Vostro 500 appears on Dell's support site

by Nilay Patel, posted May 9th 2008 at 7:01PM

Dell might have announced its "500" laptop for emerging markets last month, but we didn't get so much as a screen size out of the company as far as details, leading to speculation that it was working on an Eee-class ultraportable of its very own. Sadly, that doesn't appear to be the case -- the Vostro 500 just popped up on Dell's support site, and it's not much more than a Intel version of the Vostro 1000 with a 15.4 in display, Celeron processor, and integrated Intel 965 graphics. No additional details in the offing really, but if the XPS 730's early appearance on Dell's support site is any indication, we should be seeing this one soon.

[Thanks, Dan]

Tags: 500, dell, emerging markets, EmergingMarkets, vostro, vostro 500, Vostro500

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nizzy1115 @ May 9th 2008 7:08PM

Its just an intel version of the vostro 1000?

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Nilay Patel @ May 9th 2008 7:22PM

Good call -- I changed it up to reflect that. Thanks!

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Deputy Doffoos @ May 9th 2008 8:47PM

THANKS DELL! Epic disappointment!

You never fail us.

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ronald @ May 9th 2008 7:19PM

from the driver downloads it's carrying a GM965 Express Chipset.

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maff @ May 9th 2008 7:44PM

this has been on the Chinese Dell site for like weeeeeeks!

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dvdivx @ May 9th 2008 11:44PM

I'm glad I got the 1500 with a 8600M. Looks like Dell is starting to equate business with crappy graphics.

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noisia @ May 10th 2008 11:47AM

youre totally missing the point...

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Jason @ May 10th 2008 12:04PM

This doesnt necessarily mean it is the atom powered competitor for the Asus EEE that they were hinting at.

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