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Photos: Dell designs a ‘desknote’

By Bill Detwiler May 31, 2006, 2:44 AM PDT on Twitter billdetwiler

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Photos: Dell designs a ‘desknote’

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Dell’s new XPS M2010, which starts at $3,500, includes two hard drives with up to 120GB capacity each, a Core Duo processor and 4GB of dual-channel (667MHz) memory.

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Photos: Dell designs a ‘desknote’

The Dell XPS M2010 comes with a detachable wireless Bluetooth-enabled keyboard.

Photos: Dell designs a ‘desknote’

A remote acts as a mouse.

Photos: Dell designs a ‘desknote’

At nearly 20 pounds, the new Dell XPS M2010 is almost twice the size of compact laptops.

Photos: Dell designs a ‘desknote’

In addition to executing expected computer functions, the XPS M2010 is designed to be a multimedia device. It sports a combination DVD+RW drive, a built-in video camera and digital microphone, and a 256MB video card for DVDs, 2D gaming and most high-end 3D gaming.

Photos: Dell designs a ‘desknote’

For easy transport, the Dell XPS M2010 features a handle attached to the case.

Photos: Dell designs a ‘desknote’

Attached to the flat horizontal PC, which remains on the desk, is a 20.1-inch wide-screen monitor.

Photos: Dell designs a ‘desknote’

The concept behind Dell’s luggable XPS M2010 harkens back to the early days of the PC era, when just about anything smaller than a mainframe could be considered a portable computer. The original Compaq Portable, seen here, even matched up to the new Dell in price ($3,590, according to Oldcomputers.net) and weight (OK, at 28 pounds, it was still a little chunkier).rn

rnFor that price, back in 1983, you got this: a 4.77MHz Intel 8088 processor, 128K of RAM, two floppy drives, a 9-inch monochrome monitor and MS-DOS.

Photos: Dell designs a ‘desknote’

Dell has gamers in mind and a new design for its XPS 700 desktop. The PC is powered by an Intel Pentium D processor with dual-core technology or can be upgraded to the Pentium D Extreme Edition chip. It also contains a PhysX physics accelerator card and Nvidia’s Quad SLI graphics cards. The price tag for the XPS 700 begins at $2,310.

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