Yesterday, April 22nd, was celebrated the Earth Day. On this occasion, Michael Dell unveiled at the Fortune Green conference a wooden PC. This eco-device has a bamboo case, and uses 70 percent less energy than a regular PC. Moreover, the bamboo box was built using recycled materials like old bottles, milk jugs and detergent cases. Personally, I am glad that some companies project such devices to protect the environment.

Without disclosing any specs, Dell has announced that the product would come out later this year and would be priced between $500 and $700. As I see it, the eco-PC looks good and it could compete with Apple’s Mac mini. What do you think?

via Earth2Tech

The Latitude XT has a great success and Dell is ready to come up with the next generation. Dell Latitude XT2 will sport the same 12.1-inch from the original XP but will work with Intel’s latest Montevina (Centrino 2) processor, both ULV (ultra low voltage) and LV types. It’s going to be packed with UMA graphics that should support Vista Aero, comes with an ultra-thin optical drive and replaces USB ports with eSATA.

The new Dell Latitude XT2 should be available from November 2008.

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Dell Precission M6300 is getting a small upgrade. Since the laptop manufacturer is keen on putting Penryn processors in more and more of their products if you want to buy a Precission M6300 you now have two processor options, a 2.6 GHz Core 2 Duo (T9500) or a 2.8 GHz Core 2 Extreme (X900).

If it was a new graphics card you wanted, rest assured, there are two of them available. NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M with 512 MB of dedicated RAM or the 1600M model with 256 MB dedicated. In terms of RAM memory it goes up to 8GB (which seems to be enough these days) divided in two 4GB DIMMs.

The standard version for the new Dell Precission M6300 starts at $1,769 and if you need a 32 or 64 GB SSD add $631 or $1,030.

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With all the buzz on HD DVD wars and Blu-ray discs, Dell quietly introduced UltraSharp 2408WFP LCD, the company’s new 24-inch widescreen flat panel display. The specs are great with a 6ms response time, 3000:1 dynamic contrast ratio, 400 cd/m² brightness, uses the TrueColor technology with 110% gamut and has a native resolution of 1,920 x 1,200 to bring you “exceptional clarity and vibrant color”.

Offers a viewing angle of 178° horizontal and 178° vertical.

Dell UltraSharp 2408WFP comes with a lot of input options including HDMI, DVI, VGA, S-Video and composite video but also a 4-port USB hub and a 9-in-2 media card reader. Now you have where to choose from. One last thing, it also supports DisplayPort connectivity for the next-gen graphics cards. That’s great.

The price is $699 on Dell’s website.