Dell Inspiron 11z

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Reviews for the Dell Inspiron 11z

Dell Inspiron 11z
Source: Pricemo
With all of the stuff listed above the 11z would be a slightly better than average netbook, offered at a reasonable price, with an excellent 11.6″ WXGA screen. Now they are waiting for the next machine, or updated 11z which has the same or better features with a functional touchpad. The build quality was great in terms of the overall construction of the netbook, but lacked in its cosmetic condition out of the box. The processing power of the Celeron performed below our expectations, being slower than the Atom processor. The strength of the 11z came mostly from its much better GS45 chipset, including the X4500 integrated graphics which excelled compared to the GMA950.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 10/01/2009
Rating: price: 80% performance: 60% workmanship: 90%

40% Dell Inspiron 11z 11.6-inch Ultraportable Laptop PC
Source: Comp Reviews
While Dell doesn't put the Inspiron 11z into its Mini netbook product lineup, it really should be. The main reason that it does not is due to the fact that it has more memory and hard drive space than Microsoft allows for the netbook operating system licensing. Sure, the larger screen, better integrated graphics and HDMI output are all tangible benefits, but the increased cost and very anemic processor just don't make it worth the upgrade from a netbook. Dell should really increase the battery and processor to improve its overall appeal.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 09/11/2009
Rating: Total score: 40%

Dell Inspiron 11z Review
Source: Notebookreview.com
The Dell Inspiron 11z was one of those notebooks that looks like it could be the perfect machine on paper, but once you get it in person you find out it has some fatal flaw. The build quality was great in terms of the overall construction of the netbook, but lacked in its cosmetic condition out of the box. The processing power of the Celeron performed  below our expectations, being slower than the Atom processor. The strength of the 11z came mostly from its much better GS45 chipset, including the X4500 integrated graphics which excelled compared to the GMA950.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 08/31/2009
Rating: performance: 60% display: 80% emissions: 40%

Foreign Reviews

Dell déguise son nouveau portable en netbook
Source: 01Net FR→EN
online available, Medium, Date: 10/09/2009
performance: 50%

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Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500: Integrated (onboard) graphics chip on the UL11L, US15L, and US15W chipsets with a licensed PowerVR SGX core. DirectX 10.1 support but because of low clock rates (100-200 MHz UL11L - US15) and only 4 shaders not suited for 3D games. The integrated video decoder accelerates the playback of HD videos (MPEG2, VC-1, AVC).

These graphics cards for notebooks are not suitable for games. If they run, they may run with graphical errors and very low frame rates. For gamers these chips are not suitable! Office and internet tasks are, to the contrary, no problem for these GPUs.

>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.

Intel Celeron M: It is a Pentium M with halved level 2 Cache and limited on FSB 400. The characteristic of this processor is the speed, which is hardly slower than an equivalent Pentium M. However it can change the speed not dynamically like the Pentium M and therefore needs without load more current.
It is also available as Low Voltage Version with very small current consumption.

723:
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.

11.6":

>> To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.

1.4 kg: This subnotebook is one of the most lightweight of all notebooks and can be carried very easily. There exist only few sub-notebooks, which weight less. 10 inch displays are normal for this class of weight.

Dell: Dell Inc. is a multinational technology corporation that develops, manufactures, sells, and supports personal computers and other computer-related products. Based in Texas, Dell employs more than 82,700 people worldwide (2009). In 2006, Dell purchased the computer hardware manufacturer Alienware. In most countries, the laptops are directly sold to consumers by Dell and each notebook custom-assembled according to a selection of options. Market share regarding sales of personal computers in 2007 (market research IDC): HP 18.9 %, Dell 16.4 %, Acer 9.9 %, Lenovo 7.5 %, Apple 5.7 %

Dell reviews

40%: This average evaluation is exceptionally bad. There exist hardly any laptops, which are rated so negative.

>> Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.