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Dell’s entrant to the budget netbook scene, the E, will carry a $299 price-tag when it launches in August, according to a Digitimes report. Market sources claim that Dell can ship 2-3 million of the ultraportables this year; previous leaked information confirmed that the E will use Intel’s 1.6GHz Diamondville CPU, have an 8.9-inch display and be available in three different configurations.
The report suggests that the Dell hardware will be manufactured by Compal Electronics, sourcing LCD panels from Samsung Electronics and Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO), and perhaps AU Optronics (AUO), though not at the same time. This pricing is presumably for the basic E, which will have WiFi b/g, 512MB of RAM and 4GB of flash-based storage.
Dell also intend to bring the E Slim to market, which will increase screen size to a 12.1-inch WXGA and use traditional hard-drives rather than solid-state. No pricing details have been given for the larger notebooks.
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Anybody know if the Dell E will be coming out early or late August? Hoping for early August so it’ll be available for back to school.
The online “chat” representatives at Dell claim that even they do not have a release date. Sounds like a PR tactic to me…
The EEE is around 600$, the HP Mininote is 799$ so I could get two DELL E for the same amount?
Sold.
I was about to buy the Acer One but was hesitant because of its bad battery life adn when I read about the Dell E, Ive decided to wait. The more I hear, the more I like.
If they have an instant-on Linux thingie, then it will be a bonus.
None of this has been confirmed by Dell, remember, but I’d be holding off buying a new netbook too ;) August isn’t that far off, so hopefully we’ll know more soon…
Presume that dell will be affected by the battery shortage that is affecting its competitors if it launches in august and so will be stuck with a 3 cell battery as well.
Really need some hard evidence on the spec of this machine before I would commit but considering its all rumours at this stage I am guessing it will be late August at the earliest before we see this one on the market.