Watch out Apple, ’cause Dell has an XPS up its sleeve
- October 8th, 2007
- 6 Comments
Apparently, Dell is coming out with some ultra-portable Macbook killer that’s due out by year’s end blah blah blah, you know the deal. What matters are the specs and unique features, because if this Dell XPS M1530 doesn’t pack anything worthwhile, it has no chance of overtaking Apple’s Macbook in terms of popularity.
Luckily, the specs have been leaked like a faucet in John’s new house. Take a gander:
* 15.40-inch display (CCFL up to 1680 x 1050, LED up to 1440 x 900)
* Core 2 Duo options from 1.5GHz (T5250) up to 2.6GHz (T7800)
* Crestline GM/PM 965 chipset with up to 2GB of 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM
* GeForce 8400M or 8600M GS options (up to 256MB)
* Slot-loading Blu-ray / 8x DVD±RW
* Options for 802.11a/b/g/n, WWAN, Bluetooth
* HDMI, VGA, 1394, ExpressCard, (3) USB 2.0, Ethernet, fingerprint reader, media reader
* 2.0 megapixel (with CCFL) or 300k (with LED) cameras
* Weighs about 4 pounds
Well, considering the Core 2 Duo is there and HDMI + Blu-ray will be available, I’d say that we have a decent competitor on our hands. What Dell, no love for the HD DVD?
UncleShaggworthy (Who am I?)
10 months ago
Is the gadget journalism world so cut-throat that you can’t even take the time to remove the “engadget” watermark from the image you stole for your site?
Matt (Who am I?)
10 months ago
Both Dell and Apple are on the Blu-ray side, so don’t expect HD DVD from them. :P
John Biggs (Who am I?)
10 months ago
@uncle - damn right. We’re BUSY
weatherman (Who am I?)
10 months ago
Yeah, if you’re going to reblogitate, you should probably at least link back to the site that watermarked the picture. As my pappy always said, you gotta dance with the girl what brung ya!
Sleek looking hardware though. Dell’s got some dandy machines out these days. And with the new Linux support, I’m liking the company more and more.
Elodie (Who am I?)
10 months ago
doesn’t leaving the watermark give credit where it is due? Being therefore NOT a stolen image, unless engadget has a policy about people not being allowed to use their watermarked images. Which I highly doubt, it’s free advertisement to them.
So you just yelled at them for NOT having stolen a picture.
hahahaha, wow, but people are dumb.
John Biggs (Who am I?)
10 months ago
yeah, you’re right, though. looks like vv screwed up. that’s what meth does to you!