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"

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.

Tech Trends reporter Jeff Tate captured this exclusive footage of the new "MacBook Wheel" direct from the Mac Expo.

A single clickwheel replacing the obsolete keyboard is pure brilliance. The über slick tag line, "One Button. Endless Possibilities" perfectly addresses what the notebook market has no idea they really need. I feel myself needing it already.

Apple will once again change the way the world experiences laptop computing with "The Wheel. Reinvented". Nothing could be more simple to use than a "single giant button". I have seen the future… it’s the MacBook Wheel.

"People who use keyboards are standing in the way of human progress," said Apple CEO Steve Jobs.

[Onion News Network]

HP also will use CES to launch a pair of new ultra-light consumer laptops, an area that is seeing increased focus from PC makers. The new models will be less expensive than Apple Inc’s   MacBook Air, but they will be heavier.

The cheaper model, the Pavilion dv2, has a 12.2-inch screen, runs AMD’s Athlon processor, and weighs 3.8 pounds. Like many ultra-lights, it has no optical drive. The dv2 will start at $699 and will be available in April.

It’s more expensive cousin, the $799, 13.3-inch dv3, will run on AMD’s Turion processor, and weighs 4.3 pounds. The dv3 will ship immediately.

HP also unveiled a new gaming and multimedia PC, the Firebird, a more compact and affordable version of its high-end system, the Blackbird 002. It builds on technology HP acquired in its 2006 purchase of Voodoo PC, a specialty gaming operation. The Blackbird launched in September of 2007.

Voodoo Chief Technology Officer Rahul Sood said the Firebird aims to be the "Tesla of high-performance computing," referring to the electric car maker. The Firebird features an external 350-watt power supply, which allows the box’s innards to run cooler and more efficiently.

The Firebird 802 starts at $1,800, while the 803 starts at $2,100. Both feature the Intel Core 2 Quad processor and a pair of Nvidia GeForce 9800S graphics cards.

Source : uk.reuters.com

Five Trends to Bet On at CES
PC Magazine – USA
Every major PC manufacturer is now selling a laptop that can be called a netbook, and at CES we will get a peek into how these devices are going to evolve …

Tech Trends Freescale Engineers Low-Cost Netbook Processor
CIO Today – Woodland Hills,CA,USA
By Jennifer LeClaire Netbooks under $200 could be possible with Freescale Semiconductor’s solution based on its new i.MX515 processor. …

MSI offers details on the Wind U115 netbook
Ars Technica – Boston,MA,USA
By Shane McGlaun | Published: January 05, 2009 – 01:43PM CT MSI has officially announced the specifications for its latest netbook the Wind U115. …

Netbook Fever: Should There Be A Cure?
Gotta Be Mobile – Colorado Springs,CO,USA
He says he’s got Netbook fever. Given that Rob is toting an HP Mini 1000 along with him to CES 2009 as well, I sure hope this Netbook fever thing isn’t …

Freescale chip aims at 1GHz, sub-$200 Netbook
CNET News – San Francisco,CA,USA
Freescale Semiconductor is expected to launch new silicon for Netbooks–devices that it believes will come in below $200–at the Consumer Electronics Show …

Freescale chases $199 netbook with new processor
Computerworld – Framingham,MA,USA
By Agam Shah January 5, 2009 (IDG News Service) Freescale Semiconductor Inc. on Monday is expected to announce a new processor for netbooks that may …

HP Unveils the Netbook as a Fashion Accessory
Gotta Be Mobile – Colorado Springs,CO,USA
Watch out fashion world, the Netbooks are coming. At the Vivienne Tam’s fashion show in New York City’s fashion week, HP unveiled a version of the Mini-Note …

Will the netbook cannibalize the traditional PC market?
eChannelLine – North York,Ontario,Canada
By Liam Lahey There’s little doubt the ‘netbook‘ initiated a turning point for the North American PC industry in 2008. Netbooks are becoming increasingly …

MSI’s 13.4 inch… netbook?
SlashGear – Scottsdale,AZ,USA
Just when we thought we had the definition of a “netbook” nailed down, MSI comes along and forces us to reconsider. Specs and pictures of MSI’s new X-Slim …

Nano-powered "FreeStyle" netbook hands-on – Engadget
While it was a intriguing conversation (mostly about the state of netbook and smartphone CPUs in 2009), our eye was caught by a prototype netbook he’d brought with him. The ‘book in question is a Nano-driven model that will be sold …

TG Daily – MSI to show hybrid-storage netbook at CES
City of Industry (CA) – MSI this morning confirmed that its much anticipated Wind U115 and U120 netbooks will be on display at CES. The U115 will be the first netbook that can run a traditional hard disk drive (HDD) and a solid state …

MSI X-Slim 320: Netbook or notebook? | GPS Obsessed
MSI’s newly announced X-Slim 320 has the innards of a netbook, but with a 13.4-inch widescreen display (1366 x 768 pixels) I can’t help but wonder: is this a netbook or notebook? Netbooks typically don’t have screen sizes larger than …

Lenovo rolls out new laptops and netbook
Lenovo is on a roll these days, along with its slim all-in-one desktop, it has introduced new addition to its renowned IdeaPad Y Series with Y650, Y550 and Y450 laptops as well as S10 netbook. These are thinner and lighter compared to …

Freescale chases $199 netbook with new processor
Freescale on Monday is expected to announce a new processor for netbooks that may challenge chip maker Intel on price in the low-cost computing space.

Freescale Chases $199 Netbook With New Processor – PC World
Freescale on Monday may announce a new processor that could enable a $199 price point for netbooks

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Dec 30, 2008 … I’m glad that in spite of the economic apocalypse, famed French luggage maker Goyard can offer us netbook bags for only $830 (as seen in …

Adamo Dell is now the talk of the town.

Macenstein receives a pic from an anonymous source, and the internet goes OMG. Then someone points out the problem: why would a Mac Mini have a lid? Why would it be made of MacBook?

Everybody is now teasing the publice, Dell Did it and Sony is asking as to wait for another 17 days , Wheeeww that will be a great year ahead of us. A New Tech Year

Is this the new Mac mini? [Macenstein]

Have you seen an xray picture of macbook ? Well this is your chance to see it ..

About a week ago, I was in the mood to do something crazy — anything to help pull myself out of the blue funk I had fallen into. I texted my brother the vet to ask if he had an x-ray machine in his office, and what size his film plates were. I told him that I wanted to try and x-ray my laptop, something that had been on my mind ever since I saw an x-ray of an Apple Titanium PowerBook. He said “No problem,” and two days later I was sitting in his office waiting for him to finish minor surgery on a dog. When he was done and had washed up, he led me to the x-ray machine, asked me to place the laptop on the plate, and signaled for me to step away from the machine. A couple of seconds later the x-ray was done, and after 15 minutes his assistant handed me the developed film. I scanned the developed plate and enhanced the brightness and contrast, and made low-res copies of the file.

The MacBook x-ray and my 15 minutes of (internet) fame [Jason de Villa]

Do you like Slider case for the iPhone with an integrated battery inside. Called the "Power Slider", the new case has built-in five LED power level status lights in the back (like the MacBook) and a pass-through port that allows you to charge and sync the phone without removing the case itself.

Power Slider iPhone 3G case product page [GoIncase.com]

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 }