Dell to Adopt LED Backlights As Standard Screens for Laptops; One-Touch Privacy Available for Latitude E6400

As I have touched in last two years, Dell has more interactions with its aficionados and customers than other laptop makers. As the result of these interactions, Dell has made lots of innovations and released its successful laptop line up such as Vostro line up, XPS M1330 and M1530 and in the end its new Latitude E series.

Because of these interactions, Dell has decided to adopt mercury-free LED Backlights as the standard screens for its new laptops. First, Dell will transit two-thirds of its Latitude E-series laptops’ displays to LED backlight ones by Dec 15^th. Next, Dell will include LED backlighting as a standard feature for 80% of its laptops by the end of 2009. And then, Dell will make it 100% by 2010.

PC Magazine reports:

By Dec. 15, two-thirds of Dell's Latitude E-series laptops will be shipped with mercury-free LED backlighting as a standard feature, including the Latitude E4200, E4300, E6400, E6400 ATG and E6500, as well as the Dell Precision M2400 and M4400 mobile workstations.

By the end of 2009, 80 percent of all of Dell's laptops, both new and existing models, will include the LED backlights. The transition to LED backlights will be completed by 2010, Dell said.

LED Backlights come with 3 important features:

- First of all, they are much more energy-saving screens than the typical standard displays are used in laptops, today.

- They extend the battery life. LED backlighting displays drain less power consumption. According to Dell, LED backlights help the consumers to have nearly double battery lifetime than when they use the typical displays.

- They use green technology, and by them, Dell can become carbon-neutral.

*One-Touch Privacy

Really, Dell has tried to offer a new laptop Latitude Line up by releasing E-series laptops. You can find many useful features such as One-Touch Privacy which will help the consumers to save their data on the monitors against prying eyes.

“The Latitude E6400 is available with an optional electronic privacy screen. This software-driven display creates a pixel-based pattern on the screen, reducing the side viewing angles of people seated next to the user. It has minimal impact on display brightness and is activated with a single touch key combination or through Dell’s ControlPoint software. Users don’t have to keep up with separate plastic screen inserts and can have a better viewing experience while keeping data on their screen more private. The option is $139 and available globally today.”