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    Dell Inspiron 11z?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by chrism_scotland, Sep 2, 2009.

  1. chrism_scotland

    chrism_scotland Notebook Guru

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    I was just wondering if anyone had bought or used the new Dell Inspiron 11z?
    Now available in the UK, seems nicely specced and thinking about buying one as a more powerful alternative to a netbook.
     
    chrism_scotland, Sep 2, 2009
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  2. ShuggyCoUk

    ShuggyCoUk Newbie

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    I've just got one.
    Anything specific you want to know?

    Certainly a lot more potent than an atom, battery life so far is excellent for web browsing over wireless, used for 3 hours or so and it had about 50% charge left.

    Don't like the annoying bright blue light on the charging cord.

    The battery sticks out *miles*, about 1.5cm extra. This functions well on a desk as tilt to the keyboard but not so good on your lap.

    boots pretty snappy with vista but hoping it's a lot better once windows 7 goes on there.

    Definitely disable the crapware on there though, kills startup.
     
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  3. chrism_scotland

    chrism_scotland Notebook Guru

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    Really was just wondering how powerful it is and does it seem big with being an 11 odd inch screen?
     
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    desertlap Notebook Consultant

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    ShuggyCoUk Newbie

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    The 6 cell battery you get (at least I got) from the carphone warehouse deal makes it quite a bit more chunky, not in footprint but in depth (which is a bit annoying).

    Apart from that it's a sweet size for me, near full size keyboard, not wasting much bezel space, trackpad *size*(1) is acceptable.

    1. the pad itself isn't great in many ways though :(
     
    ShuggyCoUk, Sep 3, 2009
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