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Dell’s first entry into the Tablet PC market will command big bucks

Nearly seven months after the Latitude XT was first shown to the world, Dell is finally making its first Tablet PC available to consumers. Dell says that its new 3.53-pound Latitude XT is a ground-breaking device and is among the thinnest and lightest in its class.

The 12.1″ Latitude XT has both pen and capacitive touch technology. Capacitive touch allows users to manipulate items on the screen without the need to apply pressure directly to the display.

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The first tablet by top enterprise PC maker Dell could be a step toward bringing tablets from their traditional markets into the mainstream.

After an article appeared on the Engadget Web site Dec. 6, a Dell spokesperson confirmed that the PC vendor will unveil its new tablet offering—the Latitude XT—at a Dec. 11 event.

In May, Dell first revealed through its Direct2Dell blog that it would offer a convertible tablet PC by year’s end that would be geared for the enterprise and several vertical markets, including health care and education.

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Dell joins Apple, Sony and Gateway with a Core 2 Duo-based all-in-one design

All-in-one computers have been quite popular with Mac users since the introduction of the original iMac back in 1998. Apple continues to sell its iMac computers which now feature Core 2 Duo processor and 20” or 24” LCD screens. On the PC side of things, however, all-in-one designs haven’t fared so well.

That hasn’t stopped companies such as Sony with its VAIO LT and Gateway with its “One” from trying to test the waters Intel Core 2 Duo based machines — with 22″ and 19″ LCD displays respectively.

Dell too is looking to throw its support behind all-in-one PC designs with the XPS ONE. The machine features a 20″ WSXGA display and Intel Core 2 Duo power — base machines come with an E4500 processor while higher-end units get the E6550.

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The price of 24″ monitors has been steadily declining while the number of available models and their popularity among the consumers has been growing up.

xbitlabs puts a nice round up for 8 popular 24″ LCDs, include  Acer AL2416Ws, Apple Cinema HD, Dell 2407WFP, LG Flatron L245WP, Samsung SyncMaster 244T, 245B, 245T and ViewSonic VP2330wb.

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“It looked like fireworks, which would have been cool had it not been in my house.” The latest in a series of laptop fires.

A computer network administrator at a Columbus, Georgia, hospital is the latest consumer to encounter the flaming laptop syndrome.

Douglas Brown said his Dell 9200 wide-screen laptop’s batteries exploded into flames, he called 911 and the fire department responded with two pumpers, a ladder truck, the HAZMAT unit, an ambulance and the battalion chief.

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As the only major OEM offering pre-installed Linux, Dell is eyeing new markets and working with virtualization to increase the market for its Ubuntu clients.

Dell first announced that it would preinstall Ubuntu Linux on some of its consumer desktops and notebooks just three months ago, but the results have shown the vendor that there is no reason to stop there.

At the same time, Kevin Kettler, Dell’s chief technology officer, spoke of how Dell is also looking to preinstall virtualization technology in its PCs to give users the option of running both a Linux operating systems as well as Microsoft Windows.

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