Dell has updated its Latitude E series with a trio of notebook computers that are “simple and affordable”, but are still targeted towards the business user. Some of the noticeable upgrades in the Latitude E6410, E6510 and E6410 ATG (pictured above) include upgrades to Intel Core i5/i7 processors, DDR3 memory and high-definition screens. Dell also tries to sell the eco-factor, noting that 85 percent of an E-series laptop can be recycled. These Dell notebooks also feature more energy-efficient displays and halogen-free motherboards.
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The road to CeBIT is certainly getting crowded. LG has just announced a new laptop and a pair of Netbooks that will be put on display at the tech trade show in Germany next week. First up is the T280 notebook computer, an ultralight and suave-looking piece of machinery.
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A widely touted substitute has been the Broadcom Crystal HD video accelerator, which some PC makers are using in place of the Nvidia Ion, as it is currently available in Netbooks with Intel’s N450 CPUs. But it’s been a halfway solution at best–it works fine for playing HD WMV files on your local machine, but streaming video sites such as Hulu (which use Adobe’s Flash) couldn’t take advantage of the HD video hardware. At least, not yet. PC makers have been waiting for the arrival of the 10.1 beta 3 version of the Flash Player, which they claimed would support the Broadcom Crystal HD chip.
We’ve been highly skeptical of the benefits of buying a Netbook with a built-in Broadcom Crystal HD video accelerator. First, we’re fans of Nvidia’s Ion GPU, which not only provides similar HD video playback assistance but also basic 3D graphics support. Second, the Broadcom part wasn’t supported by Adobe’s Flash player, making it useless for streaming Web video, which is what we’d imagine a lot of Netbook owners would want to play. Fortunately, Adobe has finally made Flash 10.1 beta 3 available for download, which, according to the PC makers who offer Netbooks with the Broadcom Crystal HD video accelerator, provides better HD Web video streaming performance. We took a Netbook with the Broadcom Crystal HD video accelerator, HP’s new Mini 210, and ran it through several Web video tests to see if the new Flash player actually provided any benefit. A video overview of our results is embedded (excuse the occasional cameo appearance by my face in the overly reflective glossy screen).
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