Dell unveils Studio XPS desktop in India

Thursday, December 4, 2008, 8:41
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Dell has announced the availability of the Studio XPS desktop – a first-class PC, which sports in the latest ultra fast Intel Core i7 processor – in India. Prized at Rs. 86,400, the Studio XPS desktop comes built-in with 512MB ATI Radeon HD4580 graphics card, 24″ flat panel, Blu-ray disc drive, built-in HDMI port and can be customized with a range of complementary high-performance apparatus. Coming up with new style and technology, the Studio XPS PC is made available on Dell India’s official website.

Girish Mehta, Director of Consumer Marketing Dell India, was quoted as saying, “The Studio XPS desktop combines powerful features and technology with a stylish design and is the perfect choice for those who are expanding their multimedia horizons. By bringing this level of performance to the desktop, we are enabling creative journeys of self discovery and self expression.”

Measuring 14.2 x 6.7 x 17.1-inches, the Studio XPS desktop also comes packed with loads of the similar performance and specs that are seen in full-scale high-performance gaming rigs into a tiny, more compact mini-tower sporting beautiful black finish. All systems share the latest Hyper-Threading & Turbo Boost technology of Intel’s cutting-edge Core i7 processor. This technology puts forward on demand grand speed increases as well as brings about up to sixty percent performance upgrading for the newest multi-threaded apps.

The PC brags of supporting up to 1TB of hard drive space and sports in 64-bit versions of Microsoft Windows Vista in this way it is capable of using up to 12GB tri-channel DDR3 memory. Besides, it is capable of delivering up to 44% faster video editing and encoding and even in apps like photo retouching, image rendering and editing. The PC also comes built-in with an excess of ports – eight USB 2.0 (4 front, and 4 back), microphone/line in (front and back), two IEEE 1394 (four-pin front, six-pin back), integrated 7.1 audio support (six connectors), S/PDIF, eSata (all back).

Let’s have a look at its glaring features in brief and sound:

• Integrated 10/100/1000 Ethernet LAN (RJ-45)
• Integrated 56kbps fax/modem card
• Dell Keyboard and Scroll Mouse
• 350 Watt DC Power Supply, 3V CR2032 Li-Ion Cell for cmos backup
• 3x 3.5-inch floppy drive bays (2 internal, 1 external)
• 2x 5.25-inch floppy drive bays
• Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium Edition with SP1 (64-bit)
• Dimensions: 362 mm (H), 170 mm (W), 435 mm (D)
• Intel Core i7 Processor 920, 2.66 GHz
• 4-MB L2 cache, 1066 MHz FSB
• Intel X58 Chipset Motherboard
• 6-GB DDR3 Tri Channel SDRAM @ 1066 MHz, 12-GB Maximum in 4 user-accessible DIMM connectors
• 500 GB Serial-ATA Hard Disk Drive, 7200 rpm, 3.0 Gb/s data transfer
• Blu-Ray Combo Drive / Supermulti Dual Layer DVD Writer
• 24-inch (60.96 cm) Dell Widescreen LCD Analog Flat Panel Monitor, 1920 x 1200 pixels maximum resolution
• ATI Radeon HD 4850 Graphics Chipset with 512-MB dedicated video memory
• Integrated Webcam in Monitor Frame
• Slim Tower Design
• Integrated Intel 7.1 Channel High Defination Audio
• Integrated Sound Blaster Audigy HD
• Dell A525 Stereo Speakers with Subwoofers
• Hauppauge PCIe Hybrid PAL/SECAM/DVB-T TV-Tuner with Remote Control
• 2x integrated1394a ports for faster media transfer
• 19-in-1 Memory Card Reader
• Ports: DVI, VGA & S-Video TV out port
• 8 USB Ports (2 front, 6 back)
• HDMI Digital Out Port for HDTV
• Audio line-in/out, mic, rear/side surround, two front for headphones/mic