New Dell Latitude Business 'books

[newsimg]http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/1976/delllatitudetk6.jpg[/newsimg]Dell is releasing seven—yes, seven—new Latitude business notebooks today. Rather than recount each model in detail and scrambling your brain since they (and their accompanying options) go in a million directions from ultraportable to semi-rugged, here's the basic list of new features:

•Ridiculous battery life—some configs will go to 19 hours.

•Wireless N, Bluetooth, Ultra-wideband, mobile broadband, WiMax and GPS options

•Hardware disk encryption, Dell ControlVault, fingerprint readers and other security stuff

•Full-frame magnesium alloy construction

•Backlit keyboards, USB Powershare, DisplayPort

•E4200 and E4300 have Dell Latitude ON, an instant boot mode for email, contacts, internet, etc., that supposedly will give you multi-day battery life via a dedicated low-voltage sub-processor

Get the full monty on every model here: Direct2Dell

#507220

Wow, impressive!

#507223

Sounds pretty damn expensive.

edit// Some of these new notebooks are under $1,000. Pretty cheap for 19hrs of battery life. And backlit keyboard. Love it. But, I'd actually rather have a MacBook.

#507224

Nineteen hours of battery life is incredible. And magnesium alloy construction as opposed to either polycarbonate or aluminum is a plus, as well.

#507229

HD encryption, good for protection against viruses and the like right?

#507230

lulz. It's for security, KAWS. Against thieves, etc. Protects sensitive data in the event your laptop is 'lost'.

#507234

on the way to 40... http://www.techradar.com/news/mobile-compu...-the-way-197604 [/oldnews]

#507235

OMG... The decision beetween MacBook and a Latidude is really hard now!!!

#507248

I love Apple, but screw the MacBook -- Latitude is surely a better choice for your money.

#507267

Sounds very nice, EXTREMELY NICE! ,but all threw it has 19 hours battery power, Mg alloy construction , and HD encryption, I still will be sticked to Mac Books

#507292

I for one would definitely forego the MacBook/Pro for one of these, just for reasons the previous poster discounted to choose an inferior product.

#507298

ever notice how much it looks like a mbp...

#507320