Dell Vostro

Dell Vostro is a line of computers from Dell aimed at the small businesses. In 2013, this line discontinued on some Dell websites but continued to be offered in other markets, such as Malaysia.

Prior to Vostro, Dell's home and small business computers were sold under the same lines: Dimension for home and small business desktops, and Inspiron for home and small business portables. With the introduction of Vostro, the Dimension line was retired, and the Inspiron line changed to include all computers for the home market — regardless of form factor. One marked difference between the Inspiron line and the Vostro line is that the Vostro line is more affordable but comes with shorter technical support hours.

Temporary discontinuation

In July 2013, Dell has announced that they will stop manufacture of all Dell Vostro systems. Select models were made available on various Dell outlet channels for a limited time. The discontinuation of Vostro models was reportedly down to changing technology and demand in the corporate world. Subsequently, the Vostro was resurrected onto the market in early 2015.^[1]

Current laptops

The current lineup of Vostro laptops includes Vostro 3000 series that was released on March 9, 2010, and Vostro 14 5000 series that was released on October 13, 2015.^[2]

Please note, that this list may be incomplete and some of the models that are currently being offered in some markets may be missing.

Vostro 3558

The Vostro 3558 is a laptop with a 15.6 inch HD display with Anti-Glare aimed at small business. Operating system options are the ones offered with the Vostro 3358.

CPU: Intel Core i3 4005U or Intel Core i5 4005U
Display: 15.6" High Definition LED Display (1366 × 768) with Anti-Glare
Memory: DDR-3 modules of sizes 4 GB or 8 GB @ 1600 MHz
Chipset: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset (Sandy Bridge) -- Intel HM67
Optical Drive: Dual-Layer 8X DVD+/-CD Drive
Video Card: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator HD 4400
Security Hardware: Security slot
Hard Drive:1TB @ 5400 RPM
Wireless: DELL Wireless N 1705 @ 2.4 GHz + Bluetooth 4.0
Webcam: Integrated HD 720p Webcam (UVC video)
Battery: 4-Cell Lithium-Ion Battery
Starting Price: $349

Vostro 14 (5468)

The Dell Vostro 14 (5468) features Intel Kaby Lake microprocessors

Vostro 14 5000

The Vostro 14 5000 is a laptop with a 14 inch display aimed at small business. Pricing starts at RM 2,299.00. Operating system options are Ubuntu,^[3] Windows 8.1 and Windows 10.^[4] Laptops work with Windows 7.^[5]

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100U, Intel Core i5-6200U or Intel Core i7-6500U processor
Display: 14" High Definition LED-Backlit Display (1366 x 768) with Anti-Glare
Memory: 4 GB or 8 GB DDR3L @ 1600 MHz (up to 8 GB supported)
Video Card: Intel® HD Graphics 520, optional [Nvidia Geforce] 930M, 2 GB/4GB DDR3
Security Hardware: Optional fingerprint reader
Hard Drive: 500GB or 1TB @ 5400 RPM Hard Drive
Wireless: Intel®3165AC + BT4.0 (802.11ac + Bluetooth 4.0, Dual Band 2.4&5 GHz, 1x1)
Webcam: Integrated 720HD (1.0MP)
Battery: 43 WHr, 3-Cell Battery
Starting Price: RM 2,299.00

Discontinued laptops

Vostro 1000

Technical specifications. It has a SATA HDD (Serial ATA Data Transfer: 1.5 Gbit/s)

Vostro 1220

The Vostro 1220 is Dell's 12.1" business laptop based on the Intel Montevina platform.

CPU: Intel Celeron 900, Intel Core 2 Duo T6600, P8600, P8700, or T9550
Display: 12.1" WXGA w/TrueLife
Memory: 2 GB Single Channel DDR2 SDRAM @ 800 MHz, 2, 3, 4, or 8 GB of Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM @ 800 MHz
Optical Drive: 8X DVD+/-RW drive, Blu-ray Disc Combo drive
Video Card: Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD
Security Hardware:Wave Encryption software
Hard Drive: 160 GB SATA @ 5400 RPM, 250, 320, or 500 GB @ 7200 RPM w/Freefall Sensor, 250 GB encrypted hard drive @ 7200RPM w/Free Fall Sensor & Wave software, 128 GB Solid State Drive
Wireless: Dell Wireless 1397 or 1510 mini card, Intel WiFi Link 5100, WiMAX/WiFi Link 5150, or 5300 mini card
Bluetooth: Dell Wireless 365 Bluetooth 2.0
Webcam: Integrated 1.3 MP webcam w/digital mic, optional free video chat software
Battery: 4-cell or 6-cell Lithium-Ion battery
Starting Price: $747

Vostro 1320

The Vostro 1320 is Dell's 13.3" business laptop based on the Montevina platform.

CPU: Intel Celeron 900, Intel Core 2 Duo T6600, P7550, P8600, P8700, or T9550
Display: 13.3" WXGA Anti-Glare, UltraSharp WXGA w/TrueLife
Memory: 2 GB Single Channel DDR2 SDRAM @ 800 MHz, 2, 3, 4, or 8 GB of Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM @ 800 MHz
Optical Drive: 8X DVD+/-RW drive, Blu-ray Disc Combo drive
Video Card: Integrated Intel GMA 4500MHD, NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS
Security Hardware: Fingerprint reader w/DigitalPersona software, Wave Encryption software
Hard Drive: 120 GB SATA @ 5400 RPM, 250 or 320 GB @ 7200 RPM w/Freefall Sensor, 250 GB encrypted hard drive @ 7200RPM w/Free Fall Sensor & Wave software, 128 GB Solid State Drive
Wireless: Dell Wireless 1397 or 1510 mini card, Intel WiFi Link 5100 or 5300 mini card,atherones
Bluetooth: Dell Wireless 355 Bluetooth 2.0
Webcam: Integrated 1.3 MP webcam w/digital mic, optional free video chat software
Battery: 4-cell, 6-cell, or 9-cell Lithium-Ion battery
Starting Price: $550

Vostro 1520

The Vostro 1520 is Dell's 15.4" business laptop based on the Montevina platform.

CPU: Intel Celeron 900, Intel Core 2 Duo T6600, P7550, P8600, P8700, or T9550
Display: 15.4" WXGA Anti-Glare LED, WXGA+ Anti-Glare, WXGA+ w/TrueLife
Memory: 2 GB Single Channel DDR2 SDRAM @ 800 MHz, 2, 3, 4, or 8 GB of Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM @ 800 MHz
Optical Drive: 8X DVD+/-RW drive, Blu-ray Disc Combo drive
Video Card: Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD, NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS
Security Hardware: Optional Fingerprint reader w/DigitalPersona software, Wave Encryption software
Hard Drive: 160 GB SATA @ 5400 RPM, 250 or 320 GB @ 7200 RPM w/Freefall Sensor, 250 GB encrypted hard drive @ 7200RPM w/Free Fall Sensor & Wave software, 128 GB Solid State Drive
Wireless: Dell Wireless 1397 or 1510 mini card, Intel WiFi Link 5100 or 5300 mini card
Bluetooth: Dell Wireless 355 Bluetooth 2.0
Webcam: Integrated 1.3 MP webcam w/digital mic, optional free video chat software
Battery: 4-cell, 6-cell, or 9-cell Lithium Ion battery

Vostro 1720

The Vostro 1720 is Dell's 17" business laptop based on the Montevina platform.

CPU: Intel Celeron 900, Intel Core 2 Duo T6600, P7550, P8600, P8700, or T9550
Display: 17" WXGA+ Anti-Glare LED, UltraSharp WUXGA w/TrueLife
Memory: 2 GB Single Channel DDR2 SDRAM @ 800 MHz, 2, 3, 4, or 8 GB of Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM @ 800 MHz
Optical Drive: 8X DVD+/-RW drive, Blu-ray Disc Combo drive
Video Card: Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD, NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS
Security Hardware: Fingerprint reader w/DigitalPersona software, Wave Encryption software
Hard Drive: 160 GB SATA @ 5400 RPM, 250 or 320 GB @ 7200 RPM w/Freefall Sensor, 250 GB encrypted hard drive @ 7200RPM w/ Free Fall Sensor & Wave software, 128 GB Solid State Drive
Wireless: Dell Wireless 1397 or 1510 mini card, Intel WiFi Link 5100 or 5300 mini card
Bluetooth: Dell Wireless 355 Bluetooth 2.0
Battery: 6-cell or 8-cell Lithium Ion battery
Starting Price: $599

Vostro A90 and A90n

The Vostro A90 is Dell's 8.9" business netbook. The A90n offers Ubuntu Linux while the A90 offers Windows XP.

CPU: Intel Atom N270
Display: 8.9" WSVGA
Memory: 1 GB DDR2 SDRAM @ 533 MHz
Optical Drive: None
Video Card: Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950
Hard Drive: 16 GB Solid State Drive
Wireless: Wireless 802.11g card
Webcam: Integrated 0.3 MP webcam
Battery: 4-cell (35 WHr) Lithium-Ion battery
Starting Price: $219 (Vostro A90n), $309 (Vostro A90)

Vostro V13

The Vostro V13 is Dell's 13.3" business ultraportable with targeted at consumers looking for a budget business ultraportable. The Vostro V13 has a chassis design similar to the Dell Adamo, but it is very cheap at $449, though it ships with Ubuntu, and clocks in at a 1.4 GHz Intel solo processor. The processor in the V13 cannot be customized, but the memory can. The base configuration ships with Ubuntu Linux version 9.04, but higher-end configurations ship with Windows 7.

CPU: Intel Celeron M 743, Intel Core 2 Solo SU3500 or Intel Core 2 Duo SU7300
Display: 13.3" LED-backlit widescreen w/1366x768 resolution
Memory: 2 GB or 4 GB DDR3 SDRAM @ 1066 MHz
Optical Drive: optional external 8X DVD+/-RW drive
Video Card: Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X4500MHD
Hard Drive: 250 GB SATA @ 5400 RPM, 250 GB SATA @ 7,200 RPM w/Data Encryption or 320 GB or 500 GB SATA @ 7,200 RPM
Wireless: Dell Wireless 1397 802.11b/g or Intel PRO/Wireless 5100 802.11b/g/n
Webcam: integrated 1.3 MP webcam
Battery: 6-cell (30 Whr) Lithium-Ion battery
Starting Price: $449

Vostro 3300

The Vostro 3300 is a laptop with a 13.3 inch widescreen display aimed at small business. Dell offers an Intel Core i3 or i5 processor with up to 6 GB DDR3 RAM. The chassis is made of aluminum. The operating system installed is Windows 7 32-bit/64-bit with a XP downgrade as an option. Discrete graphics is an option, and pricing starts at $599. This model has been discontinued by Dell. It can only be purchased second-hand.

CPU: Intel Core i3-350M, Intel Core i5-430M, Intel Core i5-450M or Intel core i5-520M
Display: 13.3" High Definition LED Display (1366 × 768) with Anti-Glare
Memory: 2 GB, 3 GB, 4 GB, or 6 GB DDR3 @ 1066 MHz (up to 8 GB supported)
Optical Drive: Dual-Layer 8X DVD+/-RW Drive
Video Card: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator HD or Nvidia Geforce 310M, 512 MB Graphics
Security Hardware: Fingerprint reader w/DigitalPersona software (optional)
Hard Drive: 250 GB SATA @7200 RPM (encrypted drive optional), 320 GB SATA @ 7200 RPM, 500 GB SATA @ 7200 RPM
Wireless: Dell Wireless 1520 b/g/n
Webcam: Integrated 2.0 MP Webcam
Battery: 4-Cell Lithium-Ion Battery
Starting Price: $599

Vostro 3400

The Vostro 3400 is a laptop with a 14 inch display aimed at small business. It offers updated Core i processors and larger batteries. Pricing starts at $549. Operating system options are the ones offered with the Vostro 3300.

CPU: Intel Core i3-370M or Intel Core i5-450M
Display: 14" High Definition LED Display (1366 × 768) with Anti-Glare
Memory: 3 GB or 4 GB DDR3 @ 1066 MHz (up to 8 GB supported)
Optical Drive: Dual-Layer 8X DVD+/-RW Drive
Video Card: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator HD or Nvidia Geforce 310M, 512 MB Graphics
Security Hardware: Fingerprint reader w/DigitalPersona software
Hard Drive: 250 GB SATA @7200 RPM or 320 GB SATA @ 7200 RPM
Wireless: Dell Wireless 1520 b/g/n
Webcam: Integrated 1.0 MP (720p HD)^[6] Webcam
Battery: 6-Cell or 9-Cell Lithium-Ion Battery
Starting Price: $549

Vostro 3500

The Vostro 3500 is a laptop with a 15.6 inch display aimed at small business. Operating system options are the ones offered with the Vostro 3300.In some countries ubuntu can be chosen as the operating system. Vostro 3500 production is discontinued.

CPU: Intel Core i3-350M, Intel Core i5-450M, IntelCore i5-460M, Intel Core i5-520M or Intel Core i7-640M
Display: 15.6" High Definition LED Display (1366 × 768) with Anti-Glare
Memory: 2 GB, 3 GB, or 4 GB @ 1066 MHz (up to 8 GB supported)
Optical Drive: Dual-Layer 8X DVD+/-RW Drive
Video Card: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator HD or Nvidia Geforce 310M, 512 MB Graphics
Security Hardware: Fingerprint reader w/DigitalPersona software
Hard Drive: 250 GB SATA @7200 RPM, 320 GB SATA @ 7200 RPM, 500 GB SATA @ 7200 RPM
Wireless: Dell Wireless 1520 b/g/n
Webcam: Integrated 2.0 MP Webcam
Battery: 6-Cell Lithium-Ion Battery
Starting Price: $529

Vostro 3550

The Vostro 3550 is a laptop with a 15.6 inch display aimed at small business. Operating system options are the ones offered with the Vostro 3350.

CPU: Intel Core i3-2310M, Intel Core i5-2410M or Intel Core i7-2620M
Display: 15.6" High Definition LED Display (1366 × 768) with Anti-Glare
Memory: PC3-10600 CL9 1.5 V modules of sizes 2 GB, 4 GB or 8 GB @ 1333 MHz (up to 8 GB supported, but in real works with 16GB as well)
Chipset: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset (Sandy Bridge) -- Intel HM67
Optical Drive: Dual-Layer 8X DVD+/-RW Drive
Video Card: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator HD 3000
Security Hardware: Fingerprint reader w/DigitalPersona software
Hard Drive: 250 GB SATA @7200 RPM, 320 GB SATA @ 7200 RPM, 500 GB SATA @ 7200 RPM
Wireless: Intel Wireless N-1030 b/g/n
Webcam: Integrated 2.0 MP Webcam (UVC video)
Battery: 6-Cell Lithium-Ion Battery
Starting Price: $xxx

Vostro 3700

The Vostro 3700 is a laptop with a 17.3 inch display aimed at small business. Pricing starts at $629. An Intel Core i7 processor is an option on the Vostro 3700, the only Vostro 3000 series laptop to offer this processor. Operating system options are the ones offered with the Vostro 3300.

CPU: Intel Core i3-350M, Intel Core i5-450M, Intel core i5-520M, or intel Core i7-720QM processor
Display: 17.3" High Definition LED Display (1600 × 900) with Anti-Glare
Memory: 2GB, 3 GB, 4 GB DDR3 @ 1066 MHz (up to 8 GB supported)
Optical Drive: Dual-Layer 8X DVD+/-RW Drive
Video Card: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator HD or Nvidia Geforce 310M, 512 MB Graphics, or Nvidia Geforce 330M GT, 1024 MB Graphics
Security Hardware: Fingerprint reader w/DigitalPersona software
Hard Drive: 250 GB SATA @7200 RPM, 320 GB SATA @ 7200 RPM, 500 GB SATA @ 7200 RPM
Wireless: Dell Wireless 1520 b/g/n
Webcam: Integrated 2.0 MP Webcam
Battery: 6-Cell Lithium-Ion Battery

Desktops

First Generation

Vostro 200 Slim Tower - Uses Intel Pentium Dual Core or Core 2 Duo
Vostro 200 Mini Tower
Vostro 230 Mini Tower - Uses Intel Dual Core,Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Quad processors

First Generation (Phase 2 Release)

Vostro 400 Mini Tower - Antec EarthWatts EA380 (Same case as Vostro 200 Mini Tower)
Vostro 410 Tower - Uses the G33 chipset and features 3 external 5.25" drive bays.

Second Generation

Vostro 220S Slim Tower - Updated DVD/CD/Blu-ray slot case
Vostro 220 Mini Tower
Vostro 420 Tower - Uses the G45 chipset.

Third Generation

Vostro 430 Mini Tower - Uses Intel Core i5 and Core i7 processors.

WLAN cards

Chip: Atheros AR9285 + FCC ID: PPD-AR5B-95 + "Dell Wireless 1502 WLAN Half Mini-Card" + PCIe adaptor card

Specification AR9285 b/g/n (2.4 GHz) 150 Mbit/s

Chip: Atheros AR9280 + FCC ID: PPD-AR5B-HB92 + "Dell Wireless 1515 WLAN Half Mini-Card"

Chip: Atheros AR9280 + FCC ID: PPD-AR5B-DT92 + "Dell Wireless 1525 WLAN PCIe Card"

Specification AR9280 a/b/g/n-draft (2.4/5 GHz) 300 Mbit/s

4th generation

Dell Vostro 3900- Uses haswell processors.

Other Desktops

Dell Vostro A100
Dell Vostro A180
Dell Vostro 270, 270S; 2012-2013

History

Notebooks and laptops

10 July 2007: 1000, 1400, 1500, 1700 (Windows XP or Vista)
18 December 2007: 1200 (Windows XP or Vista)
1 May 2008: 1310, 1510(Windows XP or Vista) ^[7]
15 May 2008: 1710 (Windows XP or Vista)
1 July 2009: 1220 (Windows Vista only)
23 October 2015: Vostro 14 5000 (Ubuntu, Windows 8.1, Windows 10)

Desktops

10 July 2007: 200 (Windows XP or Vista)
2015 Vostro 3900 (Windows 8.1)

References

External links

[1] Vostro 3900

[2] Dell Malaysia announces XPS, Inspiron and Vostro

[3] Dell Vostro 14 V5459-50814G-DOS review

[4] Dell Malaysia Vostro 14 5000 product information

[5] Installing Windows 7 on Dell Vostro 14 5000 Series Laptop

[6] Vostro 14 3000 Series

[7] Dell Vostro 1310, 1510, 1710

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