Laptops Arena

<-120x240 Vertical Banner - left->We haven’t heard recently about new Dell laptop releases. It is true that I told you about the XPS concept exposed at CES this year, but let’s take a look at the company’s latest model, the XPS M1330, which is elegant, thin, lightweight and in the same time offers a few housing color options like red and blue.
The notebook is available at prices ranging $999 and $1,399 depending on the final configuration.

It is a 1.8Kg model featuring some of the latest technologies used in portable devices such as slot load optical drive, HDMI support, Biometric Fingerprint Security, and the optional LED display with 32 small white LEDs to add extra brightness to the screen making it very skinny, placing it in the top of the thinnest laptops.
The version with LED display brings with a 0.3MP camera too.

XPS 1330 comes with the standard Wi-Fi Catcher to let you catch a hotspot in just a few seconds with no need to power up the notebook, and with the Hyperband Multi-Antenna technology to deliver a strong and clear reception.
Then comes the Bluetooth support which is an option that connects your peripherals securely, removing the need for wires.

If you add the 9-cell battery version you will ensure an operating time of up to seven hours, reducing power consumption.
Dell equipped the model with a built-in 2MP camera type that is way superior to the 1.3MP classic versions encountered in the majority of notebooks today, and added a noise canceling microphone to give you full access to video conferences and chat.

Dell XPS 1330 has three processor options: Intel Core 2 Duo T5250 clocked at 1.5GHz, Intel Core 2 Duo T7250 with 2.0GHz speed and an Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 with 2.2GHz speed.
You can choose between Genuine Windows Vista Ultimate or Vista Home Premium operating systems from Microsoft.

The internal shared Dual Channel DDR2 RAM memory is of up to 4GB and the notebook integrates the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X1300 with the optional NVIDIA GeForce Go 8400M GS with 128MB DDR3 dedicated memory.

The main display measures 13.3 inches and is an UltraSharp WXGA type featuring the TrueLife technology and the hard drive is available with 200GB, 160GB or 64GB as SSD, while the slots and ports available for different types of connectivity include USB, Ethernet, VGA, HDMI, ExpressCard slot and an 8-in-1 removable card reader.

Dell showed at CES this year a new laptop concept that looks like in the pictures and what it brings new is the idea of a full HD notebook based on the XPS M1530 model, and measuring just 16 inches. According to the company, a high definition content displayed on a wide screen is always larger on a 16:9 panel than displayed on the 16:10 version.



The display has an impressive resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels while the notebook is powered by the NVIDIA 8600M chipset.



Dell didn’t announce this model officially, it just wanted to present a new concept and see the reactions, but when it will be released on the market it will probably feature almost the same configuration the base model, meaning a Core 2 Duo processor, Blu-ray unit, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, camera and a fingerprint reader.

Finally, Dell has announced on its website the new Latitude XT Tablet PC, the thinnest convertible tablet in the world, and in the same time one of the lightest, weighting under 4 pounds and measuring 12.1 inches.

At a price of $2,499 you get the most advanced Tablet PC on the market.
A remarkable characteristic of Latitude XT is the technology used for the touch screen, meaning that the capacity technology is sensing the touch of your fingers and recognizes the input without the need to press.

You may consider this Tablet as the last predecessor of the multi-touch technology, because it comes with advanced touch features including touch response times faster than the Lenovo X61T, advanced digital palm rejection technology that helps in preventing inadvertent contact that jams the pen input, 10 times more durable digitizer technology than the resistive touch digitizer technology, and not at last, maintenance-free, no-battery pen plus eraser, and right-mouse click.

“With Capacitive touch technology, the Latitude XT will revolutionize the way customers interact with their systems, allow customers to take full advantage of tablet technology and enables customers to get more done with greater speed and precision,” says Margaret Franco, director at Dell Product Group.



“By integrating our DuoSense technology into the Latitude XT, Dell creates the ultimate machine destined to lead the tablet PC market,” adds Amihai Ben-David, CEO of N-trig. “Customers using the new Latitude XT will find that the zero pressure touch combined with the accurate stylus changes the usability of tablet PCs. Once they try it, they won’t want to go back.”

The summary of the Tablet’s specifications includes Intel Core 2 Solo and Duo ULV processors, ATI Radeon X1250 UMA integrated graphics, 64 GB SSD and up to 120 GB HDD, the option to add a media base for docking and optical media, a full-size keyboard with dual pointing, and an optional battery slice for up to 9.5 hours of work time.

This is another notebook that we don’t know much about yet because it will be released on December 18.
But Dell published a few images and we managed to get them too.

The notebook in the image is called Vostro 1200 and it gave us the impression of a powerful device that will have a reasonable price for sure.
What we could find out so early is that the latest Dell Vostro is an ultraportable device showing a medium display of 12.1 inches.

Inside it’ll feature an optical drive, but the most important will be the Intel or AMD processor.
From the Intel processor available range we enumerate: 1400, 1500, and 1700 models, while the AMD version will be a Vostro 1000.

With Vostro 1200 Dell is targeting the entry-level small business sector.

Dell finally confirmed the rumors about the new XPS M1730 World of Warcraft Edition notebook, an improved version of its XPS M1730.
Gamers, don’t lose your patience yet! The World of Warcraft Edition will be sold at a price of $4,499. Now you may lose your patience!

The notebook features the DirectX 10 SLI graphics, the Intel Extreme Edition Core 2 Duo processor, dual RAID hard drives at 7,200rpm, the optional 64GB SSD, mobile broadband connection, GamePanel from Logitech, the optional Blue-ray drive and a built-in webcam.

One difference between the known model and the gaming one is the World of Warcraft design and you can choose from the Alliance and Horde systems with exclusive wallpapers and screensavers.
The notebook comes with WoW and the Burning Crusade expansion, lots of strategy guides, the DVD with Making of World of Warcraft and an exclusive soundtrack.



Future owners of this high-end notebook will receive also the Quest Envelope that includes the Golden Ticket for a prepaid custom action figure based on their preferred character, a key to access future World of Warcraft games, and not at last, an upgrade certificate for upgrading the existing account to the Collectors Edition Account.

Starting December 21, the XPS M1730 World of Warcraft Edition notebook becomes available to the large public, but those of you that have already signed up through Dell’s campaign will soon receive an email announcing you that the new WoW notebook is available.