News - Dell Inspiron 13 to bridge the gap between netbook and notebook?

[HEXUS]

Thin, light, and armed with an Intel Core 2 Duo processor and ATI Mobility Radeon graphics. The perfect ultra-portable?

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[Big Adam]

The Dell Singapore site also has the Studio 14 for about the same money.

Interesting if they bring that to UK as well.

[RyanP13]

The Dell Singapore site also has the Studio 14 for about the same money.

Interesting if they bring that to UK as well.

Actually hankering after a Studio 14 TBH.

Looks pretty good for my needs.

[MadduckUK]

Dell Inspiron 13 to bridge the gap between netbook and notebook?

no, doesn't do anything of the sort

[MSIC]

no, doesn't do anything of the sort

I'm not so sure... in effect this is a classic ultra-portable, however for me its the price that swings it. £500 rather than £1500, which would have been an ultra-portable price in the pre-netbook era.

[duc]

I'm not so sure... in effect this is a classic ultra-portable, however for me its the price that swings it. £500 rather than £1500, which would have been an ultra-portable price in the pre-netbook era.

13" was the standard screen size for 4:3 notebooks a couple of years back. With the technology and manufacturing processes available today anything above the ultraportable 12" market should have an optical drive.

[Methanoid]

I'd be happy with the 14z the lucky Yanks have... 9400M integrated VGA... still good...

[McPhee]

Sounds pretty similar to Acer's Timeline range. Personally i think 13.3" it's a little on the big side for an "ultraportable" though. I'm waiting for someone to release an 11" "netbook" with a dual core Atom/Ion set-up, 1024x768 resolution and over 5 hours battery life. That'd suit my portable needs.

[Stringent]

No optical drive?

[TheVoice]

No optical drive?

Nope, presumably you'll need to pay extra for the USB one.

Just had a look on the Dell Singapore website and they get some nice machines, Inspiron 14 and Studio 14 look good. I really like the 14" size, I had an Inspiron 630m and it was great. Shame it's not more popular because it's much nicer than the 15 (and now 16") sizes that most of them are now.

[MadduckUK]

apart from netbook being a current buzzword, and it having a netbooky looking keyboard i dont know why you would compare the two