Dell adds cheaper Latitude On Flash module to some laptops

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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/12/latitude-on-12-18-09.jpg (http://en.community.dell.com/blogs/direct2dell/archive/2009/12/17/latitude-on-flash-latitude-on-s-little-brother.aspx)Dell's Latitude On (http://www.engadget.com/tag/latitudeon) quick-boot OS has been available on some of the company's laptops for a little while now, but it looks like Dell has now found a new way to make those laptops boot fast but be more affordable. That comes in the form of Latitude On Flash, which an actual flash module that snaps into a mini-card slot in the laptop and makes use of the laptop's own x86 processor to speed up the boot process instead of a separate ARM chip like current Latitude On systems. While that switch will still give you a boot time of eight to ten seconds, it apparently comes at some expense to battery life -- although we're guessing the lower cost (a $50 upgrade, as opposed to a $199 one) will make that trade-off more than acceptable to most users. Look for the upgrade right now on Dell's Latitude E4200, E4300 and Z laptops -- which, incidentally, also come with an updated Gen 2 interface for the Latitude On OS.Dell adds cheaper Latitude On Flash module to some laptops (http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/dell-adds-cheaper-latitude-on-flash-module-to-some-laptops/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Sat, 19 Dec 2009 08:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).


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