Dell Inspiron 11z CULV laptop gets official, with $399 price tag

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Remember that 11 inch Dell laptop that the company was teasing us with the other day? Turns out it’s real, and it’s ready for the public. And it’s cheap too, with a starting price of $399.

The laptop isn’t much bigger than a typical netbook, but it shuns the usual netbook specs. Instead, your $399 gets you:

CPU: 1.2GHz Intel Celeron 723 CULV processor
Video: Intel GS45 integrated graphics
Display: 11.6 inch, 1366 x 768 pixels
OS: Windows Vista Home Premium
RAM: 2GB
Storage: 250GB, 5400rpm HDD
WiFi: Dell Wireless 1397 802.11g
Webcam: 1.3MP
Connectivity: Ethernet, 3 USB ports, 3-in-1 card reader, HDMI output
Battery: 28WHr, 3 cell Li-Ion battery
Dimensions: 11.5″ x 8.4″ x 0.9″
Weight: 3 pounds

There aren’t any real customization options yet unless you want to add external storage, a USB CD drive, or other peripherals. But Dell is known for offering custom features, so if you wait a few days I wouldn’t be surprised to see additional options such as extended batteries, additional storage, or other features show up as options. Hopefully Dell will also continue its trend of offering a choice of operating systems and offer a version running Ubuntu Linux, but I’m not sure how well the operating system performs on CULV processors. Does anyone have any experience using Ubuntu or another Linux distribution on a machine with a Celeron 723 CPU?

via Electronista

Posted on Tuesday, August 18th, 2009, 10:07 am by Brad Linder

pauli

are they using the same worthless trackpad from the mini 10?
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Hmm… GS45 = GMA 4500MHD. Blu-Ray certified, full hardware decode on video, what intel calls “great” 3D.

http://www.intel.com/Products/Notebook/Chipsets…

6 cell battery, 500 GB HDD, bluetooth, 3G are all options listed as “coming soon” — right now you can't customize the basic system at all. No mention of upgradeable RAM at all, though.

Dell claims the CPU is 40% faster than an N270, so even if that's inflated, it ought to run any Linux that any other netbook can, plus or minus drivers.

They claim “up to” 6:39 battery life when it ships with the forthcoming 6-cell, so it's not going t0 compete with some of the 8- and 10-hour netbooks out there.

Interesting system overall
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I didn't see the 6 cell battery option at all. Do you have a link?
Bconvis

Was excited at first, then went to the webpage and saw that an extra 6-cell batter was $150. Are you kidding me? I wonder how much it will run when added as acustomizable fetaure instead of an add on. Buit $150? Seriously?
Weet

I'll take an 1810t over this any day myself…
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Why?
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Bconvis

In cas eyou were still looking, the link is http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.a…, under top selliung accessories. it is highlighted in greem
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Ahh, that's strange. Normally Dell has a battery section for, you
know, batteries!
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Ahh, that's strange. Normally Dell has a battery section for, you
know, batteries!
http://www.laptopbatteriesinc.co.uk/dell-latitude-c400-series-laptop-battery-p-2084.html dell

i like dell,dell claims the CPU is 40% faster than an N270, so even if that's inflated, it ought to run any Linux that any other netbook can, plus or minus drivers.
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I like this type of laptop,happy to share your blog

Dell Inspiron 11z CULV laptop gets official, with $399 price tag

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