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Keyboard Screw Up on Dell Vostro 1310

On first glance, the keyboard on the new Dell Vostro 1310 looks perfectly fine. But stare closer, and compare it to your own keyboard. Notice any difference? Hint: The ‘Z’ key. The ‘Z’ key should be below ‘A’ and ‘S’, not below ‘S’ and ‘D’! This is going to make typing absolutely frustrating for most. This seems to [...]

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Windows Vista Now On Dell Computers

Dell has just started shipping their laptop and desktop machines loaded with Windows Vista. Their prices seem to remain similar to those before. For those of you on the Windows side of the fence and is looking for an upgrade, might want to give this a shot.

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Dell XPS M1710 With Blu-Ray

Buyers of the Dell XPS M1710 notebook now has the option to add a Blu-Ray disc drive, which burns BD, DVD, and CD. It even has double layer BD write capability. A pretty beefy notebook that comes with the following for the default $3,699 setup: Intel Core 2 Duo T7600 processor 512MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX 1GB DDR2 [...]

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Dell Announces Affordable 20-inch LCD Monitor

Finally, a widescreen from Dell that does not hurt your wallet too much. The new Dell E207WFP is a 20-incher with 1,680 x 1,050 widescreen resolution, a 5ms response time and most importantly, a rock-bottom price tag of US$289. The LCD supposedly does not come with USB hub, composite ports and S-Video ports. And it should [...]

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Apple Joins Dell. Recalling 1.8 Million Batteries

As we know, Dell isn’t the only one using Sony laptop batteries that have potential of exploding in your face. Our favorite Apple iBooks and PowerBooks are just as “hot”. Apple announced today that it’ll be recalling 1.8 million batteries that are identified as potentially hazardous - less than half of Dell’s 4.1 million. 1.1 million [...]

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$430 million. Sony’s Damage From Exploding Battery Recall

A few days ago, we reported on Dell’s history-making laptop battery recall, which affected 4.1 million batteries worldwide. And as we know, Sony makes these batteries. So without doubt, the electronics giant took a very big hit from the recall. But we aren’t talking just a couple million of dollars. We are talking $430 million [...]

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Dell Recalls 4.1 Million Laptop Batteries. Largest Recall in History.

News of exploding Dell laptops have been popping up every now and then for the past few weeks. What appear to be mere mishaps of a handful of consumers turn out to be defective batteries affecting at least 4.1 million laptops. With today’s announcement for a major recall, it marks what is said to be “the [...]

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Video: A Dozen of 30-inch Dells Stacked Up

Move aside, Virginia Tech. Your stack of 24 LCDs has found competition. The creator of this LCD wall goes by the name of Crazy Jon, and he has used twelve 30-inch Dell LCD displays (each running at 2560 x 1600), six NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX 512MB, together with three 1,000 watt power supplies to accomplish [...]

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30-inch LCDs from Apple and Dell Compared

If you’ve been contemplating of spoiling yourself with a 30-inch LCD monitor, here’s a little help for you. The two most notable 30-inch LCD monitor currently in the market are the Apple Cinema HD Display that was released in 2004, and the Dell UltraSharp 3007WFP that was launched less than three months ago. And thanks [...]

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