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Dell rolls out four more colors, slimmed down notebook

By Dan Zehr | Thursday, January 3, 2008, 01:03 PM

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Dell Inc. has rolled out four more color designs and slimmed down its mainstream Inspiron notebook computers.

The company today said it added “blossom, chill, commotion and street” to the eight color designs it previously offered for the Inspiron 1525 laptops. The refreshed line also is thinner and almost a half pound lighter than the prior generation, the company said.

Dell and other computer makers are putting much of their design efforts into building sleek notebooks for consumers, which have driven much of the PC industry’s growth over the past two years. Dell last year rolled out eight new colors and a new design for its high-end XPS notebooks.

However, supply constraints and problems with some of the paint finishes dogged the new launches. While it has worked through most of the backlogs, some flat-panel screens used in notebooks continue to be in short supply.

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By Bret

January 3, 2008 5:08 PM | Link to this

But do they work?