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Hey, you in the market for a cheap laptop with some crazy custom artwork glued to the lid? Dell’s got you covered — the Inspiron 15 has just been brought into the Design Studio fold, meaning you’ll be able to select graphics from a wide variety of artists when you spec out your system. Most artwork seems to be priced around $60, but we’re told that could vary — considering the base Inspy 15 is just $499, we’re assuming / hoping the ceiling won’t be much higher. Dell’s also launching a new FastTrack next-day delivery service for pre-configured machines — the company claims it’s constantly tracking orders and will be able to keep the most popular models on hand. Of course, that’s sort of the opposite of the whole “totally custom laptop” thing Dell’s pushing with Design Studio, but hey, sometimes you need a bog-standard PC, and you need it now.

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Dell launches Design Studio for Inspiron 15, new FastTrack delivery service originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:49:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We can’t say we’re entirely shocked to see ‘em, but a new pair of GPUs based on 40 nanometer process technology has surfaced over at NVIDIA’s website. Both of the new devices are expected to be sold exclusively to large OEMs for integration into pre-configured machines, and they’ll both support DirectX 10.1, OpenGL 3.0, and CUDA. The lower-end GeForce G210 arrives with a 589MHz core clock speed, 512MB of DDR2 RAM and a 64-bit memory interface; meanwhile, the GeForce GT 220 ups the ante with a 615MHz core clock rate, 1GB of GDDR3 RAM and a 128-bit memory interface. As for outputs, the former packs VGA, DisplayPort and DVI, while the latter sticks with VGA, HDMI and DVI. There’s no word on when we’ll seen them offered in any entry-level desktop rigs, but surely it won’t be long now.

[Via SlashGear]

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Filed under: Peripherals

NVIDIA’s 40nm GeForce G210 and GeForce GT 220 desktop GPUs emerge originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 09 Jul 2009 09:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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