Dell Launches Vostro 2510

Author	Hugo Jobling
Published	1st Aug 2008

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With the recent launch of Centrino 2, it would be easy for us to overlook any laptop line seeing a refresh not based on the new platform from Intel. However, Dell's new Vostro systems, while based on old tech, are still quite capable of grabbing our attention - even if only on an aesthetic basis.

For a business environment-geared notebook the new 15.4in Vostro 2510 looks surprisingly un-businesslike, in a good way. Forget the tweaks seen earlier this year, this is a complete reworking, with glossy red outer casing and the same slot loading optical drive as seen on the Studio range. Specs wise everything is, as mentioned, less eye-catching but look like this:

Intel Core 2 Duo processor T5670 (1.8GHz, 2MB L2 cache), T5870 (2.0GHz, 2MB cache) or T9500 (2.6GHz, 6MB cache)
2GB, 3GB or 4GB DDR2 667MHz RAM
15.4in 1,440 x 900 or 1,920 x 1,200 panel
256MB nVidia GeForce 8400M GS
160GB or 320GB 5400rmp or 250GB 7200 hard drive
Draft-N Wireless option
Blu-ray drive option

The Vostro 2510 has yet to appear on Dell's UK site, so we'll have to go by US pricing for now. That starts at $899 (~£450) for the most basic system, which is actually still fairly decent, so in the UK we're probably looking at a £500-odd starting price. Given the previous 15in Vostro starts from about £350-odd that’s a fair mark-up, but that's just the price of progress.

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Dell US.

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Kara Krautter said on 1st August 2008

Thanks for the review. Just an FYI, currently we are only offering the Vostro 2510 in the US and Canada, but are considering offering this system in other countries. We will contin... more