Laptops Arena

Lately, Dell is releasing laptop after laptop, and the most powerful model from all seems to be the M6400 Covet in vibrant orange, which will be available for purchase later this year at an unknown price, but if we speculate we could say it will be of around $3,000.

It is customizable with the newest powerful mobile technologies, such as double memory and triple storage capacity, compared to the other systems. You can choose a high-speed processor up to Intel Core 2 Duo Quad-Core Extreme Edition for complex applications, up to 16GB 1066MHz DDR3 memory on 4 DIMM slots enabled by the Intel Q43 Express chipset, 1 Terabyte storage, and 1GB dedicated graphics memory from an NVIDIA Quadro FX card.

<-125x125 Button - left->Dell M6400 Covet orange notebook sports a 17-inch large LED backlight display with 100% Adobe color gamut, integrating dual array microphones, built-in 2MP web camera for the video conferences, and backlight keyboard. It comes with the Windows Vista operating system pre-installed or Red Hat Linux 5.1 64-Bit, with the possibility to downgrade to Windows XP, and features optional RAID0 or RAID1 configuration, optional 128GB Solid State Drive, DVD burner, WLAN, Bluetooth 2.1 with Ultra-Wideband, support for the upcoming draft N wireless Internet connectivity, Contactless Smart Card Reader, Fingerprint Reader, Trusted Platform Module, the Wave Embassy Trust Suite, 2 built-in speakers, an 8-in-1 card reader, and others, all in a 15.4 x 11 x 1.35 inches construction weighting 8.5 lbs with the 9-cell battery.



Dell will unveil the price at the same time with the availability date of the new mobile computer workstation.

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When you want to get rid of your old laptop computer you have two solutions, one of which might bring you a brand new model at a reduced price. This is called trading and involves changing your old notebook with a new one. The company that receives your notebook will determine its function state and offer you a small amount of money to which you can add more and buy the new one. But in case your computer is too old or broken, and you can't send it to a service because the repair expenses are too high and it doesn't worth trying, then you'd have to throw it away together with the rest of the garbage.

In order to support recycling and environmental responsibility, Dell partnered with Virginia Goodwill Network, launching a free computer recycling service for people in Virginia and Washington D.C. Metro area, teaching us why is recycling important

I'm not sure why Dell advertises this service as “free”, as it it about recycling, which is always voluntary, but let's see what the Reconnect program is about.
It promises free recycling for any computer equipment and in any condition, via 134 Goodwill donation centers located in the specified area, where the systems are sorted, recycled and remarket. The only thing you are responsible for is the removing of all your personal data from the hard disk drive.
There is a total of 567 donation centers across US, and just for you to know, in 2007, Dell gathered 102 million pounds of tech systems from customers.
The nice part is that, in addition to make us understand why is recycling important, the program creates new job opportunities foe people “who have barriers to employment or independence”, in the same time educating all of us on the impact of computer disposal on the environment.

“Dell wants to make computer recycling easy, convenient and free for any consumer, and Reconnect is an important program that helps make that possible,” said Joe Strathmann, head of product recycling services for Dell. “This program is a win on all fronts; it benefits the environment, the community and consumers.”

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The new Dell Remote Access software solution is not functional only on laptop computers but also on desktop PCs, and was designed to enable users to share things when they need, where they want. For this reason, Dell added browser-based access to images, videos and other file types, as well as music streaming from the library to the notebook, web camera and smartphones. In addition, it allows you to access applications and different utilities that you have stored on the computer, from any place in the world.

Dell Remote Access can be downloaded from the official page as a free trial for 10 days, and after that you’ll may think of spending $9.95 per month, or $99 a year, to benefit from its full features such as file sharing with friends, mobile phone support for using the service, monitor network web cameras, and remote desktop control for running home computer applications. All are provided with no storage limitations.

The remote access software has a basic version which is free and can be used only for PC-to-PC connectivity for one computer, while the paid option adds all the other features.
Later this year, customers who will purchase Dell Inspiron, Studio or XPS series computers will get the optional software pre-installed.

“People are not sitting at home in front of their computers”, says Michael Tatelman, vice president of Dell’s global consumer sales and marketing. “They are out with friends, connecting with others and sharing experiences. Dell Remote Access let’s them take their music, movies and photos with them wherever they go and let’s them access it and share it whenever they want.”

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From Dell’s webcast that took place last month, and Digital Nomads who provided us some answers on Twitter, we learned about a new laptop model that reaches 19 hours of battery life, which is quite impressive, taking into account the fact that average battery life of a laptop is of around 5 hours. It’s the Dell Latitude E6400, a notebook integrating a Solid State Drive, and the Mobile Intel GMA 4500MHD graphics chip, while the power comes from a 9-cell primary battery and a 12-cell slice battery. To help reaching this level, Dell notebook come with a special power management software called ControlPoint with the All Day Battery mode, the latter in charge with cutting the power for specific features and hardware parts, to maintain battery power.

Which laptop has the longest battery life? HP is another company focused on bringing the latest technologies to its customers and on satisfying their needs, including operating life of notebooks. Yesterday, the company announced breaking the 24-hour battery life with the new HP EliteBook 6930p model that uses a ultra-high capacity battery model to keep your system up all day long.

“All-day computing has been the holy grail of notebook computing,” said Ted Clark, senior vice president and general manager, Notebook Global Business Unit, HP. “With the HP EliteBook 6930p, customers no longer have to worry about their notebook battery running out before their work day is over.”

As an additional help, HP integrated also Intel Solid State Drive technology for 7% more power, and mercury-free LED displays, such as the Illumi-Lite screen, capable to increase the battery life up to 4 hours more.
Starting at a price of just $1,199, 14.1-inch HP EliteBook 6930p with the longest laptop battery life comes in a lightweight form factor at 2.1Kg, with durable encasing, Windows Vista operating system, optional ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3450 graphics with 128 or 256 MB dedicated memory, Mobile Intel GMA 4500MHD graphics, HP un2400 EV-DO/ HSDPA Mobile Broadband Module, 802.11 a/b/g/n draft 2.0 or a/b/g wireless LAN module, Bluetooth 2.0, Intel Centrino 2 with vPro technology, Smart Card Reader, HP Fingerprint Sensor, TPM 1.2, a built-in 2 MP Webcam with Business Card Reader Software and HP Night Light, up to 8GB DDR2 SDRAM memory, optional 160 GB 7200 rpm or 250 GB 5400 rpm hard drive, Intel Gigabit Network Connection, touchpad with scroll zone and pointstick, and ExpressCard/54 slot.

“Intel architected its new line of high-performance solid-state drives specifically to bring a new level of performance and reliability to the computing platform and make significant impact to the way people use their PCs,” said Randy Wilhelm, vice president and general manager, NAND Products Group, Intel. “The HP milestone is an example of the impact of this new level of performance that specifically delivers on lower power consumption for longer battery life.”

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As the mini notebooks market requirements are growing continuously, largest companies are developing more and more ultra-portable solutions with design enhancements as well as built-in functionalities to provide excellent mobile entertainment experiences increasing productivity on the. Based on this fact, Dell launched a new mini notebook called Dell Inspiron Mini 9, optimized for web browsing, online shopping, chat, and file sharing.
Coming at a starting price of $339, the model will be available in the upcoming weeks in the United States, Japan, several European countries, and online at www.dell.com/mini. You can choose between Obsidian Black or Alpine White colors, and Windows XP or Ubuntu 8.04 operating systems with the custom Dell interface, this one adding $10 more.

Dell mini notebook weighs just 2.28 lbs sporting an 8.9-inch LED display with a resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels, and a sealed keyboard, all integrated in a durable material. In addition there is Wi-Fi connectivity for hotspots, Solid State Drive storage, Bluetooth wireless for short-range transfers between compatible devices, built-in web camera with Dell Video Chat software and 4-way calling, as well as remote storage of 2GB expandable up to 25GB via the Box.net service, which is secure and supports your uploaded images, videos, music, and documents including presentations. This way you’ll be able to access your media from anywhere in the world and on the Dell mini notebook.
With Dell Support Center you can use the special icon on the desktop to access the Dell service for getting fixes, upgrades and different tools, while the DellConnect Remote Assistance can diagnose and solve your laptop issues online.



Dell mini notebook with dynamic and customizable user interface integrates by default an Intel Atom N270 processor with 1.6GHz, 512MB DDR2 memory, 4GB Solid State Drive capacity for your files, Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950, Base LCD Assembly sound, a 4-cell battery, and you can upgrade to the $449 configuration which has 1GB DDR2 memory, and 16GB Solid State Drive.