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Dell planning new Adamo XPS ultra-thin laptop

Written by IT News on 9:16 PM

Round Rock, Texas-based Dell has benefited its customers with a new laptop Adamo since early September, when the outfit announced Adamo XPS laptop. Said to be "made to fall in love," says Adamo XPS expected a competitor to Apple's much hyped MacBook Air, one of the first laptops with a thin and approve lighting design. In this respect, it seems that we are a couple of new pictures of the machine has not yet taken a PC.

The gang over at Gizmodo is one of the first pictures of the new laptop to publish, but some other sites soon followed by more pictures of the product, including Geek.com. Unfortunately, there are not many technical details are available, in addition to this round of pictures, but the interesting fact is that the long-awaited laptop seems to have chosen a design that would certainly occur if the above-mentioned main competitor to Apple's system.

It is part of Adamo Dell's latest line of portable computer systems, a line is designed for people seeking more than just an ordinary laptop, but a system that comes with an elegant design, along with the required specifications to run some of the most basic applications on the market today. The new XPS model, the PC vendor has a long continuation of a system that succeeded in developing a barrel is impressive.

Unfortunately, until we have the necessary information on the internal specifications of the product, we can only speculate on the outcome of this new laptop can reach. There is a good chance that Dell will be one of the latest platforms from Intel for low-power, ultra-slim design, with an option for a processor Culver.

Dell provide system for education

Written by IT News on 6:31 AM

Colleges switch to Dell as the mobile computing requirements increase

By: Bogdan Botezatu, Hardware Editor

United States colleges and universities are reportedly adopting Dell mobile technologies for their students. According to a Dell report, a couple of higher education customers have placed massive orders for the company's notebooks, to help 115,000 students switch to mobile computing solutions.

For instance, Ivy Tech Community College students are now able to purchase 110,000 discount Latitude D531 laptops, as part of the deal closed with the PC manufacturer.

"We want to consistently assure that our students are provided the best possible tools while here at Ivy Tech," said Ivy Tech Community College President Thomas J. Snyder. "Partnering with Dell allows us to offer our students access to the technology that will help them succeed."

Quinnipiac University has also secured an agreement with the PC manufacturer, and will offer approximately 1,500 notebooks to its freshmen students.

"The ability to bring Dell mobile technology into the classroom has expanded the teaching and learning experience, allowing for more active engagement and increased connectivity between students and faculty," said Dr. Richard Ferguson, vice president and chief information and technology officer, Quinnipiac University.

Major universities that have deployed wireless gear across their campuses also provide their students with mobile computing solutions. For instance, the Case Western University offers Dell notebooks to 170 incoming students, as part of their educational program.

"The mobility and wireless capability for these students has transformed the learning environment by allowing students to stay connected while doing rounds and visiting with the clinical research community," said Lev Gonick, chief information officer and vice president, information services, Case Western University.

However, Dell is currently providing universities with more than notebooks, given the fact that major computing architectures are also built on Dell technology. For instance, the Purdue University has recently purchased an entire supercomputing cluster from the PC manufacturer, comprised of 812 interconnected nodes.

Dell deliver with Ubuntu solution in China

Written by IT News on 8:40 AM

Dell has begun Ubuntu 7.10 Inspiron 530n on the desktop, in which customers in China, yesterday because of the high number of requests from customers. Unfortunately, the DVD playback is not supported on Ubuntu 7.10, in China.


It seems that Dell, his computer with Ubuntu
Pros in the world. They started at the end Ubuntu first in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, and last month, Canada and Latin America. The customers in China, Dell can call for the installation and configuration of the base help if they need it. In addition, a Canonical years technical support.

due to the high number of requests from the customers

Dell has begun with the Linux distributions installed, China, last year, when he Optical Plex 330 and 755 with SUSE Linux desktop 10th Now, the customers of Dell from China benefits from the other functions of Ubuntu 7.10:

• Cool 3D visual effects that are fun to use your system;
• A search engine for PC easier to find documents or applications;
• possibility for fast switching between users and a simple system with the family;
• Prior to the installation of Flash for a better web (Added by Dell);
• improve the possibilities for the restoration of a full resumption of operations, from the hard disk and the ability to burn the specific system for the restoration of images on a DVD, as soon as the PC user (Dell also develops good)