Dell Inspiron 14Z 14-inch notebook (Dual Core SU4100 1.3 GHz etc) - €484.85 delivered

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Dell Inspiron 14Z 14-inch notebook (Dual Core SU4100 1.3 GHz, 3 GB RAM, 500 GB HDD, DVD RW, 8 Hours Battery Life, WLAN, Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit, Obsidian Black)


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Product Features

* Intel Pentium SU4100 1.3GHz
* 14 inch widescreen XGA WLED display
* Bluetooth and Wireless Enabled
* Windows 7 Home Premium
* Up to 8hrs 25 mins battery life

Technical Details

Processor Brand: Intel
Processor Model: Intel Pentium SU4100
Chipset: GS40
Processor Speed: 1.3 GHz
Front Side Bus: 800 MHz
Cache Size: 2 Mb
Memory Size: 3 Gb
Memory Type: DDR3 1067 Mhz
Hard Drive Capacity: 500 Gb
Optical Drive: DVD+/-RW
Screen Size: 14.0 inch
Widescreen: Yes
Screen Type: WLED
Brite Screen Technology: Truelife
Webcam: 1.3 MP
Wireless: Yes
Wireless type: 1397 wireless card
Graphics Type: Integrated
Graphic Card: Integrated GMA 4500 MHD
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium
Included Software: MS Works
TV Tuner: ---
Floppy Disk Drive: ---
TV Out: ---
Modem: ---
USB: 2 x USB 2.0
Firewire: ---
Bluetooth: Yes
ESATA: ---
Other Interfaces: WIFI 802.11 b/g
Battery Type: 6-cell, lithium-ion, 60 W/Hr
Battery Life: up to 8 hrs 25 mins
Colour: Black
LAN: Yes
Dimensions (WxDxH): 347 x 242 x 26.3 - 29.3 mm
Weight: 2.08 Kg
Warranty: 1 year Collect and Return

Scruff

whats that pentium cpu like? I presume its something like
atom < dual atom < dual pentium < dual core2 < new core3/5/6 ?

TakeTheVeil

Its a ULV Processor, so emphasis is on battery life really. Any processor with SU is a ULV processor

So I think it's a bit more,

atoms < lower-end ULVs (single-core Celeron) < mid-to-high ULVs (Pentiums, Core2-ULVs) < Core 2 < i-Cores

The_Conductor

I've the Acer Timeline version of this- with a 15.6" screen. Battery life is very impressive, and its reasonably robust with the dual core processor. One point- the graphics are particularly awful- entirely satisfactory for general web browsing or doing some office work- but for multimedia apps really really bad. Definitely not a gaming laptop.......

Scruff

aye, i have the came crap graphics in my laptop. can just about manage HD video playback (but not AVCHD from my hd camcorder:()

Dman001

How would HD videos perform on this?

Just looking at the latest Netbooks coming out, with the ION 2 GPU and they can handle HD videos brilliantly and have up to 10 hour battery but they are expensive (about €400).

The_Conductor

Dman001 wrote: »

How would HD videos perform on this?

Just looking at the latest Netbooks coming out, with the ION 2 GPU and they can handle HD videos brilliantly and have up to 10 hour battery but they are expensive (about €400).

It can handle HD video- but is incredibly processor intensive- and consequently battery life would be very poor. Something with an ION/ION2 chip (or a discrete video card that has hardware decoding capabilities) would be a far better proposition.

Dman001

I think Ill hold out for the Next Gen Netbooks then.

The only advantage this Dell would have over them for me is a DVD Drive and I never use it anyway. I'm so used to the portability of a Netbook that I'd find it hard to go back to a regular sized notebook.

Voodu Child

Dman001 wrote: »

How would HD videos perform on this?

A 1.3GHz Core2Duo should handle most H264 based video up to 1080p.

Its hard to be definitive because the complexity of H264 encoded videos can vary a lot (depending on resolution, bitrate, profile etc), but with an efficient decoder like CoreAVC you should be sorted for most typical content.

In addition, the 4500MHD offers some limited video acceleration. Its not as powerful or well-implemented as the likes of a discrete Nvidia card, but if you can get it working it'll take further load of the CPU.

longshotvalue

I have similar specced 13z which was more expensive when i bought it at xmas, and they are really fast for office work, amazing battery life very good screen, hard to fault really.. Very hard to beat at that price...