Dell Vostro 2510 laptop pops up in flier, $899 for Core 2 Duo and 256MB GPU

The Inspiron-like Dell Vostro laptops have been haunting us for weeks now, but the mystery deepens with this Vostro 2510 that was spotted in a flier. The August 2008 Dell Business flier reads as such: "Coming this month: New! Dell Vostro 2510. Style meets performance." As far as listed specs, we've got an Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 2GB DDR2 SDRAM, 160GB hdd, 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GPU, and integrated webcam. Pretty decent specs for the $899 price tag, we gotta say. The URL listed in the photo is indeed for the Vostro lappies, but the 2510 is, as of right now, mysteriously absent.

UPDATE: The Canadian Dell site has some official Vostro 2510 information and specs. [Thanks, jorvay!]

[Thanks, Dirk]

[retro77 @ Jul 31st 2008 10:22AM]

Don't buy until Nvidia unscrews their GPU heat issue. I have that same card and it gets so hot that you can't touch the laptop. Dell's official word: "Use the laptop on a desk, not your lap"

[Rick James @ Jul 31st 2008 10:42AM]

Gotta love it when they kinda defeat the purpose of a laptop

but yea that laptop looks nice....

[Beastage @ Jul 31st 2008 10:43AM]

First of all, you never use the "lap"top on your lap... just not advised for any brand.

Second, as far as I know nVidia fixed it months ago.

[retro77 @ Jul 31st 2008 10:54AM]

"you never use the "lap"top on your lap"

Seems to defeat the purpose of a laptop...



"as far as I know nVidia fixed it months ago."

You have a reference to this? Me being a current Nvidia owner have not had the hardware fixed.

[L.Rawlins @ Jul 31st 2008 11:19AM]

New ones (as of the fault announcement on the old ones) are shipping with fixed GPU's.

[OneLove @ Jul 31st 2008 11:57AM]

laptop now called "desktop"

[Evan @ Jul 31st 2008 1:21PM]

If you can't use it on your lap, it's not truly a "laptop".

I just don't understand the point of getting a "laptop" that's too thick (this is a 1/2" thicker than Apple's thickest "laptop") and heavy to carry, and too hot and unbalanced to use on your lap! I say: Go small or go home!

[El Taco @ Jul 31st 2008 4:22PM]

seriously. On my vostro 1500, after playing COD 4 for 3 hours, I put the laptop on my lap and got a 1st degree burn

[Wez @ Jul 31st 2008 10:25AM]

That is one pretty design.

[Mam00th @ Jul 31st 2008 11:00AM]

Seconded

[jason @ Jul 31st 2008 10:31AM]

hell, i would buy it.

[d @ Jul 31st 2008 10:36AM]

... If it were Mac OS X, said the village Apple Fanboy.

[Rick James @ Jul 31st 2008 10:45AM]

.....pocket full of shells

[phanbouy @ Jul 31st 2008 12:00PM]

=)

[jorvay @ Jul 31st 2008 10:34AM]

Details are up on dell's site:
http://www1.ca.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx?c=ca&cs=cabsdt1&id=laptop-vostro-2510&l=en&s=bsd

Sounds interesting, but I'll personally hold out until some more slightly smaller options come along.

[ShadowKain @ Jul 31st 2008 11:09AM]

How did you manage to dig those details up when the site doesnt list it in the vostro section? ummmmm

[jorvay @ Jul 31st 2008 12:37PM]

Through my vast insider knowledge...or more accurately: google.

I typed "vostro 2510" into google.ca.
Clicked on the first/only sponsored link.
It took me here: http://www1.ca.dell.com/content/topics/topic.aspx/global/products/topics/en/ca/vostro_landing?c=ca&cs=cabsdt1&l=en&s=bsd&ST={vostro}&dgc=ST&cid=3852&lid=728644

the rest was pretty obvious.

[diego @ Jul 31st 2008 10:35AM]

Don't the 8400's have faulty chipsets?

[Dubba @ Jul 31st 2008 10:38AM]

yes, they do, how nice off them to continue to use the faulty chip to save a few bucks.

"we're sorry, extended warranty is not available"

[Ken @ Jul 31st 2008 10:35AM]

Um yeah... I bought this (same specs) from Dell in November for less than $600...

[initialxy @ Jul 31st 2008 10:40AM]

yeah same here. i was expecting centrino 2 or something more impressive.

[Mile @ Jul 31st 2008 2:15PM]

What model?

[stryker412 @ Jul 31st 2008 10:37AM]

Will that GPU play BF2 ok?

[retro77 @ Jul 31st 2008 10:55AM]

I play BF2 on mine with no problems..other than heat.

[DoomGaZer @ Jul 31st 2008 10:41AM]

Hrmm.......1300 = 13" screen, 1500 = 15" screen, 1700 = 17" screen,
2500 = ........25 INCH SCREEN!? ................Maybe not.

But I sure hope it isn't one of those little midget screens the like to throw on all these super-thin notebooks most manufacturers have been putting out lately. Business to me means presentation and/or important work-related functions, both of which require large displays IMHO.

[ricefarmer @ Jul 31st 2008 11:16AM]

Really? Cause business laptop to me means something that's small and lightweight yet sturdy enough to withstand the rigors of travel. I don't think I've ever been in important meetings where everyone was huddled around one laptop screen. You may want to look into something called a projector.

[mojohat @ Jul 31st 2008 5:11PM]

The "2" in 2510 stands for the second generation of that line of business. (15" Vostros) And the "1" stands for the first version of that generation.

[Alucard.G @ Jul 31st 2008 10:45AM]

Nvidia has made a terrible mistake...
PS:haha i finally changed the picture

[phanbouy @ Jul 31st 2008 12:02PM]

hey thanks i was waiting to hear about that. you gonna be at the mall l8r?

[notYou @ Jul 31st 2008 12:23PM]

weight and (real-world) battery life.
weight and (real-world) battery life.
weight and (real-world) battery life.

If I don't see it in the specs for a laptop, I'm presuming it's a brick or doesn't run for more than an hour and I move on.

All the other specs these days are practically useless because they are mostly presumed since almost all other components are commodities. The GPU might be a head-turner, but it's just not ready for prime-time yet (and still irrelevant to most).

[schumacher @ Jul 31st 2008 10:52AM]

http://www.freestufftimes.com/contests/31/dells-synergistic-mission-critical-out-of-the-box-sweepstakes/

[RLBurkes @ Jul 31st 2008 11:11AM]

I am not a fanboy, but this definitely takes ques from a Macbook Pro.

[RLBurkes @ Jul 31st 2008 11:18AM]

haha, to little to late.

[Optiontrader @ Jul 31st 2008 3:03PM]

If that's in reference to your lack of differentiation between "too" and "to" you're dead on. :)

[PacificBlue @ Jul 31st 2008 11:04AM]

Any idea when it would be available worldwide, also the Canada price(1159$) of vostro 2510 is different from the mag pic...

I was about to buy Inspiron 1525.. till when I should wait...

[Daniel Foster @ Jul 31st 2008 11:09AM]

Am I the only one who thinks this thing looks like a MacBook Pro?

[Curtis Joslin @ Jul 31st 2008 11:53AM]

Yup.

[phanbouy @ Jul 31st 2008 12:09PM]

au contraire, Curtis. RL Burkas below thinks that also

[MBS @ Jul 31st 2008 12:54PM]

I know.. it's like totally rectangular and square-ish, with a hinged lid that has a screen on the inside and a keyboard on the bottom.
Why does everybody have to copy apple???

[Abuzar Baloach @ Jul 31st 2008 12:55PM]

Except for the speakers it doesn't really look like a Macbook.

[ShadowKain @ Jul 31st 2008 11:23AM]

With only one catch...computer starts at $1,1594 NOT the $899 in the flyer. Either the site is wrong because it is from Canada, or the page is wrong on the pic.


http://www1.ca.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx?c=ca&cs=cabsdt1&id=laptop-vostro-2510&l=en&s=bsd

[PacificBlue @ Jul 31st 2008 11:37AM]

Thats what I just suggested some post earlier, but I guess its different in different countries.....

[nizzy1115 @ Jul 31st 2008 11:43AM]

First the site says 1159 and second that is in Canadian not US dollars!

[Marcelo @ Jul 31st 2008 1:51PM]

1. No bluetooth available ( check it out yourself )
2. Price differs on website from magazine
3. Similarly configured Studio 15 costs less.

How much model differentiation can you REALLY get ? C'mon. Just make a laptop with the following specs for $1000 and people will beat a path to your door.

1. 802.11b/g ( N is nice, but no one's going to die w/o it, and most public access spots don't have it )

2. Bluetooth 2.0 ( c'mon, in this day and age, it should be built in, most business people have phones with bluetooth of one sort or another ).

3. 250Gb hard drive ( please the differential between 160 and 250 is not $100, not even between 160 and 320 )

4. Display at 1440 x 900 resolution , 15.4" widescreen.

5. 256Mb discrete graphics chipset ( did they HAVE to put in the 8400GS with all it's overheating problems ? )

6. Core2Duo at 2.00 Ghz ( a fair mid-line between the cheesy lower end 1.6/1.8 CPUs and the ultra-overpriced 2.5/2.6 CPU's )

Build this Dell. Build it. Build it for me, for $1000, and you'll see how many more "me's" are out there.

[Mick @ Aug 1st 2008 5:41PM]

The main difference between the 2510 and 1510 is that this has theIntel 965PM chipset (instead of the 965GM) chipset. This qualifies itto carry the "Centrino Pro" and basically carries the "Intel ActiveManagement Technology (AMT)". I saw a couple advertised onwww.ndc.co.uk here in UK at a decent price but they went off the sitepretty fast, dunno if they sold them or were taken off for otherreasons.

[atbnet @ Jul 31st 2008 11:36AM]

Great fine Engadget. Now find some information on the XPS line, please please please!

[nizzy1115 @ Jul 31st 2008 11:42AM]

Finally someone got the port design down right already!

Power, ethernet, and vga out on the back!

[voodoo @ Jul 31st 2008 11:53AM]

What's the difference between this and the Vostro 1510? Just the colour?

[BerBar @ Jul 31st 2008 11:51AM]

Dell Vostro 2510 laptop pops up in flier, $899 for Core 2 Duo and 256MB GPU, looks like a MacBook Pro (at least the speakers)

[phanbouy @ Jul 31st 2008 12:02PM]

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