Dell unveiled a series of Vostro series notebook sometimes ago. Now Dell is adding the new product into it in Japanese market, the Vostro 1200. This ultraportable V1200 is a Santa Rosa notebook designed for business professionals / students who are looking for a value-for-money and feature balance. This can be seen from the specification as below:

• Intel Core 2 Duo T7250 (2.0GHz) or Celeron 540 (1.86GHz) processor
• up to 4GB memory
• 160GB hard drive
• Mobile Intel GM965 Express Chipset
• 12.1-inch TFT TrueLife WXGA glossy liquid crystal display (1280×800)
• dual layer DVD burner
• 2.0 mega pixel webcam
• 802.11abgn WiFi, Bluetooth
• Windows XP SP2 or Vista

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To provide low cost and rugged PCs for greater education opportunities for the young, Intel has released the Classmate PC. Its design is child friendly and comes with price US$200. With three available colors such as pink, blue and white, it comes in a size that fits perfectly for its younger audience. A leather cover encasing the plastic build of the Classmate PC gives it greater survivability in rugged environments and it also comes with a water resistant keyboard. It features a 7-inch display with 800×480 pixel resolution, which maybe a little restrictive in a Windows environment. The plus point with the Classmate PC though, is its round touch pad mouse which is easy to use and sensitive to the touch.

The Classmate PC is powered by Intel ULV Celeron M 900 MHz, 915 chipset and 256MB of DDR2 RAM, with preloaded Windows XP, it is able to handle itself well on Windows XP, one application at a time. You can have the option to preloaded with Linux (Mandriva Linux). Intel’s aim is to provide the Classmate PC with capabilities that are similar to existing PC architecture, software and usage. Its performance is sufficient for its tasks and loading time was quick since the whole OS is loaded on a 2GB flash module ? no HDDs in here. With extensive usage, the Classmate PC lasted up to 3 hours before we found the battery dried to the core.
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