Dell Inspiron 11z review

Acer

The Acer 4810T series is a similar price and lovely build quality.

I'm a big fan of this new cheap, long battery life ultraportable.

Where netbooks are too small for everyday use, these ultraportables are properly impressive.

I hope to see more manufacturers producing them.

Come on Dell, up your game!

By Grunthos on 23 Nov 2009

Touchpad

I fully agree with your criticism of the touchpad. I have a Mini 10, and this new laptop looks to have an identical keyboard and touchpad. The keyboard is actually very good. It's a shame the touchpad is so awful. It's by far the worst touchpad I've ever come across

By davidbryant4 on 23 Nov 2009

Can you tell me why you keep mentioning gaming performance when referring to the graphic card for these type of laptops but keep omitting comment on whether it is able to play video (including HD)?

I would expect most purchasers (including myself) of these types of machine are far more interested in whether YouTube, iPlayer, n264 etc. will play than if it is capable of the latest Call of Duty!

By jefferson30 on 24 Nov 2009

I second the above comment. In no way is gaming capability a useful indicator of performance and general capabilities of such a laptop. Here's two reasons why. The small percentage of laptop gamers wouldn't be interested in a machine like this and conversely the people who are interested wouldn't consider gaming performance a useful measure, as it ignores multitasking with productivity software for a start.

By dodge1963 on 26 Nov 2009