Thursday, August 23rd 2007
DELL Previews XPS 420 System
Engadget has posted details about Dell's next gen XPS 420 system. The XPS 420 will be bigger, badder and better equipped:
- Core 2 Duo, Extreme, or Quad (up to 8MB) processor options
- Intel X38 Express chipset, DDR2 800 (up to 8GB)
- MiniView LCD 3 x 2-inch QVGA display (runs SideShow on the front, picture after the break)
- Dell Xcelerator - dedicated media coprocessor for transcoding video streams to MPEG-4 formats. Can cut encode time on a 2 hour HD movie in half and use far fewer CPU cycles.
- SATA II (with RAID 0 or 1 support)
- PCI Express x16, Gigabit Ethernet
- 2x front USB, 6x rear, 2x internal; one front and rear 1394; one eSATA, frontal audio ports