Dell’s latest entrant in the world of notebooks is its 14-inch Studio 14z. Dell’s taken away the not-much-used-but-important optical drive for a svelte design. The thinnest part of Studio 14z measures just over 20mm and the thickest around 30mm. However, good thing about the notebook is that it does not compromise on performance just to maintain an anorexic figure.

The specs include options of 14-inch 16:9 LED backlit display with HD resolution (720p/900p), options of Intel Core 2 Duo processors, up to 5GB of RAM and 500GB HDD, GeForce 9400M GPU, HDMI/DisplayPort, Wi-Fi, 1.3MP webcam, eSATA, facial recognition, optional card reader and Bluetooth, 6-cell battery and Phoenix’s FailSafe AntiTheft solution.

The pricing starts from $649 and Dell will be selling in six colors – Black Chain Link, Midnight Blue, Spring Green, Plum Purple, Ruby Red and Promise Pink (U.S. only). The Pink color is limited to US because for each Pink 14z sold, Dell will donate $5 Susan G. Komen for the Cure.

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UPDATE: Studio One 19 will be available from March 19 in retail outlets in Japan and online from March 23 via Dell Japan. US and other countries will get it from this spring with a starting price of $699.

Dell has announced Studio 19, an all-in-one machine that will reach the Japanese market first. Unlike most of the AIOs we are seeing off late, this one packs a punch and is priced heftily too. Studio 19 has an 18.5-inch multitouch enabled touchscreen, powerful processor options of either Core 2 Duo or Core 2 Quad, up to 4GB RAM, up to 750GB HDD, Nvidia GeForce 9200 or 9400 GPU, Wi-Fi, 1.3MP camera, Blu-ray or slot loading DVD burner and Windows Vista as the OS.

The base model price starts from $1,554 which gives Core 2 Duo E7500 (2.93GHz), a 500GB hard drive, 4GB of RAM, a GeForce 9400 and a DVD drive with Windows Vista 64-bit and Office 2007.

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Dell at one time was not known for their liking of colors other than silver. But due to consumer demand they gave it in and came with multi colored options and now to make it even more jazzier, they have launched the Urban Art laptops designed by artist, Mike Ming. Mike considers it as close to a tattoo any computer can get and the urban artified notebooks will be Dell Studio 15 and 17-inchers.

The new options available are Red Swirl, Seaweed and Sunburst apart from the previous designs of Bunch O Surfers and Sea Sky. The laptops are available in two variants – Standard and Extreme.

The 15-inch Studio pricing starts from $799 for Standard and $899 for Extreme whereas 17-inch Studio price starts from $999 for standard and $1099 for Extreme.

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Dell has officially introduced its energy efficient range in the form of Studio Hybrid. The Hybrid PC looks very compact, stylish and petite and packs a decent spec’ed PC capable of emitting less of CO2. The Studio Hybrid PC has got a Energy Star 4.0 accreditation and burns 70 percent less electricity than the conventional PCs. The base configuration starts from $499 with energy efficient Dual Core processor, 1GB RAM support, integrated GMA X3100 GPU, 160 GB HDD and 8X DVD recording slot loading drive.

The highest config bundles with a 2GHz Core 2 Duo processor, 20-inch LCD, Blu-ray reader, 3GB RAM and 320GB HDD. There are seven available colors but if you dig bamboo as the one, you may have to shell out $130 more.

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Wii’s Nunchuck controller isn’t limited to gaming only. This guy found its new use. With the help of Arduino, Wiichuck library and other useful tools he managed it to work with 3D Studio Max.

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So what does Dell do if people want something in between Inspiron and XPS line? Well, launch a new line with the name Studio. The colorful 15” and 17” notebook range starts from a decent $799 & $999 respectively and goes higher as you add more bells and whistles. The basic config includes Intel C2D processor, slot loading DVD burner (BD optional), 2 gigs of RAM, Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 with an option to load 256MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3450, Wi-Fi and 6 cell battery. The notebook will come in Jet Black color but there are 7 different colors to choose from.

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