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Dell Debuts Education-Focused Latitude 2100 Netbook

Posted 05/19/09 at 09:06:09 AM  by Paul Lilly

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Dell today launches it's "student rugged" Latitude 2100 netbook, a colorful new netbook line designed specifically for K-12 students. As such, a number of features separate the 2100 from your standard-fare netbook.

  • Rubberized design
  • Custom-built Mobile Computing Station for classrooms to store up to 24 netbooks with a single Ethernet and power cord
  • Network Activity Light so teachers can monitor wireless connectivity
  • Offered in five bright colors (School Bus Gold, Chalkboard Black, Ball Field Green, Blue Ribbon, and Schoolhouse Red)
  • Personalized window on back of battery pack for school logo or name

Hardware-wise, the 10.1-inch 2100 comes equipped with an Intel Atom N270 processor (1.6GHz, 533MHz frontside bus, 512KB L2 cache), up to 2GB of memory, HDD or SDD (16GB SSD comes standard), integrated Intel GMA950 graphics, 3-in-1 media card reader, and choice of Ubuntu, Windows XP, or Vista. Dell also says the optional touchscreen is a first for education netbooks.

The 2100 is available now starting at $369.

 
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TAGS: mobile, dell, netbook, latitude, 2100
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Submitted by jchan288 on Tue, 05/19/2009 - 1:37pm

 

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avatarThe point

Submitted by jamesrascal on Tue, 05/19/2009 - 9:53am

For a few more bucks you can get a regular sized notebook with better hardwhear and no Retarded wifi network light. i am looking to get a cheap ass notebook for me to carry back and forth from school possible from ATT so I can get on the net. Now if all goes well then it wont cost me anything for the notebook but a really large  addon for the data pack.

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Submitted by N25PHILLY on Tue, 05/19/2009 - 8:18am

$369 is if you get ubuntu with 512 ram, 16 gig hard drive, no webcam, etc.  Who are the idiots that buy this kind of overpriced, underpowered garbage?

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Submitted by johnny3144 on Tue, 05/19/2009 - 12:51pm

you will be supprised.

 lots of school board have a contract with dell(for example TDSB), and they will be more than willing to cough up pretty pennies for these useless crap.

 

hell, my school spent a thousand dollar to buy the right of "The Sound of Music", not including the money for renting a full set of speaker, cable, 2 expensive($800 each) microphone, not so much yet still kinda expensiv($300 each) microphones....etc. all this for a school play. 

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Submitted by N25PHILLY on Tue, 05/19/2009 - 1:13pm

would like buy in bulk and get a discount.  I'm talking about individuals

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avatar"Network Activity Light so

Submitted by Defiant on Tue, 05/19/2009 - 7:18am

"Network Activity Light so teachers can monitor wireless connectivity" 

 

Nooooooooooo! Get some electrical tape to solve that problem. 

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