New Dell Notebooks SmartStep 200N/250N, Inspiron 4150

[manko]

New Dell Notebooks

Inspiron 4150

Processor: Mobile Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor-M with Enhanced Intel SpeedStep TM technology for great speed and ultimate performance.
Display: Choice of 14.1" Ultra XGA, 14.1 Super XGA + or 14.1" XGA TFT high resolution displays for crisp images
Video Graphics: DDR ATI MOBILITYTM RADEONTM 7500 AGP 4X video graphics at 16MB for realistic images.
Media Bay Options: One versatile media bay for your choice of CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, CD-RW, CDRW + DVD Combination Drive, or 2nd Battery. Want dual optical media bays? Click here for the Inspiron 8200 notebook.
Storage: Hard drives up to 40GB (5400 RPM)2 to meet your storage requirements.
Memory: Up to 1GB of memory gives you excellent overall performance.
Height & Weight: Thin & light starting at just 5.6lbs3 and 1.4" thin when closed.

Smartstep 200N/250N

Processor: : Intel® Pentium® 4 processors at 2.0GHz (200N) and 2.2GHz (250N) to meet your computing demands.
Display: 15" XGA (200N) or Super XGA+ (250N) displays for excellent clarity.
Video Graphics: ATI Mobility Radeon Graphics at 32MB DDR Memory for enhanced multimedia performance.
Media Bay Options: DVD ROM Drive offered with the 200N or increase your productivity with the DVD + CDRW Combination Drive on the 250N.
Storage: 30GB2 (200N) or 40GB2 (250N) hard drive capacity to meet your storage requirements.
Memory: 256MB DDR RAM memory great dependable performance.
Height & Weight: From 7.85lbs3 - 8.05lbs and 1.8" thin when closed - it's convenient to carry and store.

Decisions, decisions...

 

[manko]

:disgust: No IEEE1394 or USB2 on the 4150. I wonder what the new evolution of the Compaq 2800T will be...?

 

[ElFenix]

i'm not sure that the 7500 is on the 4150. it doesn't seem like it to me.

i'd really like to know how makes the smartstep ones. they're fugly. and they use desktop processors. which is fine for FPS but awful for battery life. heh, i think i'll grill a dell rep about the processor thursday, see what they say. might be fun 😀

 

[manko]

According to the messages on DellTalk, there is a 16mb Radeon 7500 or a 32MB option. But it sounds like they've had trouble putting accurate information on the website product page.

 

[ElFenix]

since it just says mobility i'm not sure... until it says M8 (or was that M7?) i won't be sure.

 

[bacillus]

I'm hoping dell's going to sell the Radeon 7500 32MB card from parts to upgrade my present ati card!

 

[PolPot]

I am waiting on my SmartStep 200N to arrive. I did a little research before buying and the video chip is M6 w/32 mb ram. As far as a desktop processor goes, they include a 12 cell battery instead of the standard 8 cell, so battery life is roughly the same as a P4m with an 8 cell. Dell has apparently solved many of the noise and thermal issues with this series of notebooks when using desktop chips. We'll see when I get mine. If anyone's interested, I'd be happy to post 3dmark, hdtach, etc scores once it arrives (in a couple of days).

The price is damn cheap, and it can supposedly play a full-length DVD on one charge, so I'm pretty hopeful!