Dell Studio XPS 1340 Laptop Reviews

Stylish and sleek, the NEW Dell Studio XPS 1340 laptop is designed to deliver the knockout multimedia features youll want to take with you everywhere. From the optional genuine leather accents to near-seamless design, every facet of your laptop reflects elegance and beauty. And the 13.3″ edge-to-edge display and performance graphics make your online experience come to life.

Dell has released 2 new laptops today: the 13.3-inch Studio XPS 1340 and 16-inch Studio XPS 1640. The standard features for both laptops includes the latest Intel Core 2 Duo CPU, up to 128GB solid state drive or 500GB of hard drive, 2MP web camera, stereo speakers, 802.11n wireless connectivity, optional Bluetooth, and support for AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon mobile broadband.

For $1,199 in the US, both machines come loaded with Core 2 Duo P8400 processors, Vista Home Premium, 1366×768 WGA screens, 4GB of DDR3 SDRAM, a 320GB hard drive, a slot-loading DVD burner and dedicated graphics – the NVIDIA GeForce 9400M G on the Dell Studio XPS 1340 battery and the impressive ATI Mobility RADEON M86XT graphics (equivalent to the Mobility HD 3670) on the 16. They also get HDMI and eSATA as standard.

The base spec may be tasty, but so are some of the options. Top of our shopping list for the 16 is the potentially stunning, $250 optional, FullHD RGBLED LCD display with 1920×1080 resolution. That baby boasts RGBLED 16.7 million colours with 100 percent of the color gamut the 40 to 60% most manage. That should make this the laptop for Blu-Ray movies and gaming with super vibrant colours, a 130-degree viewing angle and a fast 8ms response time. Drool.

Specification:

• Intel® Core™ 2 Duo P8400 (3MB cache/2.26GHz/1066Mhz FSB)
• Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition SP1, 64-bit
• Edge-to-Edge HD Widescreen 16.0 inch WLED LCD (1366×768) W/2.0 MP  or Edge-to-Edge 13.3″ HD WXGA LCD with 2.0 Megapixel Camera
• 4GB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1067MHz (2 Dimms)
• 320GB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive
• 8X DVD+/- RW(DVD/CD read/write) Slot Load Drive (Sorry no Blu-Ray!)
• ATI Mobility RADEON® M86XT – 512MB
• Dell Wireless 1515 802.11n Half Mini-Card
• 6-cell Battery
• High Definition Audio 2.0
• Bundled with 15 months of McAfee Security Center, Dell Online Backup 2GB for 1 year , Microsoft Works
• 1Yr In-Home Service, Parts + Labor,24×7 Phone Support

Processor: 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 Memory: 4GB RAM Storage: 320GB hard drive Optical Drive: DVD±RW Screen: 13.3 inches Graphics: Nvidia GeForce 9400M G integrated Weight: 4.8 pounds Dimensions (HWD): 1×12.6×9.3 inches Operating System: Windows Vista Home Premium (64-bit) Value worthy competitor for MacBook and MacBook Pro. Compact yet powerful. Will surely please most in the market for a small and powerful laptop. This is not for gaming.

It’s Dell’s attempt to go slightly more high-end, but without breaking the bank. That means an eye-catching case of ‘obsidian black’ plastic and faux leather, a backlit keyboard and a choice of  Studio XPS 1340 battery or 16-inch WXGA LCD screen, depending on your choice of model.

Aside from that, much is the same for both, which means Core 2 Duo processors and a base option (for the 1340) of Vista Home Premium, a 2 megapixel webcam, 4GB of DDR3 SDRAM, 320GB of storage, a slot-loading DVD burner and NVIDIA GeForce 9400M G graphics. If you opt for the larger 1640, the NVIDIA chip is replaced by ATI Mobility RADEON M86XT for the graphics.

Dell release Studio XPS 1640 battery notebook along with XPS 1340. Dell XPS 1340 comes with a 13.3-inch screen and powered by Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 4 Gb of DDR3 RAM, up to 500 GB of HDD or 128 GB of SSD. Graphics controlled by NVIDIA GeForce 9400M G or 9500M graphic card with 256MB VRAM to deliver 1280 x 800pixel resolution.Blu-ray drive is optional. Arrives with Windows Vista OS, XPS 1340 has $1199 starting price.

XPS 1340, on the other hand, packs a 16-inch screen and powered by Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 8 Gb of DDR3 RAM, up to 500 GB of HDD or 128 GB of SSD. Graphics controlled by ATI Mobility Radeon M86XT graphic card with 512MB VRAM to deliver 1366×768 pixel resolution.Blu-ray drive is optional too.

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Dell Adamo XPS alive and kicking, back for order on Dell.com

Well hello again, Dell Adamo XPS. Though the incredibly thin and uniquely designed laptop disappeared from Dell.com last week and we received official comment that it was a “limited edition product with a finite number of systems available,” the Adamo XPS has reappeared in its $2,000 glory on the company’s site. According to Dell’s blog, it was merely just a move to restock the inventory and direct customers to retailers that had fresh stock — well why didn’t you just say that Dell! And do not fear about the Adamo brand, Dell reports that all is well as it starts to apply the design to other lines, just as we saw yesterday with the Vostro V13. We’re still a bit confused by the reappearance, but it sure is good to see you again, Adamo XPS. We wish you a long successful life with many many price drops.

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Media Digest 3/16/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Reuters:   The Fed is likely to keep interest rates low for some time.

Reuters:   China said the yuan in not behind the US trade gap.

Reuters:   A record number of Chinese are unhappy about inflation.

Reuters:    The recession left “walking wounded” workers according to a study.

Reuters:   Dodd will boost the power of the Fed in his financial reform legislation.

Reuters:   Toyota (TM) cast doubts on a runaway Prius clam in California.,

Reuters:    A group of Congressmen pressed the Administration on the price of China’s currency

Reuters:   Sony (SNE) made a $250 million deal with Michael Jackson’s estate.

Reuters:   Wachovia is in talks to settle with regulators about money laundering charges.

WSJ;   Lehman fired the whistle blower in 2008 who brought problems to the government’s attention.

WSJ:   A rocket from start-up SpaceX will carry a Loral rocket into space.

WSJ:   Boeing (BA) and Airbus face competition from Bombardier and Embraer

WSJ:   The Dodd legislation will set up a series of series of winners and loser which will increase the fight between bankers and Congress.

WSJ:   Google’s (GOOG) exit from China would help Microsoft (MSFT)

WSJ:   Twitter may become available in China soon.

WSJ:   Dell (DELL) filed charges against Sony (SNE), Toshiba, Hitachi, and other Asian firms for cartel price setting.

WSJ:   China sold $5.6 billion in US Treasuries in January.

WSJ:   Consol Energy will pay $3.4 billion to acquire the Appalachian exploration-and-production business of Dominion Resources.

WSJ:   PepsiCo (PEP) plans a $15 billion share buyback.

WSJ:   Walmart (WMT) will expand the number of states were it offers bank services by 50%.

NYT:   More than $700 billion in junk bonds will mature over three years starting in 2012.

NYT:   Moody’s said US debt might hurt its Aaa rating.

NYT:   Senators moved to pass the new jobs bill.

NYT:   Europe created a system to make loans to Greece.

NYT:   Medicaid cuts are forcing doctors and patients out of the program.

FT:   Congressional members pressed the Administration to challenge China on the price of the yuan.

FT:   Barclay’s (BCS) looked at buying part of UBS (UBS) before it bought Lehman assets

FT:   Emerging market bond sales hit a record.

FT:   The major report on Lehman raised derivative clearing concerns.

Bloomberg:   Over several years Ford (F) had major problems with accelerators.

Bloomberg:   Europe faces a major struggle with the US over hedge funds and private equity firms.

Douglas A. McIntyre

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Dell Suing Suppliers Over Price Fixing.... Wow!

I’m guessing that Dell was feeling that they were being screwed, as they are now suing Hitachi, Sharp, Toshiba, HannStar, and Seiko over LCD price fixing. Reuters is reporting that damages has not decided on what damages it will seek, but you can bet it will be a very big dollar amount. It also doesn’t help that LCD companies have been nailed for this sort of thing before. Of course at the end of this circus, the lawyers will win and consumers won’t see any benefit from this as I highly doubt that prices of Dell hardware will drop if they win.

You gotta love how this stuff works.

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The battery use and maintenance

Compared to traditional cameras, digital cameras have the particularly great demand for electricity. because lithium batteries and nickel-metal hydride batteries can be reused and need large power,so they are also more and more popular for digital camera users. But regardless of a lithiumDell latitude d600 battery or nickel-hydrogen batteries, we need pay more attention to using and saving a variety of battery.

Ni-MH battery has memory effect, this effect would reduce the overall battery capacity and usage time. As time goes on, less and less stored charge, the battery also will be consumed faster and faster. Therefore, we should try to run out the electricity. If you use a dedicated lithium Dell latitude d820 battery , or lithium-ion battery, no memory effect problem need not to think about.

In everyday use, they must pay attention to maintaining the integrity of the Dell latitude d830 battery insulating paper, once they are damaged, it should be tightly pasteted by tape. Check the battery’s electrodes whether there is oxidation or not, mild oxidation can be polished off, but if a serious case of oxidation or loss ,we should immediately replace them with new batteries. Meanwhile, in order to avoid power loss, need to keep contact points at both ends of the battery and battery lid clean, if necessary, you can use a soft, clean dry cloth and gently wipe off the gd761 battery . Using a small eraser(For example, the kind of a pencil head) to clean metallic contacts inside the battery pack, but can not use cleaning agents with the solubility of a cleansing agent.

Also, when you plan a long time do not use digital camera, must take out the battery from a digital camera, or charger , and it is fully discharged and then stored in a dry, cool environment, but not to place the battery and the general metal objects stored together, this point is particularly important for non-rechargeable batteries,such as Dell inspiron e1505 battery .

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17 LCD Computer Monitor – Why are they the perfect buy

17 Inch Monitor - Dell

17 inch LCD computer monitor done a splendid job in changing the computer industry. In fact, in this age of miniaturized productivity, the compact, ultra-slim LCD monitors are practically the industry standard.

If you want style, grace, portability and spectacular image quality, you’ll get it all with an LCD monitor. And the attractive, thin-bezel design has captured the imagination of everyone who values style and substance.

Consequently, nearly everyone is abandoning their CRT monitors and racing to buy LCD PC monitors – and prices are dropping fast.

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Late Night Wednesday Post

This post is even later than usual. So just a couple of quick thoughts and charts. Tomorrow, I think we will see a significant increase in the mkt. moves, and I think that will continue to Friday. It has been getting more and more volatile this week, be it ever so slowly. I am leaning towards a down move here, but it is certainly not the clearest of signals. The INDU and COMPQ both look the same. The NAS has been incredibly strong, and when I see this I tend to want to short the QQQQ as soon as I see weakness. It seems they fall a wee bit quicker. I don’t see weakness yet, but I will be watching for it.

I was going to post the VIX and VXN tonight, but they both look the same. There is this strong move up and they both have filled the gap. Now, the question is whether or not this is a gap and go or a gap and drop. We will know tomorrow.

The SPX is near very clear resistance and it should at least stall a bit here. This could be a double top set up. The RSI is over bought, but the MACD is still rising. It is not a clear signal either way, but in considering the recent big move down and rally, I think that this will hold, at least for short-term. Of course if the NAS and RUT keep climbing this resistance will too give way.

DELL has more than filled this gap, re-tested the high and failed to close above this down trend line. The v has increased for two days in a row, but left big top wicks. If the v increase again tomorrow this could move above that down trend, but seeing those top wicks lends me to believe this will drop at least a little from here.

A few days ago I thought this may be setting up for another great short trade, but now I think the opposite. This looks more like a bull flag and today there was a bullish engulfing candle. Low v today, but it has been trending lower for several days. I won’t trade until I see confirmation, but if it does bust to upside, then I think it will take out that resistance.

In closing: I expect more action tomorrow and a bigger close, one in the double digits one way or another. Trade well and prosper. AKOT

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Funny Few Days…

Over in Sioux Falls, South Dakota BigDog aka Dave has been a busy chap… He’s just been upgrading and swapping out his IT solution. Oddly enough he’s opted for a 17” Dell laptop… and good for him.

It’s funny really, my Dell Inspiron has a Centrino T2050 possessor and is still more than capable of anything I wish to use this laptop for – and this includes playing Battlefield2 with all the video settings to max!

However, looking at the release of Battlefield Bad Company 2 on PC a couple of days ago – I wonder if I actually have the power to even start that game… I must look up the specs… BigDog – buy that game – so Iz can whoop yo sorry ass!!

Other stuff…

My new camera is unbelievably outstanding – I’m simply stunned at the pictures it takes!!

I left my previous camera to my mate in Chepstow, and frankly I’m glad I had to buy another. It’s a Samsung ST500 bought from Camerbox.co.uk for a fraction of what Amazon charge for it.

I have continued my ruthless cutting of people I follow on Twitter. Some of whom are even friends of sorts, but this is not to say I’m falling out with anyone as we can still communicate on twitter without the following thing. It actually stops ‘extra’ followers appearing which had become a hassle… This is, except for one UK follower who has turned out to be a stunning and insightful individual whom I won’t mention (other than they get larger by the day).

The big spring clean is under way here as I rip through my place throwing out EVERYTHING I don’t use. I’ve always travelled light, and always have the need to live light – but rarely succeed… Until now (I’m hoping). Besides, I live alone and if anything were to happen to me it’d make the job of clearing me out of the way much easier (I’m laughing here – yeah, good luck with that!!)

Most admin has been carried out other than requiring a medical for my truck licence…(£113). So I’m simply cracking on with life and looking forward to warmer weather.

News also this week is that they’re gonna release a load of new bugs into the UK. These weird mite-like critters suck the life out of a plant called the Japanese Knot Weed which has become a real problem in the UK. While it can grow a meter in 3 weeks, what you see is a bit like the tip of an Iceberg – the root structure is vast!!

I guess we’ll end up being over run with those too at some point..

Work colleague and Farmerist WKD and hubby ‘C’ have been preparing for lambing. I had no idea just how hard work this is until JK of all people started lecturing me about it.

This (for those who may read this blog) is a bit of a concern… I can’t be having JK learning more about this farmerist business!!

Hopefully WKD will furnish us with pictures of the whole process and lots of ickle lambs… (hint!) 

My cousin’s lad and friend ‘Matt’ has been having an odd year.. Matt is an avid climber of sorts. I say ‘of sorts’ because he’s into ‘Bouldering’ (no, not blundering as the this spell checker would have me write). While he does the odd rock face, he loves nothing more than to wrap himself around large oversized pebbles! This sounds ok until you realise Matt is around 40 ft tall and has the wing span of a 747!!

This last year he’s had the misfortune of having his Land Rover stolen and as such getting to he most favoured places of the Peak District curtailed. This however did not stop him legging it to India to do some climbing a few weeks ago.

Matt is at a place in his life I know all too well as I’ve actually been where he is now – and I’m sorely envious of him.

If Matt is anything like me, he’ll probably head off and work his way around Europe at some point. The only thing I would recommend to him is to get his HGV class 1 – because love it or hate it, it’s one hell of a fall back income.

However, Matt is very much his own man! He’ll do what he wants and he’ll do it his way – and I of all people get that.

I do of course hate him for it lol

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Dell Latitude D610 14.1" Notebook (1.73GHz Pentium M 745 512MB RAM 60GB HDD DVD/CD-RW Combo XP Pro)

Dell Latitude D610 14.1″ Notebook (1.73GHz Pentium M 745 512MB RAM 60GB HDD DVD/CD-RW Combo XP Pro) Review

Dell Latitude D610 14.1″ Notebook (1.73GHz Pentium M 745 512MB RAM 60GB HDD DVD/CD-RW Combo XP Pro) Overview

Intel Pentium M Processor 745 1.73GHz 512MB RAM (2048MB max) 14.1″ XGA (1024×768) 60GB HDD Combo CD-RW/DVD v.90 56k modem 10/100 Ethernet ATI Mobility RADEON X300 Microsoft Windows XP Professional

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Knowledge of digital camera rechargeable battery

Rechargeable batteries can be considered as micro-batteries. its basic principles is same with the car battery , that is, positive and negative electrodes are composed of a metal material , chemical energy storage media is added in it. before leaving the factory,Rechargeable Ibm thinkpad t40 battery is activated ,charged and discharge in the production line.

Rechargeable batteries are different from the ordinar disposable alkaline batteries. with normal battery discharge, the voltage linear decrease, and can not be restored. The voltagere of chargeable batteries reduced with a reduction in electricity while in use (loading) , but the cessation of use (off load),whether remaining amount of power regardless is little or not ,the voltage will be restored to 1.2V or slightly below. because charge voltage is higher than the Dell inspiron 6000 battery voltage in charging, after charging , the battery voltage go up to 1.4V or so general, but shelved for a while, charging the battery will return to 1.2V.

Any battery, including batteries and rechargeable batteries, can not over-discharge. Otherwise, light in reducing battery life, in serious cases will cause the batteries short-circuit, the Ibm thinkpad t400 battery is completely broken. Its appearance is the battery voltage drops below 1V, and may only have a few 0:00 V, a charge immediately washed over very quickly, but then a load right away have no electricity.

It should be clarified, but also very important. If the rechargeable batteries are not used for a long-term, should discharge the battery, rather than washed over. When fully charged, rechargeable batteries, such as a long-term need, due to chemical reactions within the battery will shorten the battery life, and even damage to rechargeable batteries. This is not the same as with the Ibm thinkpad t61 battery . The new rechargeable battery are fully discharged in the factory . There is no electricity in rechargeable batteries and voltage can not be saw . Rechargeable battery with or without electricity, voltage is 1.2V. Through the following ways to verify: the new rechargeable batteries (not completely red electricity) into DC, will find no power of a few can not shoot.

Now on the market of automatic red appliances, a lot of batterycan not be charged. Charger are included with the instructions given in a variety of capacity rechargeable Dell inspiron 6400 battery charging time, but often not to the nominal time to recharge to end. Full power is not red rechargeable battery for DC, if DC is the result of electrical charges. You often see complaining about color, the same machine, other people’s power, its own special charges electricity. Is likely to be full of rechargeable batteries, not red. From this point may wish to look for reasons. Some automatic charger with a charging function of turbulence. In this charger, the rechargeable battery in the red after full power continue to use the turbulence in the red for one hour. This rechargeable 17inch apple macbook pro akku can better washed over.

In addition, the new rechargeable batteries should be full charged and discharged for 3 – 5 times ,it can achieve the best condition. The use of rechargeable batteries should cultivate good habits, compulsory full no power (DC auto-shutdown), the further charge. Whether or not automatic charger, red finished immediately after power-rechargeable Dell inspiron 710m battery should be removed

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Dell Series 7 Black Standard Yield Print Cartridge

Would buy again, if I get enough it is worth the extra $1 or $2 extra instead of going to Walmart.

Product Description

Original Dell Cartridge. Series 9, blackFor use with: Dell All-in-One Machines 926

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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AOL, T, DELL, KMB, MRVL, MIL, OSIP, RVBD, SNDK, GAME)

These are ten of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations we have seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning:

AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL) Started as Hold at Jefferies.

AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) Cut to Neutral at HSBC.

Dell Inc.(NASDAQ: DELL) Raised to Buy at UBS.

Kimberly-Clark (NYSE: KMB) Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.

Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (NASDAQ: MRVL) Raised to Buy at Lazard.

Millipore Inc. (NYSE: MIL) Cutto Neutral at UBS.

OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:OSIP) Cut to Hold at Canaccord.

Riverbed Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: RVBD) Cut to Neutral at BofA/Merrill Lynch.

SanDisk Corp. (NASDAQ: SNDK) Raised to Neutral at UBS.

Shanda Games (NASDAQ: GAME) Cut to Hold at Citigroup

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Dell Inspiron 1545 - A Consumer Review

The market for affordable laptops has grown in the last few years, and consumers today have a wide selection to choose from. But with so many models to choose from, sometimes it’s not so easy to know which laptop to buy. It is true that some consumers will narrow their choices based on the brand, and Dell is one of the top brand names to consider. But is the Dell Inspiron 1545 a computer you should get? This Dell Inspiron 1545 review will examine the benefits and features of this popular computer.

This laptop is a full size laptop with a 15.6 inch screen. Yet, it is a pretty compact laptop as well, which is not too weighty and can be taken just about anywhere. One of the cool features of this laptop is that is has a 1.3 megapixel webcam and even includes facial recognition software. In addition, the computer comes with Windows 7 preinstalled, and has a very clear LCD display which is well suited for multimedia entertainment.

The true merit of this laptop rests in the fact that it offers very good specs for its relatively low price. Memory is more than sufficient, with 4 GB of RAM enabling you to run just about any application. The CPU is the ever popular pentium dual core with 2.1 Ghz, and excellent processor capable of running the most advanced programs. Provided that you are not hoping to run the most resource-intense applications or play major video games on the laptop, this computer should more than suit your daily needs.

Other features making the Dell Inspiron 1545 a nice laptop include a 250 GB hard drive, plenty of USB drives (3 in fact), an 8x DVD drive, and an Intel graphics accelerator.

Budget minded consumers will have a hard time finding a nicer computer than this highly popular Dell model with rich features and nice specs. It seems users would agree, as the reviews for this computer have been very good. If you are interested in this model, the best prices can generally be found by buying online. For more information and recommended vendors for this model, visit the Dell Inspiron 1545 laptop review page at Laptop Examiner.

If you are still reviewing and researching which laptop to buy, another model we recommend is the HP G60 Laptop.

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