Dell recently announced that their two new Latitude E4200 and Latitude E4300 laptops are now available on store. These ultra-portable business-class notebooks boasts the latest Intel Core 2 Duo ULV (SU9300, SU9400) and standard Core 2 Duo (SP9300, SP9400) processors, an Intel GS45 Express chipset, an integrated GMA 4500MHS graphics engine, and support for DDR3 main memory. Come pre-installed with Windows Vista OS, both machines use a 64GB SSD for their storage, but the E4200 model also offers a 128GB SSD option, while the E4300 can be configured with a 250GB of traditional HDD.

Weighs at just 2.2 pounds, Dell Latitude E4200 laptop has a 12.1-inch LED backlight display with a resolution of 1280×800. Its sibling, E4300, comes with similar display, except wider (13.3-inch). The former is also 1.1 lbs heavier, but it sports an additional webcam and built-in optical drive.

Dell Latitude E4200 and E4300 laptops are retailed for $2,048 and $1,749 respectively (basic configuration).

Dell will soon unveil its forthcoming laptops, the Latitude D630 and D830 models, which will take advantage of Intel’s latest notebook platform, Santa Rosa (a.k.a Centrino Pro), in May. According to NotebookReview, one Swiss University website indicates the Latitude D630 laptop will be available to students there at the end of April. On the other hand, the Princeton University page indicates students coming in for the Fall of 2007 will have an option to buy the D630.

“Dell has leaked the names of the Latitude D630 and Latitude D830 notebooks on their driver download pages. Though information is scarce, a couple of university websites are indicating a late April release for these business laptops that will have the updated Intel Santa Rosa platform,” the report says.

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After the Inspiron E1501, Dell announced another AMD-based laptop, the first one on the Latitude series, Latitude 131L. This 15.4-inch widescreen business notebook is available immediately through Dell’s online store for $629 (base configuration with Mobile Sempron). An additional $250 will have the machine loaded with the dual-core AMD Turion 64 X2 CPU.

On specs department, Latitude 131L features an ATI RS485M / SB600 chipset, an integrated ATI R485M graphics engine with up to 224MB of shared memory, four USB ports, ExpressCard/54 slot, a 3-in-1 media card reader (SD/SDIO/MMC), and wide-range of connectivity, including WiFI, Ethernet LAN, and 56K modem. Weighs 6.38lb, the notebook is also equipped with a 6-cell battery, however, no info regarding the battery life.

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