Dell Unveils Slim New Laptop Latitude 13
Although business-centric laptops don't have to be particularly sexy, Dell's latest business offering shows that those who need to get some real work done can have some style too.
Dell today unveiled the Latitude 13, which takes many design cues from the Adamo luxury series. This isn't the first business machine from Dell in the form; the Vostro 13 offered nearly the same things late last year.
Dell is touting the Latitude 13 as "the world's thinnest 13-inch commercial client laptop" at 0.65-inches thick, but hasn't revealed what might be under the hood. We expect specs to be similar to the Vostro 13: choices of either a 1.2GHz Celeron, 1.3GHz Core 2 Duo or 1.4GHz Core 2 Solo with integrated X4500MHD graphics, the notebook packs a 13.3-inch screen. That aside, it's also got eSATA, USB, Ethernet and SD and ExpressCard slots.
Expect it to show up on Dell's website for order in a few weeks starting at around $500.
Can someone translate that into plain English?
Used for your job....
meaning no one in commercial operation uses the imac laptop
Base config = $500
Usable config (Core 2 Duo, more than 2gb ram, and hd > 160gb, plus other things you would think would be standard to begin with) = $1000
Low start price and then azz rape you on the most basic of upgrades.
They have up to 3.06 GHz core 2's in their Macbook Air, the closest thing to this? Didn't think so. Please don't try again.
There's more to CPU than speed...
Besides, for what you pay for a Mac, you can get a windows laptop with a more powerful processor.
but you 'thin' people are welcome to get this.
hmmm let's see Apple's $500 laptop with a high-end processor? Oh wait! They don't have a $500 laptop!
If you look at PC Laptops that cost as much as the Apple would see better processors. Heck you can get a top of the line Alienware Laptop for less than the top of the line Mac Book Pro with change left over for upgrades.