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Dell's New Vostro Notebooks For SMBs |
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Written by Adam Gosling
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Thursday, 12 July 2007 |
Dell has announced a
new brand targeted squarely at the hottest part of the IT industry
growth engine small business. With the new Vostro notebooks and
desktops, the company hopes to achieve the same level of broad
acceptance it achieved with large enterprise making Dell an easy choice
for small business PC buyers.
It's typically a difficult place
for a direct vendor to compete because small businesses typically rely
on what Microsoft calls a 'trusted adviser' a value added reseller
partner which will take some level of responsibility for installing a
new computer and making sure it works with the office network and so on.
Dell
has been making noises about working with these resellers instead of
cutting them out like an unwanted middleman. But Dell has made such
noises before. Now with its growth stalled it looks like Dell could be
serious about it and has even come up with the perfect product to take
to market.
Having recently jazzed up its Inspiron line which was
so popular with small business, the company's product range had room
for a vanilla line of notebooks and desktops that emphasise "quality
and value" says Dell.
Better still over the new brand comes
shipped with no trialware infestation and has Dell Automated PC Tune-Up
which keeps Vostro systems running at peak level. This utility combines
30 tuning, performance, security and maintenance tasks to one click.
Including the following:
- Assists with hard drive defragmentation, and removes unwanted and temporary files;
- Enables automatic Windows updates for improved system responsiveness;
- Updates security settings, checks and activates firewall; and
- Verifies "restore" points for better operation and data recovery.
Vostro 1000 Notebook
- 15.4" display; dual core AMD processors; up to 2GB of memory; up to
120GB hard drive; 3-1 media card readers; and choice of Windows Vista
or Windows XP.
Vostro 1400, 1500 and 1700 Notebook
- Wireless a/g/n Wi-Fi
- Optional Mobile Broadband (U.S. carriers announced)
- Optional Bluetooth
- Up to 8 hours of battery life
- MediaDirect
with Instant Office, the fastest one-button instant access utility
available that enables users to check their calendar and contacts or
other Office documents in seconds
- Optional Intel Core 2 Duo Processors; up to 4GB system memory
- Durability with magnesium-alloy chassis, sealed keyboards and StrikeZone hard drives
- 8-1 media card reader; optional integrated Web cam for video conferencing.
Vostro 1400 Notebook
- 14.1" wide anti-glare display; and integrated or dedicated graphics (128MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 8400M GS).
Vostro 1500 Notebook
- 15.4"
wide anti-glare display; integrated or dedicated graphics (128MB NVIDIA
GeForce Go 8400M GS or 256MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 8600M GT); and choice of
Windows Vista or Windows XP.
Vostro 1700 Notebook
- Integrated
numeric keypad; 17" wide anti-glare display; and integrated or
dedicated graphics (128MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 8400M GS or 256MB NVIDIA
GeForce Go 8600M GT).
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