Dell Adding 128 GB SSD Option to Notebooks, Multi-Touch to Latitude XT
On Monday, Dell announced it was matching Toshiba, which had previously announced a notebook with a 128 GB solid-state drive (SSD), by offering a 128 GB SSD for $649. It will be available as an option starting Tuesday in the U.S. on Dell Precision and Latitude systems. Inspiron and Alienware systems will get the drive starting next week.
That's a pretty attractive price, considering that Apple began offering the 64 GB option for the MacBook Air at $599. Twice the capacity for only $50 more? That's a great deal - well, considering the price premium for an SSD, anyway.
After all, a year ago the same price would have gotten you a 32 GB SSD. However, the highest-performance SSD Dell offers will still be 64 GB in capacity, which will cost the same $649, Dell said.
The company also announced that owners of the Latitude XT Tablet PC can actually start using the multitouch feature that Dell demoed last year. The driver, which will unlock the capability, can be downloaded from Dell's support page on Tuesday.
Update: here are the links:
The new capabilities include:Check out a video demo of the XT's multi-touch capabilities.
- Scroll – by placing two fingers on the screen and moving them horizontally or vertically customers can easily navigate in web browsers and productivity applications.
- Zoom – by touching the screen with two fingers and moving them together customers can zoom various content in and out, such as pictures or Web pages.
Dell’s integration of multi-touch allows customers to use the full real estate of the screen, as opposed to just the touchpad like the Voodoo Envy 133 and Apple MacBook Air, and works with productivity applications they use every day, such as Microsoft Outlook, Internet Explorer, Google Earth, etc.
- Programmable double-tap – customers can program a command, such as launching a Web browser or turning the screen off to save power, that will respond to two taps with two fingers.
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