Dell Latitude E5510 15.6-inch Core i3 Laptop for $579

The deal of the day is The Dell Latitude E5510 for $579. This sport laptop with reinforced hinges, rugged system latches, steel-reinforced cable lock slots, is designed for busy and on the run. It runs on Core i7-620UM 2.66GHz processor, 2GB DDR3 RAM and Windows Vista. 15.6″ Anti-glare LED LCD display and 802.11n WiFi and [...]

Dell Latitude 2100 clone for Chinese Education Market

Folks over at shanzai have made a clone of Dell Latitude 2100 netbook that was introduced in US for the education sector. This cloned netbook will be offered to the kids in Chinese schools.

It comes in a very gaudy color and is priced at $250. It has an 11.1-inch 1366 x 768 display, Atom N280 processor and 160GB HDD. It even has a rugged rubbery exterior, carrying handle and teacher friendly network LED which will tell the teacher if you are doing online chatting or browsing. It will retail at $250

Dell Latitude 2100

Dell has launched Latitude 2100, a netbook targeted towards young students. Unlike Dell’s other netbooks (Mini 9 and Mini 10), the 2100′s shell is made from brightly colored, grippy rubber, not slippery plastic. There is a light on the lid of the netbook that tell the teachers if the student is connected to the Internet. Also, the keyboard is anti-microbial.

The new Dell Latitude 2100 range starts at $369, which is pretty decent price for what you get. True, it is not a $100 netbook, but then it is much, much more refined.

• Intel Atom N270 processor
• Up to 1GB fixed RAM; Additional memory slot to accommodate up to 2GB RAM total
• Display: 1024×576 LED screen, optional touch screen
• Storage options: standard hard drive options up to 250GB; SSD drive up to 16GB
• Battery: 3 and 6-cell battery options
• Wired Connectivity: 10/100/1000Mb Gigabit Ethernet
• Wireless Connectivity: 802.11g standard, option 802.11n
• Ports: 3 USB, VGA, headphone/speaker out, mic
• Expansion slot: SD/ MMC card reader

In the following video, you will see how rugged the Dell Latitude is.

Commentary: Netbooks have become widely popular among businessmen as it lets them to carry less load with them. At the same time, netbooks have become surprisingly popular among students too. Netbooks take less space and weigh less than the laptops too.