If you've been
paying attention, you remember all those blurry-vision pictures of an upcoming Dell mini desktop called the Studio Hybrid. As it turns out, those spy images were more than speculation, as an anonymous reader tipped us off to one of Dell's internal customer service session pages that guides the rep through some wireless keyboard and mouse resynchronization steps. The Dell Studio Hybrid appears to be codenamed "Nausicaa" (if image filenames are to be believed) and will ship with a wireless mouse and keyboard. It seems Dell believes that customers will need some help setting up these potentially finicky peripherals. As for when this new mini-desktop will be available, we're still in the dark on that, but a back-to-school number this like wouldn't be such a bad idea. We're not sure how long the page will remain up once our readers have poked at it, but we captured the images in a handy gallery for that inevitable moment.
UPDATE: Looks like the Studio Hybrid will also be available with a Blu-Ray drive and user-changeable color panels to match your design scheme. It will also launch within the next two weeks, if our other anonymous tipster is to be believed.
posted Jul 28th 2008 at 8:54AM
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
maty @ Jul 28th 2008 9:02AM
"Nausea" was the first word that came to mind when I read its codename o_O.
ijyt @ Jul 28th 2008 9:17AM
Someone hasn't read Homer's The Odyssey.
daliminator2000 @ Jul 28th 2008 10:22AM
Or watched anime.
maty @ Jul 28th 2008 11:50AM
I don't have to read it; thats what came to mind and probably what will to most people who haven't read The Odyssey (read: most people).
kccboy2004 @ Jul 28th 2008 1:42PM
Looks like a rip off of the Mac Mini to me.
Observe the rounded edges, just like the mini. The large logo, just like the mini.
"Another me two" as Jubei would say.
zouiplo @ Jul 29th 2008 7:17AM
@ kccboy2004:
Oh, yeah, i forgot, apple invented small computers with a logo on it....
You fanboy should get some rest.
Nando @ Jul 28th 2008 9:09AM
That looks kind of hot. I like it.
mymaclife @ Jul 28th 2008 10:32AM
I'm more likely to say that about a woman.
Nando @ Jul 28th 2008 1:11PM
You refer women as "that"?
Mauricio @ Jul 28th 2008 9:42PM
Hahaha "Nausicaa" what the hell!
Joshua.JWilliams @ Jul 28th 2008 9:19AM
With the Dell Studio laptops and their upcoming "E" mini-laptop coming out, and now this -- Dell's latest product offerings are pretty hot. This desktop is unique and not blah like some of the other products being offered by other companies. At least Dell is taking a chance with their design and trying something new.
Remember the "old" E1405/1505/1705 etc, man ever since Michael Dell has come back to CEO - complete transformation.
From My Cube @ Jul 28th 2008 9:19AM
it reminds me of a claymore from COD4
sntXrrr @ Jul 28th 2008 9:24AM
Oooh, a Miyazaki reference on a Dell product!
giuliop @ Jul 28th 2008 9:33AM
Oooh, a Homer reference on a Miyazaki manga!
Vic20 @ Jul 28th 2008 10:05AM
You know you've been at ComicCon too long when the first thing you think of when you read Nausicaa is Picard's getting stabbed in the heart.
Salva @ Jul 28th 2008 9:29AM
A ubuntu live CD doesn't work on this. Trust me i know.
Jason @ Jul 28th 2008 11:20AM
Really? Brand new hardware...hasn't even come out yet, and no one's been able to develop homebrew drivers for it. Lame. /sarc
Rick Lobrecht @ Jul 28th 2008 9:30AM
This looks nice. I really like the size.
I think it's a little late for the back to school party, though.
normalUser @ Jul 28th 2008 9:31AM
Man, when will the E5500/E6000 Series come out! Everybody else is showing notebooks with centrino2 but the new Dell E-Series is still on hold (the one with 15", GPS,...)
atbnet @ Jul 28th 2008 10:56AM
Yeah I am waiting on the Centrino 2 XPS notebooks myself.
Pochi @ Jul 28th 2008 9:34AM
I've never understood wireless input devices being used on the same desk as the PC sits on or near.
Slower response times, annoying synchronization, and the occasional battery swap. And for what...?
Wires win.
sro1234 @ Jul 28th 2008 1:45PM
For the WAF (Woman Acceptable Factor). It is critical in some houses :)
Less cables, less dust, more clean.
Logic you know, is something else : WAF claims that remote controlers should be well stored right beside the TV after usage...
Jon Doe. @ Jul 28th 2008 9:48AM
Wires are the bane of human existence and must be purged from the earth. I may be a bit biased because of the number of 6 hour long detangle marathons that I've done in front of patch panels. I wake up nights in a cold sweat screaming. DEAR GOD NOT 3 CAT5's in a quad knot!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
No seriously death to cables. I hope for the day we can kill the power cord on all appliances and go wireless power as well. Sure we'll have coconut sized brain tumors pulsing out the back of our heads, but its a small price to pay for not having cables.
Kelmon @ Jul 28th 2008 10:39AM
When it comes to connecting devices to a laptop I'm definitely in favour of wireless. When it comes to desktops, however, I'm a bit more ambivalent. Wireless is still nice because you don't have cables getting in the way and it looks tidier, but since the desktop isn't going to be moving around then plugging in devices won't be a hassle and the performance will be better. Probably best to go with whether aesthetics or performance is more important to you.
giuliop @ Jul 28th 2008 11:08AM
Cables create clutter on the desk, collect dust and never have the perfectly right length you need.
Keyboard and mouse cables add to the already horrible mess of cables typical of desktop PCs (excluding all-in-ones, of course). I have never had sync problems, and the speed is enough for typical applications, unless you buy sub par devices.
Personally I can't see why you would want wires, unless you are a game and really "need" the speed.
giuliop @ Jul 28th 2008 11:10AM
*gamer
Pochi @ Jul 28th 2008 12:48PM
@giuliop
Because cables are completely hassle free. Plug in. Play. Done. No batteries. No charing stations. And no wireless signals where they aren't necessary. Why does everyone want wireless signals all over the place where they don't need to be?
And WIRES COLLECTING DUST is a major issue for you? Where is your PC set up, in a cave?
John @ Jul 28th 2008 1:07PM
You only really need 6 wires sticking out of your computer - video, audio, mouse, keyboard, internet, and power. If you're complaining about wires sticking out of the back of your computer, you probably have a bunch of USB junk so just get a hub and run it a bit away. On my computer right now, I have a keyboard, mouse, monitor wired with DVI, audio switcher wired with headphones and speakers, and an external hard drive using two USB ports and I don' feel any issue with tangling (I'm close enough to my router that I get perfect wifi reception and I don't feel like running a cable across the floor). Unless your PC components are forced to be far apart, there's really no reason to go wireless. Tangling is what happens when you just stick stuff in wherever it works at the moment and you don't think as you thread cables through eachother. now, if you're running a 5.1 system too then I can understand hating cabling, but your computer should not be that messy.
giuliop @ Jul 28th 2008 7:43PM
@Pochi
I guess changing batteries every three months is a major hassle in your world where dust exists only in caves. In my world it isn't, and we do have dust almost everywhere because, you know, we humans ourselves produce a lot of the dust that is in closed environments, a thing your species clearly doesn't.
That is, unless your world is the one where a superspiecies call "mothers" remove dust before its inhabitants can see it, thus insulating them from these harsh facts until they make these big, wonderful discoveries way later on in their lives, and - believe me - they have to deal with things like dust themselves; what an incredible thing.
@John
Yep, only six. You know gas today is only $4 a gallon? Yeah.
Pochi @ Jul 29th 2008 1:30AM
@giuliop
lol your sarcasm isn't addressing hte fact that your keyboard WIRES apparently have a huge DUST PROBLEM.
I am looking at every wire connected to my PC and none of them have a layer of dust on them. That's just odd. Not everything in my world requires frequent dusting, caveman.
Almadi @ Jul 28th 2008 9:45AM
I'll wait for the cuter Totoro version.
Jon Doe. @ Jul 28th 2008 9:55AM
Hehe I did training on this product about a month ago. If the price point is good I'm going to get this for my parents. I was eyeballing a Mac Mini but the hardware and price point....whatever. Plus Apple hasn't done shit with the mini in I think its pushing a year.
PS- The thing will have Blu-Ray as an option.
Pochi @ Jul 28th 2008 10:06AM
Blu-gay.
...
Heh heh.
Kelmon @ Jul 28th 2008 10:44AM
I certainly wouldn't buy a Mac Mini right now - that's a product that will either be upgraded or killed soon. My money would be on "killed" since it's not been a successful product but my wife's sister has a low-end version (Core Duo, I think) and it's an alright little computer.
Jon Doe. @ Jul 28th 2008 5:16PM
Wouldn't that be ben-gay?
David D @ Jul 28th 2008 10:00AM
It looks pretty nice. Hopefully it will have some power backing the hotness.
Josh @ Jul 28th 2008 10:08AM
HP has had a PC similar to this for 3 years now. Wireless networking built in, not just a wireless keyboard. Acer just come out with one that is nearly identical to HP's, less the wireless networking. And yes of course the prodigal, gold laden, mac mini or apple brick has been out for 2000 years now.
This is not new nor news. Once again, Dell is late to the game.
Jon Doe. @ Jul 28th 2008 5:17PM
And yet it will still sell a metric shit ton....bitter much?
JohnPQ @ Jul 28th 2008 10:25AM
I was hoping that Apple would update the Mac mini, but screw them. This looks sweet!
lordmorgul @ Jul 28th 2008 12:58PM
There is no need for a mac mini update when the iMac is such a small and functional package now... its basically just a thick LCD and takes up less desktop space than a mac mini and display does.
David @ Jul 28th 2008 11:03AM
Processor type: Intel Core™ 2 Duo
Intel Pentium® Dual-Core
Intel Celeron Dual Core
Intel® Celeron® , Intel GM965 + ICH8M, DDR2 SO-DIMM
667 MHz, 1 GB – 4 GB, Integrated Intel GMA X3100, Windows Vista™ Home Basic
Windows Vista Premium (32-bit)
Windows Vista Ultimate (32-bit)
Windows Vista SP1
atbnet @ Jul 28th 2008 11:15AM
Got anything on the XPS?
matt @ Jul 28th 2008 11:44AM
Why no Ubuntu Micheal?
Crazygreg @ Jul 28th 2008 12:50PM
http://www.isd-up.com/news/affiche.php5?id_news=1985&id_img=2372&val=0&recherche=-1&search=-1&categorie=-1
munchy2000 @ Jul 28th 2008 1:41PM
Got a small preview of this unit yesterday...
You can interchange the sleeves of the unit and change the colours and it'll come with Blu-Ray standard... Expected price was like $799CDN.
Babycakes @ Jul 28th 2008 2:17PM
it's the aperture science computer! WANT!
SoloSalsa @ Aug 1st 2008 9:29AM
I was thinking the same thing!
rud @ Jul 28th 2008 2:28PM
Jon Doe said:
"No seriously death to cables. I hope for the day we can kill the power cord on all appliances and go wireless power as well. Sure we'll have coconut sized brain tumors pulsing out the back of our heads, but its a small price to pay for not having cables."
Coconut sized tumors is a small price to pay? Are you kidding me? So you dont mind getting cancer and spending millions, than just buying a $5 cable??????
You already have a tumor in the logics part of your brain my friend.
Jon Doe. @ Jul 28th 2008 5:19PM
Umm apparently the tumor is effecting your tongue in cheek center of your brain. Of course I don't want cancer. I was kidding. I would assume anyone who read that would know as much.