Dell PCs to be sold in Tesco stores throughout UK

Dell has decided that it really likes shops after all. Just a week after it announced the DSG deal that will see a range of Dell computers being sold in the likes of PC World, Currys, and Dixons, it has launched a new partnership with Tesco.

From January, customers will be able to pick up XPS and Inspiron products in most of Tesco’s UK stores, plus some in Ireland, Poland, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia.

Dell shoot their mouths off by claiming to become carbon neutral

dell-laptops.jpgDell is really overhauling their fuddy-duddy image, not just by painting their latest XPS notebooks in bright colours, but by recently pledging to become carbon neutral.

If they succeed, they’ll be the the ”first major computer manufacturer” to do so, and plan on neutralising ‘the carbon impact of its worldwide operations’ by introducing a new ‘Plant a Forest for Me’ scheme where…

Dell intros two new flat-panel monitors: UltraSharp 2407WFP-HC and E198FP

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Dell has announced the availability of two new flat-panel LCD monitors, primarily targeted at business users, but also with the mention of gamers. You decide.

The 24-inch UltraSharp 2407WFP-HC is supposed to be ideally suited to multi-tasking high-end graphic designers, gamers, content creators, and financial sector application users.

Its widescreen display features TrueColor Technology, offering 92% colour gamut, and providing accurate colour representation. It has a 178 degree viewing angle both horizontally and vertically, offers up to 1,920 x 1,200 resolution, has a 1,000:1 contrast ratio, and 6ms response time.

Dell launch Inspiron 6400n and 530n notebooks with Ubuntu Linux preinstalled

linux_penguin.gifDell continues its push into Linux-based computers with the launch of two Inspiron notebooks in Europe.

The 6400n and 530n will come with the Ubuntu 7.04 Linux operating system ready installed. According to Dell, over 30,000 community members at the Ideastorm website asked for Dell to consider launching systems with the Linux operating system, with 100,000 participating in a follow-up survey to determine which Linux system to offer.