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Dell Latitude Z review

Verdict

A truly innovative business laptop with hordes of interesting features, but its three-hour battery life is a disappointment

Review Date: 12 Feb 2010

Reviewed By: Tim Danton

Price when reviewed: £1,975 (£2,321 inc VAT)

Overall Rating

Features & Design
5 stars out of 6

Value for Money
3 stars out of 6

Performance
3 stars out of 6

Details
Part Code	Z600
Review Date	12 Feb 2010
Price ex VAT	£1,975
Price inc VAT	£2,321
Overall rating
Features & Design
Value for Money
Performance

Warranty
Warranty	3yr on-site next business day

Physical specifications
Dimensions	396 x 272 x 20.1mm (WDH)
Weight	2.100kg
Travelling weight	2.6kg

Processor and memory
Processor	Intel Core 2 Duo SU9600
Motherboard chipset	Intel GS45
RAM capacity	4.00GB
Memory type	DDR3
SODIMM sockets free	0
SODIMM sockets total	1

Screen and video
Screen size	16.0in
Resolution screen horizontal	1,600
Resolution screen vertical	900
Resolution	1600 x 900
Graphics chipset	Intel GMAX4500MHD
Graphics card RAM	1.00GB
VGA (D-SUB) outputs	0
HDMI outputs	0
S-Video outputs	0
DVI-I outputs	0
DVI-D outputs	0
DisplayPort outputs	1

Drives
Capacity	256GB
Hard disk usable capacity	238GB
Spindle speed	N/A
Internal disk interface	SATA/300
Hard disk	Samsung SSD PB22-JS3 TM
Optical disc technology	External DVD writer
Battery capacity	2,620mAh
Replacement battery price inc VAT	£0

Networking
Wired adapter speed	1,000Mbits/sec
802.11a support
802.11b support
802.11g support
802.11 draft-n support
Integrated 3G adapter
Bluetooth support

Other Features
Wireless hardware on/off switch
Wireless key-combination switch
Modem
ExpressCard34 slots	0
ExpressCard54 slots	0
PC Card slots	0
USB ports (downstream)	2
eSATA ports	1
PS/2 mouse port
9-pin serial ports	0
Parallel ports	0
Optical S/PDIF audio output ports	1
Electrical S/PDIF audio ports	0
3.5mm audio jacks	0
SD card reader
Memory Stick reader
MMC (multimedia card) reader
Smart Media reader
Compact Flash reader
xD-card reader
Pointing device type	Touchpad
Audio chipset	Intel HD Audio
Speaker location	Base
Hardware volume control?
Integrated microphone?
Integrated webcam?
Camera megapixel rating	2.0mp
TPM
Fingerprint reader
Smartcard reader
Carry case

Operating system and software
Operating system	Windows 7 Professional 32-bit
OS family	Windows 7

Battery and performance tests
Battery life, light use	3hr 53min
Battery life, heavy use	1hr 35min
Overall application benchmark score	0.85
Office application benchmark score	0.87
2D graphics application benchmark score	0.97
Encoding application benchmark score	0.75
Multitasking application benchmark score	0.79
3D performance (crysis) low settings	N/A
3D performance setting	N/A

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Comments

User comments

so wide why doesn't it have a full keyboard???

By nicomo on 12 Feb 2010

lol, you'd have understood if they'd needed the space for the battery

By felefant on 12 Feb 2010

Not fit for business

So a business laptop that's not fit for business user. Round of applause for Dell.

By treadmill on 13 Feb 2010

I love this sort of thing but can never understand why some laptops are so big, you are better of with a desktop.

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By ivonnaclick on 17 Feb 2010

For Executive posers only

Hard to imagine a company rolling out many of these. Far too fiddly to support with all the different bits. Separate ethernet plugin!! wait till that gets lost, the user will be whining, best to order a box full of spares.

By russv1 on 18 Feb 2010

Just a shame its a Dell

Sounds like an interesting bit of kit. Just a shame that you have to cross the minefield of Dell account management and "customer service" to get to it. I therefore shalln't be bothering

By projexe on 18 Feb 2010

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