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    Dell Intros Latitude ON FLASH Feature

    Discussion in 'Notebook News and Reviews' started by Charles P. Jefferies, Dec 17, 2009.

  1. Charles P. Jefferies

    Charles P. Jefferies Lead Moderator Super Moderator

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    Dell Intros Latitude ON FLASH Feature
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    Dell today introduced a new feature for its Latitude business notebooks. ON | FLASH is an instant-boot feature with a graphical interface, allowing users access to email, Internet with Flash support, Skype, and a few other features. It runs off of a small flash memory module in certain Dell Latitude notebooks; the benefit of running off flash memory is that ON | FLASH is cheaper than the original Latitude ON introduced earlier this year. The downside of ON | FLASH is that it does not have its own dedicated processor which means the computer's processor must be powered on, so the potentially multi-day battery life is not possible with ON | FLASH.
    ON | FLASH is now being offered as a $50 option on the Latitude E4200, E4300, and Z notebooks.

    Full Story (Direct2Dell.com)

     
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    Charles P. Jefferies, Dec 17, 2009
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  2. Serg

    Serg Nowhere - Everywhere

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    Might want to fix that Chaz...

    I love this feature on my Envy, the Envy IOS, it is extremely fast and useful...I like it how it is spreading
     
    Serg, Dec 17, 2009
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  3. dtwn

    dtwn C'thulhu fhtagn

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    Has been around for some time, I imagine. My year old Asus has something similar. Asus Express Gate, I believe.

    Don't use it very much, but I can certainly see why it would be useful. I disabled mine.
     
    dtwn, Dec 17, 2009
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  4. Ahbeyvuhgehduh

    Ahbeyvuhgehduh Lost in contemplation....

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    Yeah ... Asus developed this some time ago ... Dell seems kinda "late to the game" on this one. I also found myself almost never using the Express gate feature, though....
     
    Ahbeyvuhgehduh, Dec 19, 2009
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  5. dtwn

    dtwn C'thulhu fhtagn

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    Well, the Latitudes had something similar back in early 2008, so not that late. ;)

    I can't use Express Gate as I need to go through a VPN to get online, hence why I never use it. :)
     
    dtwn, Dec 19, 2009
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  6. ChristopherAKAO4

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    Wonder if we'll see a Chrome OS variant dual-booting with Windows like this?
     
    ChristopherAKAO4, Dec 19, 2009
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    This feature needs to be implemented so users can hook their laptops up to an HDTV like a gaming console.

    Someone PM me if you know of such a program. ;)
     
    ARom, Dec 23, 2009
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