Dell’s XPS 14z isn’t exactly an ultra book, but it is slender at 23mm, without missing out on an optical drive or ports. More »
Remember last week when Dell hinted it was launching a super-thin laptop from the ashes of Adamo? Today it’s lifted the lid on the new XPS 15z, a 15.6-inch full powered Sandy Bridge notebook that has Apple’s design firmly in its sights. More »
I haven’t seen a mainstream desktop this drool-drippingly designed since Voodoo’s beautiful Omen box. The Studio XPS 435 isn’t quite as lustworthy, but I still can’t quite believe it came out of Dell.
Dell has come out with an update to its XPS One computer system, making it generally bigger and more powerful than the previous iteration. The XPS One 24 now comes with a 24-inch 1080p display, JBL speakers and subwoofer, an Intel Core 2 quad core processor, and an NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT graphics card. A Vista Home Premium version starts at $US1,699 and a Vista Ultimate begins pricing at $US2,299. If you buy the (PRODUCT)RED version, you’ll be donating either $US50 or $US80 (depending on configuration) to the fight against AIDS. Of course, you could also fight AIDS by donating directly to charities rather than engaging in feel-good consumerism, but then you’d actually be Red… you know, in that (shudder) distribution of wealth sense.
Even after Nvidia downplayed their original report that GeForce 8400-8700 cards were failing in large numbers due to overheating, Dell has issued a BIOS update for all of its machines running the affected GPUs anyway. The update tweaks the fan settings to “regulate temperature fluctuations” to keep the maybe-faulty-maybe-not chips cooler. So who do we believe here?
Dell wanted to bring its gaming platform down from the US$2000 and up arena, and into something average gamers can go and buy, so it’s rolling out the previously teased XPS 630.
AU: Just heard from Dell in Australia, and we’re looking at a staring price of $2,299 down here. It launches on Feb 29 as well, so only two more sleeps if you can’t wait to get your hands on this machine.
