Gen 2's Little Brother - Dell XPS M140

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Dell have added to their XPS line, by manufacturing an affordable thin and lightweight notebook, the M140. Sporting a Pentium M 700 processor, 14.1 inch widescreen LCD display, and an 80GB hard drive, this XPS notebook should be popular with shoppers during the 2005 holiday season.

Dell havedecided to update their prestigious XPS line of notebooks with abudget offering, the M140. The flagship XPS M170 - or Gen2 - is a gaming machine powered by a throbbing 2GHz Pentium MProcessor, and the GeForce Go 6800 Ultra graphics card.

Dell'sdecision to tone down the XPS brand with a lower performancemodel, especially when the market is seemingly awashwith discount Inspironand Latitude notebooks,has left some industry watchers scratching theirheads.

Tipping thescales at 5.9 pounds the Dell XPS M140 is no ultralight,but it's thin and light chassis is transportable. Under thearctic silver chassis purrs an Intel Pentium M 700 processor,certainly enough power for the average student, or small businessuser.

The M140 also sports an 80GB hard drive, and a crisp 14.1 inch widescreen WXGA LCD display. Microsoft Windows XP MediaCenter Edition comes as standard, you also get a stack of portsincluding 4 USB 2.0 ports, one S-Video Out, one IEE1394 port, oneExpressCard Slot, and one 5-1 flash memory card reader.

Performance wise, the DellM140 notebook will be no match for it's gaming sibling the XPS Gen 2. However,when you see that prices start at $999, and consider the batterylife of around 6 hours, plus enhanced technical support, it doesoffer value for money. A useful multimedia upgrade comes in theform of the external TV Tuner (optional) for a hundred and thirtydollars. We expect to see the XPS M140 shipping in november.

By Todd Gold - Laptopical

Tuesday, November 01, 2005

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