Dell Unveils Inspiron 11z: Better Than Netbook?

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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??
 

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

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[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.
 

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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.
 

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[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.
 

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[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...
 

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

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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.
 

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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?
 
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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.
 

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[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.
 
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