

About 100,000 Sony Lithium-Ion batteries used in Hewlett-Packard, Toshiba and Dell notebooks have been recalled. 35,000 batteries of these batteries were sold in the US.

Some details about these batteries:

• They were sold at the same time as the batteries involved in the widescale 2006 Sony battery recall.
• These batteries can “overheat, posing a fire and burn hazard to consumers.”
• The damage so far: “There have been 19 reports of the batteries overheating, including 17 reports of flames/fire (10 resulting in minor property damage). Two consumers experienced minor burns.”
• Affected system include:
  - HP (accounting for some 32,000 of the 35,000 sold in the US)
  HP Pavilion: dv1000, dv8000 and zd8000
  Compaq Presario: v2000 and v2400
  HP Compaq: nc6110, nc6120, nc6140, nc6220, nc6230,
  nx4800, nx4820, nx6110, nx6120, nx9600
  - Toshiba (about 3,000)
  Satellite: A70/A75, P30/P5, M30X/M35X, M50/M55
  Tecra: A3, A5, S2
  - Dell (about 150)
  Latitude: 110L
  Inspiron: 1100, 1150, 5100, 5150, 5160

More info on the recall.

via http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=2906

There are rumors that Apple will also introduce refreshed 20 and 24-inch iMacs before year’s end. If true, new iMacs would be in keeping with earlier rumors that they would see spec bumps alongside the introduction of the new MacBooks.

More likely there will be more upgrades on their existing and 24-inch models, including processor bumps in keeping with the updated Montevina-based chips currently shipping in new MacBooks. Another likely change is the move to better, Nvidia-branded graphics cards in all models, replacing the ATI Radeon 2400 and 2600 HD cards currently in use. Nvidia has clearly become a supplier of choice for Apple, and their presence in all Apple notebooks provides strong evidence that we’ll see them in Apple’s desktops, as well.

I just hope that the changes will not jack up the price.

{ Via theappleblog.com }

According to Mac Rumors, the latest MacBooks might have an unannounced new feature: GPU-accelerated h.264 codec decoding.

According to anecdotal evidence, the new aluminum MacBook’s processor runs around 75% slower when playing back 1080p movie when compared to a last-gen MacBook Pro with the Nvidia 8600M GT.

That makes sense: the MacBook’s built-in 9400M chip is designed to support offloading video decoding to the GPU. But it’s nice to see confirmation; more over, it seems to hint that we’ll be seeing a lot more high-definition content on iTunes, sooner rather than later.

Apple Enabled GPU Hardware Decoding of h.264 [Mac Rumors]

There is a new era of automotive innovations continuing to grow worldwide. Smart Mirror

The SmartMirror is a rearview mirror with integrated GPS navigation, Bluetooth hands-free cellular connectivity, and backup camera capability. Released in August of this year, car dealerships and retailers are seeing a huge response for this product because it offers great technology features that customers want without changing the streamlined, factory, finish of the dash board.

Smart Mirror Specification :

The SmartMirror SM-450 is priced at $799 MSRP and features GPS navigation, Samsung 400Mhz processor, 2GB SD card for storing maps, pictures, and e-books, 4.0” Touch Screen LCD monitor, Integrated speaker, Built-in Bluetooth functions including Bluetooth hands free phone, Call History log, and Auto call answering.

There will be a new MSI Wind with following specification

• The Wind U100 will be available at a national, and very large retailer in the coming week. The Wind with a 3-cell battery and Windows XP will be priced at $399.
• MSI will expand the Wind product line with a business-focused Wind U120 (or what he kept calling the Wind 2). The Wind U120 will have a whole new look, SSD and hard drive options, and 3.5G connectivity. It will hit the U.S. in late November or December and will be priced under $600.
• Linux netbooks are returned 4 times as often as ones that run Windows XP.
• The Wind Desktop will be brought to the U.S. in the coming months.

Here are some of the question which was tried to be answered by MSI’s Director of U.S. Sales Andy Tung

The Wind U100 has been a global hit. Can you share anything about its success?

It seems as though brick-and-mortar retailers have been hesitant to stock netbooks or have even ignored them, at least until now. Why do you think that is?

You mention the return rates being high. Has that been the case with the Wind as well?

Interestingly enough, we struggled with the Linux version of the Wind U90. Are there plans to tailor a Linux OS for the Wind?

Part of MSI’s business plan has been to team up with other OEMs and let them rebrand the Wind under there name. What is the business model there?

On the shelves then, what will differentiate the MSI Wind from the rebranded models?

Some individuals still struggle to buy a Wind U100 with a six cell battery through e-tailers such as Amazon.com. Have you caught up on production of the system and the batteries?

There have been rumors of a nine-cell battery. How much runtime do you expect that to bring to the Wind?

Is there anything about the original Wind you wish you could improve?

Are the plans then moving forward to expand the Wind product line?

What types of specifications will the U120 or Wind 2 have?

Any plans for a dual-core Atom processor in this version? Or mobile broadband?

Any idea of the pricing of the U120?

Any plans to release the Wind Desktop in the U.S.?

With Lenovo and Samsung entering the market with 10-inch netbooks, how do you differentiate the Wind?

The Wind in some ways has made MSI more of a household name. Has the success of the Wind impacted MSIs core notebook business in any way?

Another reason why buying at this time of netbook is still necessary, There are lot of choices coming out.

{ via blog.laptopmag.com }