Dell XPS 15z

Now available on many sites for €999



Specifications:
- Intel® Core™ i5-2410M 2,3 GHz , 4Threads, 3MB cache
- Intel® Core™ i7-2620M 2,7 GHz , 4Threads, 4MB cache

- 4-8GB DDR3 SDRAM 1333 MHz
- Chipset Intel® HM67
- 1GB (or 2GB) NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 525M Graphics Card with Optimus
- 15.6" (option 1920 x 1080 or 1366 x 768) screen

- High Definition Audio +Waves MaxxAudio® 3
5.1 Surround sound can be supported via HDMI (this is interesting)

- 750GB Drive
- DVD+/-RW 8x
- 8-Cell Lithium Polymer (64WHr, 2.2AHr) Up to 8 hours, 22 minutes of battery life
- 1.3MP HD with dual array digital microphones

- 10/100/1000 Ethernet network standard, opt external USB Modem
- Intel® Centrino® Advanced-N 6230 802.11 agn (2x2)
- Bluetooth 3.0
- Intel® Wireless Display ready

- HDMI 1.4 (1), Mini DisplayPort (1), RJ-45 (1), headphone (1), microphone (1)
- 3 total USB ports; USB 3.0 (2); USB 2.0/eSATA combo with PowerShare (1)
- 9-in-1 media card reader supporting SD, SDIO, SDXC, SDHC, MS, MS Pro, MMC, MSXC, xD

- Height: 0.97" (24.68mm)
- Width: 15.15" (384.85mm)
- Depth 10.25" (260.37mm)
- Starting at 5.54lbs (2.51 kg)

- Standard full size, backlit chiclet keyboard; spill-resistant
- Multi-Touchpad with Integrated Scrolling & Gestures and two mechanical buttons; 100 x 56 mm - centered on system

- Anodized aluminum in Elemental Silver; Formed aluminum base
- Magnesium alloy palm-rest




Not bad, but quite a way to go if it wants to take MacBook Air head on

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Yeah I know .. but Dell insisted in many of their ads here in Europe that this 15z is a better value for consumers than the Air

Thin (just a tat thicker) form - that is what they go by

cheers ...

And the battery performance, claiming of up to 8hrs+

cheers ...