Dell has unveiled their latest ultraportable notebook today, the Vostro V13, which should cost one-third the price of the competing Macbook Air and one quarter the price of the Adamo XPS.
Thinner than the Air at .65-inches thick, has a 13.3-inch display and will weigh only 3.5 pounds. Base configuration includes a webcam, ExpressCard slot, 802.11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and a Celeron processor for $449 USD. However, you will only get Ubuntu Linux as an operating system with the base configuration, as well as 2GB DDR3 RAM and a 5400RPM 250GB HDD.
For $600 the configuration adds Windows 7 Home Premium, a Core 2 Duo ULV processor and larger, faster HDD.
The included six-cell battery gives an estimated 5 hour battery life.
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Although there isn’t very much details on the notebook as of yet, Dell has shown off the Adamo XPS ultraportable today, boasting overall thinness of just 0.39 inches, making the device almost half as thin as the market leader Mac Air at 0.76 inches.
There is no other information known yet, but users expect SSD storage, and a Core 2 Duo processor.
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According to the Chinese-language Commercial Times, the PC giants HPand Dell have made orders for 3D notebooks from parts maker Wistron, who is also currently in negotiations with Lenovo and Sony for a similar orders.
Interestingly, Wistron’s 3D notebooks uses 3D systems from their own patents, cutting much of the costs of licensing, and leaving the 3D notebooks at a price not much higher than traditional notebooks.
There were little other details, but many expect at least a few of the companies to show off their 3D hardware at the upcoming CES event in January.
We will keep you updated.
