Dell announce Vostro 1220 laptop

July 1st, 2009

The 1220 is Dell’s latest and smallest addition to its Vostro laptop range. The Vostro 1220 has a mere 12.1 inch display and measures 294 x 37.6 x 228.7 mm and weighs in at 1.52 kg with the four cell battery option. Not bad considering the similarly-sized HP TouchSmart rocks in at over 2 kg. As usual with Dell you can configure up the unit as desired, here are the minimum specs with the minimum price tag for the Vostro 1220.

* Intel® Celeron™ 900 (2.2GHz, 1M L2 Cache, 800Mhz FSB)
* Genuine Windows Vista® Home Basic
* 12.1 inch WXGA display with TrueLife (Wide View)
* 8X DVD+/-RW DVD+/-R Roxio and Cyberlink PowerDVD™ DX 8.2
* 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz, 2 DIMM
* 160GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
* Integrated 1.3MP Webcam and Digital Mic with webcam
* Dell Wireless™ 1397 802.11b/g Mini Card

All this adds up to a mere US$800, which compares nicely to the HP TouchSmart. There are some differences in the specs between the two units with obviously touchscreen functionality standing out a mile, but if you don’t like smudgy screens then the Vostro 1220 could be your winner.

Dell announce Vostro 1220 laptop

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