Dell has recently announced an education market-specific low-priced netbook – the Latitude 2100! Though essentially an education netbook, aimed at classrooms from kindergarten to the 12th grade, the Latitude 2100 is a stimulating as well as appealing product from Dell.

Designed keeping the young users in mind, the new netbook is a wee bit thicker and heavier than the regular consumer netbooks. As such, the system comes with a chunky rubberized cover, has a partially-hardy feel, and allows an optional anti-microbial keyboard and an optional touchscreen.

However, the Latitude 2100 has all the so-called basic components that are a part and parcel of any other netbook - Intel Atom CPU, 1GB of RAM, and Windows XP – and is available at a starting price of $369. 

Some of the netbooks exclusive features for the young learners include the Network Activity Light – which is a small light on the back of the lid that can interrelate to third-party software, and turns on when students are surfing the Web, thereby enabling the teachers to keep a check.

Another intruiging feature is the Mobile Computing Station - an optional rolling storage cart for hold up to 24 Latitude 2100 netbooks! After their class, students can slide their systems into the colossal ‘docking station’ for recharge as well as remote updating via LAN by the IT administrators of their school!