Dell Vostro Notebooks Available

Dell Vostro notebooks, aimed at business users, are now available for purchase. The new notebook line includes 14.1-inch Vostro 1400, 15.4-inch Vostro 1500 and Vostro 1000, as well as Vostro 1700 featuring 17-inch screen.

These laptops are built on Intel’s “Santa Rosa” notebook platform with the latest Core 2 Duo processors, except the Vostro 1000, based on AMD platform and dual core Turion or Athlon CPUs. Intel-powered Dell Vostro 1400, 1500 and 1700 provide a choice of integrated Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 or dedicated NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT and GeForce 8400M GS, while the Vostro 1000 has ATI Radeon Xpress 1150 integrated video solution. These laptops support 802.11n draft wireless standard and come with DVD burners and SATA hard drives.

The Dell Vostro notebook configurations are very similar to recently refreshed Inspiron laptops for consumers. But, the color choices differ. Vostro is black only, while the Inspirons are offered in eight different colors.

Additionally, Dell Vostro ships with Windows Vista or Windows XP operating system, while the Inspiron notebooks come with Windows Vista only. The Vostro notebooks also offer no trialware software option, 30-day money-back guarantee on hardware purchases, and 24×7x365 access to dedicated small-business trained technicians

Dell Vostro 1400 and 1500 are both priced at $549. The Vostro 1700 costs $799 and the most affordable is AMD-powered Vostro 1000 with $449 price tag. All of these prices are after instant savings at Dell’s official website.

The PC maker also annnounced its Vostro desktop computers.

[...] Dell has unveiled this week the notebook series called Vostro, aimed at business users. The first and only AMD-powered model in the new lineup is the affordable 15.4-inch Dell Vostro 1000, currently starting at $449 after rebates. [...]

[...] Dell Vostro 1400 is the first 14.1-inch model in the PC maker’s Vostro business-class notebook lineup. The 1400, based on Intel’s “Santa Rosa” mobile platform, comes in two versions: with an integrated or with a dedicated graphics solution. [...]

[...] Dell Vostro 1500 laptop has been announced this week, along with other notebooks in the new Vostro business-class lineup. [...]