Archive for the 'Dell Inspiron' Category

The Dell Inspiron 1526, the PC maker’s new AMD-powered 15.4-inch notebook, is now available.

The Inspiron 1526 is priced at $749 after instant savings and can be purchased through Best Buy. It comes with the AMD Turion 64 X2 processor at 2GHz, 2GB of system memory expandable to 4GB, a 250GB hard drive, DVD burner, and the ATI Radeon Xpress 1270 integrated graphics, which manages the notebook’s 15.4″ 1280-by-800 glossy display.

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Dell Inc. has refreshed its XPS laptop PC line and the Inspiron 1525 notebook, which now optionally have a built-in Wireless USB module.

For an additional $150, customers can purchase the XPS M1330, M1530, M1730 and Inspiron 1525 notebooks with the new capability that enables computer peripherals and electronics devices - such as printers, external hard drives, mice, keyboards, digital cameras, and MP3 players - to connect to a system without a USB cable.

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The updated Dell Inspiron and XPS notebooks, refreshed with the new Intel Core 2 Duo “Penryn” 45-nanometer processors, are now available for customers in Hong Kong.

Dell’s laptop series that feature “Penryn” CPUs are the Inspiron 1420, 1520, and 1720, as well as the XPS M1330 and XPS M1730.

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The Dell Inspiron 1525 low cost consumer 15.4-inch laptop is now available for purchase in the United States. It has a new design that is “25 percent smaller, thinner and almost a half a pound lighter” than its Inspiron 1520 predecessor.

The Dell Inspiron 1525 is based on the Intel “Santa Rosa” notebook platform and comes with an Intel Core 2 Duo, Pentium or a Celeron processor and the GMA X3100 integrated graphics. Unlike the 1520, the 1525 is not configurable with a dedicated video card. The laptop supports up to 4GB of system memory and ships with up to 250GB hard drive at 5,400rpm, as well as with a Combo optical drive or a DVD burner. The 15.4″ display of the Inspiron 1525 provides a resolution of 1280-by-800 pixels.

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Dell has started to sell its Inspiron and XPS notebooks through Best Buy’s stores and website, after the recently announced agreement between the PC maker and retailer.

Best Buy offers the 15.4-inch Inspiron 1521-JB and 1521-MB laptops powered by AMD’s processing technology, the 14.1-inch Intel-based 1420-JB, and the 13.3-inch Dell XPS M1330-AW. The notebooks are priced at $599.99, $899.99, $999.99, and $1,249.99 respectively, which are lower prices than those for the same configurations purchased through the Dell’s website.

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Dell today announced that it will start selling its XPS and Inspiron notebook and desktop computers through more than 900 Best Buy stores in the United States in the next few weeks.

Best Buy will stock a variety of Dell’s laptops, including the XPS M1330 in white, the Inspiron 1521 in blue and black, and the Inspiron 1420 in black, according to the press release.

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Dell will release next month the Inspiron 1525 and 1526 15.4-inch notebooks, aimed at small businesses and low-end consumer market, Engadget reports.

“Initial specs sheets reveal that the 1525 will be based on the Santa Rosa architecture, while the 1526 gets AMD-powered and offers up an ATI Radeon X1270 graphics set. Furthermore, the pair will feature up to 4GB of RAM, WXGA / WXGA+ / WSXGA+ panel choices, SATA hard drives, an optional Blu-ray reader (1525 only), built-in WiFi, optional WWAN and Bluetooth 2.0+EDR. You’ll also find four USB 2.0 ports, a 4-pin FireWire connector, Ethernet / 56k modem, VGA out, optional HDMI, audio in / out, a 8-in-1 multicard reader, ExpressCard slot and your choice of Vista or Ubuntu Linux,” the report says.

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Staples will start selling the Dell Inspiron 1521 and Inspiron 1721 notebooks, starting November 11th.

Staples will be the only office superstore to offer Dell products in stores and through its web site, according to Dell.

“As part of its ongoing efforts to extend the advantages of its direct business model, Dell’s relationship with Staples is the latest in a series of retail agreements aimed at reaching more customers worldwide,” the press release says.

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Dell Inc.’s notebook computer sales to consumers sank nearly 20 percent in the second quarter because of problems finishing laptops and shipping them to customers. On the other side, Hewlett-Packard Co. sold almost three times more notebooks to the consumer sector during the same period than Dell did, ComputerWorld reports.

According to Dell’s just released financial figures, the company sold 887,000 notebooks to the consumer market during the 2Q 2007. Analyst Mikako Kitagawa said HP sold 2.4 million notebooks, while Apple Inc. sold 1.1 million of their MacBook and MacBook Pro laptops in the second quarter, which is a 42% jump over the same quarter last year.

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The color options are the main source of shipping delays on the new lineup of the Dell Inspiron notebooks, according to the post published on the PC maker’s Direct2Dell official weblog.

“Basic colors like black are easier to produce. Premium colors and finishes like we use on the Inspiron models introduce complexity into the process, and that’s holding things up,” the post on Direct2Dell says.

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Dell Inc. has refreshed its Linux OS-powered consumer PC lineup with the new 14.1-inch Dell Inspiron 1420N notebook. It features Ubuntu version 7.04 Linux distribution and the new Intel “Santa Rosa” mobile platform.

Dell Inspiron 1420N is offered with 667MHz front side bus Intel Core 2 Duo T5250 or T5450 processor, as well as with 800MHz FSB T7100, T7300, or T7500 CPU. It features GM965 chipset incorporating Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 integrated graphics, which manages notebook’s 14.1″ widescreen display with 1280×800 or optional 1440×900 resolution. The system is configurable with up to 4GB of DDR2 memory at 667MHz, and with up to 160GB SATA hard drive at 5400rpm or 7200rpm rotational speed. There are Combo drive or DVD burner options.

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Dell Inc. has unveiled its new 17-inch Dell Inspiron 1720 and Inspiron 1721 laptops, based on Intel’s and AMD’s chipsets and processors respectively.

The Inspiron 1720 is built on Intel “Santa Rosa” notebook platform and is offered with Core 2 Duo T5250, T5450, T7100, T7300, and T7500 CPUs. These processors have clock speeds ranging from 1.5GHz to 2.2GHz and 800MHz FSB. The 1720 model with GM965 chipset features integrated Graphics Media Accelerator X3100, while the same notebook based on Intel PM965 chipset provides a choice of dedicated NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS 128MB or NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT 256MB video card.

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Dell has released the new Intel-based Dell Inspiron 1520 and AMD-powered Inspiron 1521 15.4-inch consumer laptops.

Dell Inspiron 1520 is built on Intel “Santa Rosa” notebook platform and is offered with Core 2 Duo T5250, T5450, T7100, T7300, and T7500 processors. These CPUs have clock speeds ranging from 1.5GHz to 2.2GHz and 800MHz front side bus. The 1520 models with GM965 chipset feature the integrated Intel X3100 graphics, while those based on PM965 chipset come with dedicated NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS 128MB or NVIDIA GeForce 8600M WP 256MB card.

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Dell Inspiron 1420, the company’s 14.1-inch consumer notebook based on Intel “Santa Rosa” platform, is now available for purchase at Dell’s website.

The 1420 is offered with the new Core 2 Duo processors with 800MHz front side bus and clock speeds ranging from 1.5GHz to 2.2GHz. Along with T7100, T7300, and T7500 Core 2 Duo CPUs there are two new budget models: the T5450, and the T5250. According to earlier reports, Dell Inspiron 1420 will be also configurable with the “Santa Rosa” compatible Celeron M processor.

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Dell announced today it will replace for free the faulty LCD displays with vertical line problem in some of Inspiron 6000 and 8600, Latitude D800 and D810, and Precision M60 and M70 notebook computers.

According to Dell, the displays in small number of these laptop PCs develop one pixel wide vertical line or multiple lines across the screen. The cause of the problem has been traced to one specific component used in some of LCDs shipped on the potentially affected systems.

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