Dell Unveils Inspiron 11z: Better Than Netbook?

[Marcus Yam]

Is this a better netbook than most netbooks?

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[cmmcnamara]

Bah I've been wanting a netbook but I won't buy one until NVIDIA Ion versions start coming out.

 

[cadder]

Needs a dual core processor, a little more ram, and more battery.

 

[felipetga]

I would get one with an atom 330 dualcore and 9400M chipset.
Are there any interferences by Intel to sell atom with the ION platform??

 

[Ramar]

Three hours of battery life? No thanks.

 

[Major7up]

I might be able to get behind this but I'd have to see the full spec sheet.

 

[IzzyCraft]

[citation][nom]Ramar[/nom]Three hours of battery life? No thanks.[/citation]
Seriously long bat life is suppose to be a backbone of netbooks.

 

[tipoo]

[citation][nom]cadder[/nom]Needs a dual core processor, a little more ram, and more battery.[/citation]


Yeah, and throw in a 15 inch screen and a 7200 RPM hard drive...Oh wait, its not a netbook anymore.

 

[sciggy]

Higher resolution screens damn it! I can't believe that everyone is seriously ok with these low res lcds.

 

[ebattleon]

i am withholding my opinion until tom's gets their hands on it.

 

[Ryun]

The specs look pretty similar to the Gateway LT3103u I just picked up, though I got a 6-cell battery that lasts me a good 5 hours (whole notebook cost me $20 less too). Since that celeron is based on the core architecture it should make for a very capable notebook/netbook though a 6 cell is pretty much a must.

 

[Shadow703793]

[citation][nom]cadder[/nom]Needs a dual core processor, a little more ram, and more battery.[/citation]
The Celeron IS Dual Core:

In addition, Intel also has dual-core Celeron Mobile processor 723 that is made using 45nm, works at 1.20GHz, sports 1MB cache and has 10W thermal envelope. The price of the chip is unknown.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/display/20081208163503_Intel_Quietly_Intros_Dual_Core_Celeron_M_Microprocessors.html

 

[Shadow703793]

Please check your info before posting wrong info. (Yes, Im' talking about the Celeron 723.)

 

[jivdis1x]

the walmart cheap laptop deal for 348 blows that thing out of the water

 

[Guest]

Sorry, Shadow, but you are wrong: the 723 is single core.
http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=36685&code=Intel%C2%AE+Celeron%C2%AE+M+Processor+ULV+723+%281M+Cache%2c+1.20+GHz%2c+800+MHz+FSB%29

 

[tayb]

[citation][nom]cadder[/nom]Needs a dual core processor, a little more ram, and more battery.[/citation]

Yeah. Faster processor, more RAM, and better battery life. Wait, now we have a notebook. Seriously. A solution in search of a problem.

 

[nitto555rchallenger]

Down w/ Netbooks! Having netbooks only show the non-potential buyers of PC games.

 

[anamaniac]

[citation][nom]tipoo[/nom]Yeah, and throw in a 15 inch screen and a 7200 RPM hard drive...Oh wait, its not a netbook anymore.[/citation]

Yeah, but makes it a 17" WUXGA screen instead.
Screw 10"+ netbooks. If I'm going to get something the size of a notebook, I want notebook specs...

 

[liemfukliang]

The Notebook Graphic Dilema:
NVidia VGA for CUDA and faster and time bomb (aka defect chip)
or
ATI for slow but no CUDA (It has stream but beside Cyberlink, there is no company that currently able to use it).

 

[grampsoldtimer]

But, it's a Dell. Dell = under powered, over priced. I also can't believe my eyes when people post raves about a Celeron. I guess after 23 years of computers, one developes some bias.

 

[Regulas]

Not impressed Dell, No Ubuntu option to save me $50+ bucks either. Why should I pay for a Microbloat license if I don't want it on my netbook?

 

[Guest]

You're complaining about the resolution? The screen is 11 inches. If the resolution was any lower, you wouldn't be able to read anything on it.

 

[megahunter]

a celeron processor? no thanks =D

 

[KyleSTL]

Everytime I see mention of this system I think of the $5500 Yamaha receiver RX-Z11. That thing is a beast.

 

[eccentric909]

[citation][nom]IzzyCraft[/nom]Seriously long bat life is suppose to be a backbone of netbooks.[/citation]

I thought this was supposed to be a low-cost notebook, not a netbook?

Hell, it's hard to tell anymore, the lines are being quite blurred as of late.

I would think most "netbooks" run with an Atom, which does help to provide superior battery life, which might explain why this net/notebook with it's celery processor only sustains about 3 hours.

All guesses on my part though, if I was going for a small PC like this, I'd just go with Asus I think.