Details of Dell Inspiron 1720, 1721 Revealed
June 13th, 2007
Les Delliens Forum users have revealed the details of the upcoming 17-inch Dell Inspiron 1720 and Inspiron 1721 laptops, based on Intel’s and AMD’s chipsets and processors respectively.
Dell Inspiron 1720 is built on Intel ?“Santa Rosa?” notebook platform and will be offered with Core 2 Duo T5250, T5450, T7100, T7300, and T7500 CPUs. These processors have clock speeds ranging from 1.5GHz to 2.2GHz and 800MHz FSB. The 1720 model with GM965 chipset features integrated Graphics Media Accelerator X3100, while the same notebook based on Intel PM965 chipset provides a choice of dedicated NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS 128MB or NVIDIA GeForce 8600M WP 256MB video card.
The Inspiron 1721 is based on AMD ATI M690T chipset, Turion 64 X2 dual core processors with speeds from 1.8GHz to 2.2GHz or dual core AMD Athlon 64 X2 CPU at 1.7GHz, and ATI Mobility Radeon X1270 integrated graphics.
Les Delliens forum members say the 17-inch widescreen display found in 1720 and 1721 notebooks provides 1280?—800 or optional 1440?—900 screen resolution. These notebooks support up to two SATA hard drives simultaneously and will initially come with up to 4GB of system memory, while the 8GB memory and hybrid hard drive options will be available later. Additionally, the Inspiron 1721 supports RAID 0 and RAID 1. There is no information on what types of optical drives will be available with the Dell’s new 17″ consumer laptops.
Dell Inspiron 1720 and 1721 provide wireless LAN, including the option for the latest 802.11n draft Wi-Fi standard, as well as built in Gigabit Ethernet, a 56k modem, Bluetooth, and an optional wireless broadband connection.
Each of these laptops has five USB ports, Firewire, Infrared, S-Video out, VGA out, an optional web camera, and, most likely, the ExpressCard slot.
The notebooks weigh approximately eight pounds with 6-cell batteries and feature refreshed chassis design, as well as numeric keypads.
Currently, there is no information on operating system, pricing, and availability of the 1720/1721. According to earlier reports, they are expected to arrive during June and July.
[Source: laptoping.com ]
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