Dell Studo XPS on CES, Las Vegas

Did you ever notice that when it comes down to mobile workstations and professional PC's desings always tend to be odd and conservative? If you want a nice looking system you either have to buy an Apple (which in would not consider a professional system in terms of CAD) or go for a consumer solution with much less power than a mobil workstation.

With it's new Studio XPS line Dell gets a littel closer to what we designers are all dreaming of: a nice looking and fast running solution for day to day work!

Manly made for entertainment the Studio XPS 13 and 16-zoll-display systems have some stunning features like a LED full HD display (1920 x 1080), blue ray device and 512mb grafik card. But taking a second look will over some cons like a only glossy glas screen and the not OpenGL optimized ATI Radeon 3600 series. An upgrade to the new ATI 4600 series is anticipated for the near future, making things better but still not perfect.

To put it all in a nutshell: With the Studio XPS series Dell puts out a nice system not really suitable for daily CAD or grafik work and we can only hope that this will even the way to a nice, not odd and boring looking workstation in the future.

Check specifications:

http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/laptop-studio-xps-16?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs

MUTO

...okay, I don't even want to know how much time it has taken to make this work...but it was truely worse the time. Thanks you BLU, for more information check out www.blublu.org, nico

It takes a PC to creat a MAC!

Did you ever notice that there is no way to design a MAC on a MAC. When it comes down to CAD or technical drawings you definetly have to use a PC, just thinking.....nico

I like AiLAIK

Not to big but way to cool. The AiLAIK store in Wiesbaden is always good for a visit and now has it 1st anniversary. One more reason to check out www.ailaik.com. One of my favorite shops when it comes down to all around apprearance, nico

DID YOU KNOW?

"The top 10 in-demand jobs in 2010...dit not exist in 2004", this video birngs down some realy intersting facts. Now what are we going to teach our children if everything is changing so rapidly that any expert knowledge is invalid once they are ready to enter their job? To me, things like good manners and the simple knowledge how to gain even more knowledge are far more important nowadays. In a world that seams to fall apart every single day, it might become important to gain some basic skills like wood chipping or stitching. Who knows, if once and for all every computer has ceased, what are all the facebook addicteds are going to do with their time (-:, nico

OnWater

I know it's winter but these guys have really made my summer 08. On-Water is a boat school for driving license and all around wakeboard and event company that really brings joy to the people. Great people and great fun, check out www.on-water.de and I hope to see you on the water when the days are starting to get longer and warmer, nico

I don't know what drives people to call their shop "Mister Lady" but they surely must be insane. However, this photo was taken on the run in Radolfzell am Bodensee and it seamed to be some normal clothing shop. I did't feel like going in, I hope you excuse but I just couldn' make it, nico.

It surely has taken some time!

I have been thinking about my own blog for some time now and getting over the digital barriers finale ended in this small and hopefully unique appearance. In the nexte days, weeks and years I will try to find interesting things to join with the world, things to discuss, argue and deny. Your feedback is as important to me as my own thoughts and I hope that you never forget:

It takes action to stem the tide (-; , yours, nico