Dell's multi-touch Studio One 19 PC makes exclusive debut in Japan
By Thomas Ricker 
posted March 12th 2009 2:26AM
posted March 12th 2009 2:26AM
Update: Helloooo chubby sexy! Profile and top-down pictures found (thanks LionelatDell!) and dropped in after the break and into the gallery. Who knew that the display was actually offset-forward from the main slab? Nice. And she sure is curvy.
Update 2: PC World got a demo of the new AIO and reveals a $699 starting price (now confirmed by an official press release) when it hits the US this Spring -- a lot more when you start adding the $100 touchscreen option, $200-ish Blu-ray, more memory, etc.
[Via Engadget Japanese]
U thought wrong. If you think about it , nobody ever said that resistive couldn't do it, it's just that they didn't build it.
This link will tell you everything.
http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/stantums-mind-blowing-multitouch-interface-on-video/
It looks good albiet a bit thick, my only complaint is the 1366 x 768 screen resolution, the screen res on my MacBook Pro is 1440x900 and that's only a 15 inch display, and most 24 inchers have a 1920x1200 (1080p quality) display, including the new iMacs which are 38 bucks less in USD. So without starting a flame war I think we safely say that this puts the whole "Macs are overpriced" myth to rest.
oh and before anyone says anything about the lack of Blu-Ray on the iMac, which is a valid point when it comes to price, one also remember that it also has a very fast FSB and DDR3 Memory as well, which we don't yet know about this dell.
Yeah, but the iMac doesn't have touch screen, right?
Well if anything, it's actually a good thing that iMacs don't have a touch screen. I'd much rather have a 24" non touch screen than an 18" touch screen. Plus Apple is probably working on a touchpad/touchscreen if the recent rumors about ordering small touchscreens is to be believed.
@cg
So what you're saying is that it's a good thing Apple don't have a touchscreen on their iMac but also a good thing that they're developing one.
OK.
If it's quad core, it'll undoubtably be DDR3. My guess would be a Q8200.
Edit: I missed the "Quad" after Core 2 so ignore the last half of my post
C2Q or C2D or not, i'd rather pay more for any brand, not just Apple, for a computer that works... and if it doesnt work, for a company that provides proper support to rectify the situation and not brush me off for 12 months until the warranty expires.
I'll ignore the third half. What are you going to do about it, huh?
It's thicker than the iMac, but it's also not nearly as wide, and it has a real processor in it.
Let's see your Windows take real advantage of 4 cores... And WTF wider, that thing has like 2" borders on the sides, iMac doesn't have nearly that big borders and for the STARTING price of that Dell you can buy an 24" iMac. That's a win by 5 inches. I guess that Dell will be WAY over $2000 with C2Q and touch screen. I'm just so sick of people yelling that iMacs are expensive - THEY ARE NOT if you consider the form factor and compare them to all-in-one PCs.
I never said the iMac was overpriced or expensive. I never said it was a better or worse deal than this Dell. All I mentioned was its thickness. By the way, my only computer is an aluminum MacBook and I love it to pieces.
"Let's see your Windows take real advantage of 4 cores"
What an incredibly naive thing to say. People like you are the reason Mac users aren't taken seriously. Thanks a lot.
Damn I was planning to carry this machine around in my pocket, I'll guess I'll have to buy an iMac then since it's less thicker.
Andrea, perhaps you should read my entire comment before responding to me. I never stated that the thickness was an issue at all. Engadget's the one referring to it as "chub", so take it up with them. I mentioned its thickness as a strong suit.
@aethos
"Let's see your Windows take real advantage of 4 cores"
You are joking, aren't you? Please tell me you're joking.
Everyone knows only OSX can use more than one core, duh.
Windows just *pretends* to, and it just *pretends* to perform better, but actually doesn't!
Um..the Dell starts at $699. iMAC starts at $1199. So...explain to me again how I can buy a 25" iMAC for $699, cause I'd love to know!
I really wish the was an edit button. 24" iMAC.
I've seen multitouch software implementations over resistive screens.
But I think that if it is glassy, it will be capacitive
Blu Ray Laptop drives cost the earth at the moment.
However they are the only choice in this sort of machine.
Regular 5.25" are huge.. i think they will die out in due course.
Lots of relatively affordable laptops have Blu-ray drives now. The VAIO AIO is also pretty cool in this regard.
A bit cheaper and it'll be nice.
This sort of price isn't that unusual for Japan. If it launches here it won't be as high.
699$ US
Why NVIDIA GeForce 9400??
So far the Paladin is offering the best gaming Desktop experience...
I bet you can get a better card in the options... drop the touchscreen and bluray, get a better card and you gopt yourself a pretty solution on the cheap. (ho, maybe drop that keyboard too... still as it is leather, its probably better looking in real)
why on earth would you buy an AIO to game on?
Not to be such a killjoy, but I've seen better laptops. Not that this isn't good, it's just that this is for light gaming an multimedia (except for storage).
Something tells me that AIO buyers couldn't care less about playing Crysis or similar heavy stuff with full details and specs...
So you have seen laptops that are cheap and have quad core processors?
That is one sweet looking machine
Interesting how Engadget is making social commentary here. So now chubby and sexy are mutually exclusive?
:) i love to stir up trouble
Its always expensive in japan... People have like to pay premium here. In few month the price will drop to USA like level.
Its a nice computer. Cool to see a quad in it at such a small price.
Fugly
For 699$ its a freaking sweet machine...
everyone shut up about iMacs, this isn't an iMac its not trying to be and there's no reason to bring it up other than to protest your distaste for all things not mac, and in that case, wtf are you doing posting here.
Woot for ports on the side! much more useful than that other AIO that forces the user to go to the back of the computer for ports.
Looks sweet. I'm definitely looking for an aio desktop and this just moved high up on the list.
To folks who are wondering. Touch is an option on the Studio One 19. If you don't want it, you can buy a non-touch version.
Every new touch device moves us another step in the right direction...
Wow.
I think that looks pretty damn nice..I've heard people saying the screen boarder is too wide, do they not realize that the screen is raised up off in front of the system giving it a nice two tier look. Also nice to see a choice of colours, something I think apple should do with there imac/macbook, similar to the Nano. Plus I already own that keyboard and mouse set with my Studio XPS 435MT, there made by logitech which is given away by a tiny logo inside if the laser mouse's housing and are very good quality!