Laptop choiche

You might remember that we took a first look at Dells upcoming Inspiron 15 model that was expected to retail for $699.

The unit is now available and comes in a variety of flavors and colors. The standard system comes with Intel Pentinum Dual Core or Intel Core 2 Duo processors. Vista Home Basic with SP-1 as well as Home Premium 32-bit and 64-bit are available.

You can get up to 4GB of Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM, Intel Cantiga GM45 Chipset, Intel Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD. Glossy 15.6" widescreen XGA (1366x768) display, up to 320GB of HDD space, DVD or Blu-ray combo drive. Batterys come in 4, 6 or 9 cell flavors along with a built in 1.3 MP camera. WiFi 802.11 with the option for Next-Gen Wireless-N Mini-Card are there. Last but not least you can top it off with Bluetooth 2.0.

Of course with almost everything maxed out you will be looking in the $1000 region but at least you get a cool Blu-Ray drive thingy.

The system can be ordered VIA the READ link.

Dell has officially announced its Inspiron Zino HD small form factor PC. The device can be configured for as little as $229.

The Dell Zino HD is a better alternative to Intel Atom powered nettops. It also makes a good home theatre PC. The Inspiron Zino HD runs on Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. The base model is powered by a 1.6GHz AMD Athlon 2650e processor with ATI Radeon HD32000 graphics processor. Up to 2GB of RAM can be installed. The hard drive spinning at 7200rpm is available in a 250GB capacity. Other features include Ethernet and DVD burner.

If you are willing to shell out a little more money, you will be able to get a faster device with a 1.8GHz AMD Athlon 2850e processor, a 320GB hard drive and 3GB of RAM. This model will also have WiFi 802.b/g.

The top of the line model starts at $649. For that price you will get an ATI Radeon 4330 512MB graphics, a 500GB 7200rpm hard drive, 4GB of RAM, and a 20 inch widescreen monitor.