Dell’s Latitude XT impressed many through its daylight view feature supported by such a portable design. Until now, nobody cared which of the daylight viewable or the LED one was superior. Rob Bushway, from GottaBeMobile conducted a long-term analysis and concluded that the LED-based machine is better.

Seagate announced that they will begin commercializing the new 7,200-rpm, 320GB SATA disk with 16MB cache, despite the fact that Fujistsu and Hitachi have announced first. The hard-drive is called the Momentus 7200.3 and from now on it’s available on Dell’s XPS M1730 and soon will be available for all Alienware laptops. Actually, the Momentus is the first 7,200-rpm, 320GB hard-drive for mobile computing and for about $46, the XPS M1730 will get the upgrade over the 5,400-rpd, 320GB.
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The online version of the Wall Street Journal announced that Dell will drop four models of the XPS in order to concentrate on Alienware, a company which they picked up in 2006. I am not very sure that they made a smart move, but who knows? A certainty is that Alienware has a lot of fans (probably more than XPS-series) and this means that is very likely to reinvigorate their desktop business. Until next month, no gamer will cry, but I can’t guarantee this for the rest of the summer.
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We didn’t hear too much from Dell about the 500 laptop, we only knew that it’s coming and many thought that it might compete with Asus’ ultraportable, Eee PC. Well, know the speculation is over as on Dell’s support site appeared the Vostro 500 which is based on Intel’s version of Vostro 1000 using a Celeron processor and Intel’s 965 graphics. The Vostro 500 will feature a 15.4 display which is more than enough for most of us.
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Dell has finally released the XPS 730 gaming rig and although we were expecting it for while, we are not so happy with the pricing. The XPS 730 supports NVIDIA’s nForce 790i Ultra SLI chipset, ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 or NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT. Also, at your choice there is Intel’s Core 2 Duo up to Core 2 Duo Extreme and we should mention a maximum of 8GB of RAM.
The XPS 730 is available for $3,999 at Dell, but if you want the H2C cooling system that will keep your …

At CES, we heard some gossip about the next generation of Dell’s gaming PC called XPS 730. Now, the talks seem to become a reality as Dell’s support site released an official entry about the gaming desktop and we should not be surprised if soon we’ll be having fun with the XPS 730. Dell will deliver the gaming PC with either XP or Vista and with a triple-SLI.

Recent reports say that Dell is preparing to replace the D830 and the D630 with a new series of Latitude E laptops. The new models are E6500 with a 15.4 inch display and the E6400, a 14.1 incher. The leaked laptops are scheduled for release in June and it’s also said that these lappies will be the first to make use of Montevina / Centrino 2 machines. The 6500 is supposed to feature integrated GPS, Bluetooth 2.1, mobile broadband, UWP, LED back-lighting, 84WHr batteries and some multiple options for the disk drives.

Dell’s XPS 630 is now official and especially designed for gamers, having extreme performances. The desktop is already available and it’s price starts at $1,249 but can go much higher, depending on your options. Here’s what you find in the box: ( after the jump )

Rumors that Dell is going to drop AMD doesn’t seem to be true and Dell is preparing to release two desktops featuring triple-core AMD Phenom. This new computers are code-named “Heineken” and officially called OptiPlex 740 and OptiPlex 740 Enhanced. The OptiPlex 740 will feature a single-core or dual-core AMD Athlon 64 with GeForce 6150LE graphics/chipset, while the OptiPlex 740 Enhanced will sport a triple or quad-core AMD Phenom processor, GeForce 6150LE/nForce 430 motherboard.
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After HP and Toshiba used a Penryn chip on their laptops, it’s Dell’s turn to upgrade its laptops. Although we knew that this upgrade will come, we didn’t expect that we won’t have to pay for it. Dell is upgrading the XPS M1330 line, which is smaller than the laptops used by Toshiba and HP for the Penryn. If you build your 4GB of RAM laptop at AUD$2,000 it will be upgraded for free to a Core 2 Duo T9300 processor. Unfortunately this is available only in Australia, but we …

Dell has upgraded it’s XPM M1730 high-end laptop with a new graphic card, that according to 3D Mark 06 increases performances with 49%. The graphic card we are talking about is Nvidia 8800M GTX, but they haven’t added only one, but two. Unfortunately, it won’t ship until February 20th with the new graphic card in, so you have to wait a bit, if you order it. The upgrade also adds $700 more to it’s current price, but it makes it really powerful.
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Dell has released a new 24-inch monitor, with good performances, like the 1,900×1,200 resolution, 400cd/m2 brightness, 102% color gamut, 178-degree viewing angle, 1,300:1 contrast ratio and a response time of 6ms. Yet it’s performances aren’t extreme, but it has a vast variety of jacks, like the 2x DVI, DisplayPort, Composite, HDMI, VGA, S-Video, Component, 2x USB downstream, one USB upstream. The 2408WFP already available to buy for the price of $748.
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