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Here comes my short review on the Dell X1. You have to excuse my bad english, but I will do my best. Pictures will come later this week.

Dell X1:
12.1" WXGA (1280*768)
Intel Pentium M 733 (1.1 ghz 400 mhz, 2mb L2 cache)
512 mb ram (256 mb on board + 256 mb DDR2 400 mhz)
60 gb hdd 4200 rpm
Intel® 915GMS-chipset 128 mb shared vram
External Dvd/Cd-Combo Drive
Bluetooth
Intel Pro Wireless 2200 802.11b/g
Secure Digital- card *1
Compact Flash- card *1
Firewire *1
Usb 2.0 *2
Primary 3 cell battery (27 watt)
Weight: 1.12 kg
Windows XP Pro
3 year warranty (next business day on site)

First Impressions:
- Love
- Very small and light
- Very good looking design
- Dead Silent
- Warm

The Screen:
It´s a 12.1" WXGA screen (not the glossy one). It´s very sharp and reflects the coulors very good. The resulotion is 1280*768 and it´s very smooth to work with. I´m very satisfied, the only con is that it´s not glossy

Keyboard:
Very nice with no flex at all. It will take some time getting use to it though b/c it´s so small.

Touchpad:
It´s small, but not too small. I had to change the settings b/c it was´nt the best feeling in the beginning. But now it´s great.

Harddrive:
The only con is that it´s 4200 rpm, but that´s not a problem to me. I think the computer is fast enough for daily tasks. In the future I hope they make 1.8" harddrives with faster rpm, so that I could exchange the hardrive to a faster one.

Intel Pro Wireless 2200 802.11b/g:
I have not tested the wlan yet, but I will next week and then I will uppdate this review.

Optical Drive:
The computer comes with an external drive to keep the weight down. That´s perfect for me b/c I don´t use the DVD/CD so much. Only when I install some software like Norton Anti Virus.

Sound:
The computer has only 1 speaker like most of the ultraportables. The sound is pretty loud and clear and sounds like any other computer. There´s no bass though. With headphones the computer is perfect to watch a movie on the train or plain etc.

Heat and Noise:
What Noise? The computer has no fan, so it´s dead silent. The lack of fan makes the computer a little warm though after some using. But it´s only warm under the computer and it´s not disturbing warm. I love that it´s so silent.

Battery life with 3 cell battery:
It depends on what you are doing, but between 2-3h. One thing that I notice was that the battery feels a little loose. Not so it´s disturbing or that it could fall of, but it´s a little loose. It also has Dells expresscharge which means that the battery will load on a very short time.

Delivery Time:
I ordered the computer on Monday 5/9 and it was arriving yesterday 8/9. That´s fast

Pros:
- It´s very light
- Good screen
- Nice keyboard with no flex
- Dead Silent
- Battery
- 3 years warranty
- No disturbing pre-loaded software
- Windows XP Pro CD
- Recovery CD
- Expresscharge

Cons:
- A little warm after some using
- No glossy screen
- Small touchpad
- Only 2 usb ports
- Little loose battery

Conclusion:
This is my third laptop, but my first ultraportabel. I´m very satisfied so far, I love the size and the weight. I recommend this computer to students, business people and just any guy that don´t gonna play any games.

Pictures!

Here are some pictures: http://alex-berg.magix.net/
Choose "my hobby" . Enjoy...

nice review and nice pics. thanks!
it's complements well our previous thread about x1: http://www.notebookforums.com/showthread.php?t=93116

Why exactly did you get the X1? Why not the 700/710m? Other than that, it sounds like your happy, so props to ya!

Hi Gamgee, I'm thinking of getting an x1 as well but concerned about the heat that's always mentioned in reviews and the size of the screen (never actually saw one)

What I would like to know is would one be able to surf a couple of hours (2-3 hrs I surf and watch tv at the same time ) or would the x1 run too hot?
My acer p4 2.8 weighs a fair bit and blows good bit of heat as well.

dont worry,
12" is OK and the heat issue is not that critical. moreover, you can reduce the heat by undervolting the ULV processors, as I did.

Hey guys!

which sleeves do you use for you X1s? I am still in search for a perfect one.