Dell has announced a refresh of its popular Latitude notebook line, including options for customization and the ability to check e-mail without completely booting up the machine. Models range from what the company calls “ultra portable” to “semi-rugged.”

The new “E”-series laptops are clearly targeted to corporate users, where Dell has an particularly strong installed base of customers. Dell claims to have solicited input from more than 4,000 IT professionals and business users in the production of the

new line, and product management says it invested more than one million hours in the engineering process.

In the announcement, CEO Michael Dell said the company has shipped more business laptops since 1995 than any other computer manufacturer. Dell is number one in the U.S. market, according to analysts, but trails HP in world sales.

From Slim to Rugged

The ultra-light Latitude E4200 weighs in at a mere 2.2 pounds with […]

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