Dell has  announced a completely new line of Latitude and Dell Precision laptops, ranging from the lightest ultra-portable in the company’s history to the most powerful mobile workstation. The new Latitude systems provide breakthrough battery life, and a  new design and style - including a choice of five colors and is much lighter in weight.

Dell’s re-engineered Latitude lineup answers a wide range of user profiles:

-          Dell Latitude E4200 is a 12.1-inch laptop that starts at 2.2 pounds, making it the lightest commercial notebook in the company’s history¹. The 13.3-inch Latitude E4300 has a starting weight of 3.3 pounds¹. Designed for road warriors and executives who demand maximum performance and light weight, the systems will be available in the coming weeks.

-          The Dell Latitude E6400 and E6500, available today, are 14.1- and 15.4-inch laptops that start at $1,139 and $1,169, respectively. The systems are ideal desktop replacements for high-performance users.

“The new Latitude laptops and Dell Precision mobile workstations represent the largest client product development effort in the history of Dell,” said Jeff Clarke, senior vice president, Dell Product Group. “We’ve invested more than 1 million engineering hours and the result is a family of head-turning products that are as solid on the inside as on the outside, with features that enable better security, manageability and productivity.”

• All-day computing on the E6400 with breakthrough battery life of up to 19 hours²;
• Full-frame magnesium alloy construction and all-metal hinges;
• Sophisticated keyboard design;
• Ease of use with Dell ControlPoint, centralizing control of user settings for power management, connectivity configurations and security management in a single application;
• First business-class laptop with an intelligent backlit keyboard that automatically adjusts to ambient light levels;
• Exclusive ControlVault solution – intelligent security sub-processors with embedded non-volatile storage that centralizes and helps protect user credentials and security keys in a single hardened security “vault” away from the systems main drive;