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Dell launches Ultrabook for $999

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Re: Dell launches Ultrabook for $999

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Post by beagle3 »

barista wrote: post #4
allwein wrote: post #2

The telling thing for me is that there is not a single image of the keyboard head-on. The keyboard is a make or break feature on a laptop of this size. I fear that not showing any images of the keyboard is indicative of a sub-par experience.

This problem has been solved many a ttimes before. It's not the first 13" laptop anybody has designed. So thogh I'd love to see a keyboard pic, I'd assume it's going to be inline with what's out there already. Love these new ultrabooks btw. Apple kickstarted it as always and all the platforms benefit.

For me, there are combinations of the location and size of the "Fn", "Enter", "Backspace", "Backslash" and "Right Shift" buttons that could make a keyboard a deal-breaker. E.g., my 9" eee has the shift right of the "up-arrow", and this is a poor design choice that I would hate if I used it day-in-day-out for real work. (My eee is a consumption device, so that's sort of ok)

Re: Dell launches Ultrabook for $999

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Post by jc4p »

ghost91 wrote: post #9

I want to see my code on the screen not myself! Who needs these glossy screens?

Matte displays show images more true-to-print too, I prefer my matte display both for programming / being outside / editing photos. I really don't understand why anyone would want a glossy display other than "it's easier to clean"

Re: Dell launches Ultrabook for $999

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Post by delsarto »

30 March 2005: X1 announced (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dell_Latitude)

  1280 × 768 at 16.8 million colors
  1.140 kg with 58 Whr Li-Ion 6 cell
  w: 286 mm
  h: 25.0 mm		
  d: 196.8 mm
XPS13 ultrabook

  13.3" High Definition WLED, 300-nit (1366x768) 720p; 
  Weight: Starting at 2.99lbs (1.36kg)6
  47WHr battery; 6-Cell Li-Polymer (built-in)3
  Width: 12.4" (316mm)
  Height: 0.24-0.71" (6-18mm)
  Depth: 8.1" (205mm)
So in 7 years, we've added 86 pixels and gotten bigger and heaver. I'm not sure if the X1 laptop was revolutionary, or laptops just haven't gotten that much better. Certainly the X1 was the best investment I've ever made; with a SSD upgrade it's still going strong!

Re: Dell launches Ultrabook for $999

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Post by sheff »

allwein wrote: post #2

The telling thing for me is that there is not a single image of the keyboard head-on. The keyboard is a make or break feature on a laptop of this size. I fear that not showing any images of the keyboard is indicative of a sub-par experience.

The keyboard is what I look at first as well, as I dislike laptops without a decent arrow key layout.

Engadget ( http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/10/dells-xps-13-ultrabook-an... ) had some pics recently, including some of the keyboard.

Re: Dell launches Ultrabook for $999

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Post by rsynnott »

spot wrote: post #7
barista wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This problem has been solved many a ttimes before. It's not the first 13" laptop anybody has designed. So thogh I'd love to see a keyboard pic, I'd assume it's going to be inline with what's out there already. Love these new ultrabooks btw. Apple kickstarted it as always and all the platforms benefit.

apple was a latecomer to the thin and light category. FYI.

It was one of the innovators in _affordable_ thin and light, though. While there were very light and thin laptops prior to the Air, they were usually either netbooks, or terribly expensive. Of course, so was the first-gen Air; the second one was really the interesting one.
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