Dell is working with Microsoft on the project, which is expected to be announced later this week during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, wrote Lionel Menchaca, digital media manager at Dell.

Sales of the computers will benefit (Red), a project started by U2 singer Bono and Bobby Shriver, chairman of the Africa-focused charity Debt AIDS Trade Africa.

Companies such as Motorola, Apple and the clothing retailer The Gap have released (Red) versions of their products. Proceeds from the sales go to The Global Fund, a health organization focusing on AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.

Dell will offer the XPS M1530 and M1330 notebooks and the XPS One desktop under the (Red) product line. The PCs will run Microsoft’s Vista Ultimate (Product) Red, according to Microsoft.

The Global Fund will receive US$50 for every laptop sold, enough money for four months of antiretroviral medication. Every desktop sold will net the fund $80, according to Microsoft.

The folks at CNET were surprised to discover that using some Dell laptops can result in electric shocks that “vary in strength from a gentle tingle to a sudden jolt.” They also noticed that the shocks occur when connecting peripherals to the laptops. It appears that the offending devices have been isolated to versions that feature a brushed-aluminum finish —namely the XPS M1330 and XPS M1530. Furthermore, they believe the shocks are the result of a power adapter that isn’t grounded properly because its 2-prong connector lacks a third pin.Interestingly enough, Dell’s knowledge base acknowledges the problem in an entry entitled “A Tingling Sensation May Be Noticed When Touching Metal Components of Dell Devices Equipped with Two-Prong AC Adapters.” However, the entry also states that “the voltage (tingling sensation) does NOT present any risk of injury to the user.” Whether that is true or not, getting constant electric shocks from your laptop is, at the very least, annoying as hell. Fortunately, Dell informed CNET that they are willing to replace the two-pin power supplies with a three-pin version if requested to do so. If you are experiencing this problem (and entries on Dell’s forums suggest that this issue is not isolated), you may want to hit Dell up for a replacement.

[Crave and Dell Forums / Knowledge Base]

Is Fanatic World of Warcraft? In his attempt to customize their computers, a task that has been conducting a long time with success, Dell has joined with Blizzard and the hands have designed the Dell XPS M1730 World of Warcraft, a laptop adapted to the famous game. The new computer has everything to meet the fanaticism of players, with a processor Core 2 Extreme X7900 CPU to 2.8GHz, one of 2 GB RAM and a hard disk with a capacity of 160 GB. There are two graphics cards Nvidia 8700M WP, Windows Vista and the screen is the 17-inch pan and therefore not wait for a laptop small.

Predictably, the team has a few surprises. In addition to a cover with the picture of the game, including the game WoW, WoW: Burning Crusade and other updates, screenSavers, a figure of the branch free World of Warcraft, wallpapers, soundtracks, original graphics of the game and even a DVD how did.

$4,499Us.

Oh, your holiday shopping budget just took a turn for the worse, dinnit? We’ve gotten a slew of reports from sources all agreeing that Dell intends to launch its forthcoming Latitude XT tablet PC on the 11th (next Tuesday). You already know the rest, we’ll see you next week for the launch of tablet PC the industry almost forgot.

[Via | Engadget]

When a regular consumer desktop just won’t serve your demanding computing needs, it’s time to go workstation, and Dell’s got a pair of new quad-core-packin’ models that are spec’ed to be some of the fastest on the planet. Both the Precision T7400 and T5400 are available with either one or two of Intel’s newest 45-nanometer Xeon Processors (up to a 3.20GHz X5482 on the 7400), as many as two 1.5GB nVIDIA Quadro FX5600 graphics cards (capable of driving four 30-inch monitors), up to 4GB of RAM (with a whopping 128GB promised using a memory riser card chassis when 8GB DIMMs become available) and either three (5400) or five (7400) hard drives for up to 3TB of storage — all topped off with a little Blu-ray action. Available immediately, the new rigs start at just $1,600 and $1,850, but for a configuration that meets your ridiculous specifications, expect to shell out well north of ten grand.