Dell E and E Slim vs. EeePC and MacBook Air

Dell finally revealed details of its upcoming mini-notebooks and it seems they’re targeting the Asus Eee PC and MacBook Air crowd. The Dell E and E Slim line with come in at 8.9″ and 12.1″, respectively hoping to snatch a portion of the growing UMPC market.

Product specs and pictures below:

Dell E
8.9 inch (1024×600)
Intel 1.6 GHz Diamondville
4, 8, 12GB Flash Drives
512MB to 1GB DDR2 RAM
0.3 megapixel camera
WiFi, Bluetooth, WiMax, WWAN
4-cell battery (~5 hours)
Linux or Windows XP
~2.2 lbs (1kg)

Dell E Slim
12.1″ (1280×800)
Intel Atom 1.3GHz & 1.6GHz (Silverthorne)
8GB Flash or 40/60GB HDD
1GB to 2GB DDR2 RAM
0.3 megapixel camera
WiFi, Bluetooth, WiMax, WWAN
3-6 cell battery (~4.5 to 9 hours)
Linux or Windows XP
2.6lbs

dell-e-slim

The units will also be very slim — between 21 to 24mm thick or 0.8 inch (like 2 slim mobile phones stack together). According to Engadget, the Dell E series will start at $299 for the low-end 4GB/512MB model.

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

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9 Comments

azoha says:

14 years ago

Where can i buy any of these Netbooks at the cheapest prices

1 Mac Air netbook
2 MSI X-Slim X 320 Netbook
3 MSI X-Slim X 340 Netbook
4 CNEG 1200 Netbook
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Jes says:

16 years ago

Any idea on how much will these be priced locally?
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Squall says:

16 years ago

hope it will not an XPS M1330 8400M GS defect
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sylv3rblade says:

16 years ago

$299 hmm
I better wait to see if it’s still at that price range when it comes out.
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Mj Ces says:

16 years ago

Hmm… the Dell E also comes in 4g? I immediately thought it could go against the Eee PC 701 but the Dell offers more with bluetooth and a more powerful processor.

But the thing is, I love my Eee PC and I wouldn’t consider replacing it just yet. It perfectly fits my lifestyle. It actually taught me to get back to the basics which, to my amazement, is all I really need.
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Nick says:

16 years ago

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pinkposhandplush says:

16 years ago

That PINK stuff is sooo SEXY! but i heard those pretty machines doesn’t have DVD drives.. Hmmmm.
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Lucien Dominick G. Tiojanco says:

16 years ago

Wow! I guess I still need to wait for someone to be brave enough to go th VIA Nano + VX800 route.
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