Dell Unleashes the XPS 420 Desktop

Prices range from $1500 to $2,500.
Dell (Dell) on Tuesday launched a premium desktop that will compete with Apple and Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HP) for the multimedia enthusiast willing to spend a bit more for features geared toward editing, displaying, and sharing photos and video.

The XPS 420 comes with Adobe Systems (NSDQ: ADBE)' Elements Studio, which includes Photoshop Elements 6, Premiere Elements 4, and Soundbooth CS3. The package provides the tools for editing and organizing photo, video, and audio files, respectively, making it possible to create higher-quality family videos and multimedia slide shows.

Dell is making an attempt to take on the likes of HP and Apple with the release of the XPS 420 —a rig focused on the multimedia enthusiast.


Features :

Processor Type

Intel^® Core^TM 2 Duo and Core^TM 2 Extreme processors up to 130W

Memory Type

667 / 800 MHz Dual Channel⁴ Dual DDR2 SDRAM

Memory Capacity

Minimum 1 GB (2 512 MB DIMMs), Maximum 4 GB

Drive Bays

Two 3.5" hard disk drive bays for factory installed SATA disks up to 1TB

Two 5.25" bays with self-tending drive doors for optical drives

High end graphics options from NVIDIA and ATI.

One PCIe x16 graphics slot with support for PCIe 2.0 future graphics cards.

Network adapter (standard)

10/100/1000 Ethernet^* LAN on system board

Wireless options

Internal Wi-Fi (802.11g)

Bluetooth^® 2.0 wireless technology with Media Card Reader

USB 2.0 Ports

Ten: 2 front, 6 back, 2 internal

Front & Back AV Ports

Front: Microphone (1) and Headphone (1), 1394a (1), Optional RCA and S-Video ports with Xcelerator^TM option

Back: S/PDIF, (1 RCA & 1 Optical), 7.1 integrated sound audio I/O (5), DVI, VGA or S-video (Video I/O port depends on the graphics or TV tuner card)

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