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The new XPS 1340 and 1640 laptops just appeared yesterday, and now (a mere day late) have been given the blessing of officialdom from Dell. Of course, we already knew all there was to know about them when it comes to specs, so rather more interesting is the first review of the bigger of the two, also called the XPS 16. The 2.4GHz machine scored high marks both when it comes to aesthetics and overall performance, but the thing got a little too hot for comfort, costs a good bit more than the competition, and those glossy screens are always controversial. Overall it sounds like a nice machine if you have the dough — and don’t mind a little glare.

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Looking for a little more room to grow in a netbook yet still can’t get over the fear of spinning platters that’s plagued you for years? So long as your odd phobias don’t also include open source software Dell has your fix with the Mini 9, now available with a $75 64GB SSD option when purchasing a model sporting Ubuntu. Why no big SSD love for XP? Apparently someone at Microsoft has some strange phobias, too.

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Dell Mini 9 gets 64GB SSD option for Linux, same ‘ol for Windows originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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This article was written on July 19, 2007 by CyberNet.

Sales figures for the PC Market have been updated and Apple fans have reason to celebrate after Apple has reclaimed their position as the third largest PC seller in the US market. How did the other PC vendors do? Here are the top five:

1. Dell – 28.4%
2. HP – 23.6%
3. Apple – 5.6% (tied with Gateway)
3. Gateway – 5.6% (tied with Apple)
4. Toshiba – 5.3%
5. Acer – 5.2%

While Apple did in fact come in third place, they have a long ways to go before they get to 2nd place with Dell and HP holding such a large chunk of the market. As Reg Hardware pointed out, back in the 80s and 90s, Apple managed to have a market share well above where they currently are. So while their days of commanding a double-digit share of the market are over, their current third-place rating in the U.S. is not too shabby.

Keep in mind that the rankings above are for the US market.  The worldwide results shake things up a bit. Here are the top five Worldwide PC vendors:

1. HP – 19.3%
2. Dell – 16.1%
3. Lenovo – 8.3%
4. Acer – 7.2%
5. Toshiba – 4.1%

Amazing how different the results are Worldwide versus in the US, isn’t it? So while Apple doesn’t even rank in the top five worldwide,  it wouldn’t surprise me if their market share here in the US continued to grow with people curious what Apple computers are all about. Afterall, the Apple brand has gotten a huge chunk of publicity lately with the iPhone.

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