Dell XPS 14z Thin and Light Laptop Now Available for $1000

Dell unveiled its 13-edge in XPS 14z just a week ago, but this ultraportable is already easy for ordering and arse comprise shipped atomic number 3 early as tomorrow.

The ultrathin (just under 1 inch thick) notebook computer is a competitor to Apple's 13-inch MacBook In favour of. The XPS 14z starts at $999.99, but for an extra $600 you can get a second-contemporaries Intel Core i7 processor, an Nvidia artwork card, and 256GB of SSD space (generous, by SSD standards).

The to the lowest degree expensive XPS 14z competes with the modern "it" laptops–Ultrabooks–on price. The base model features some impressive hardware: an Intel Core i5 central processing unit, 6GB of RAM, a Videodisk-RW drive, and a 14-inch HD (720p) display stuffed into a 13-column inch footprint.

By comparison, the (thinner and igniter) 13-edge Asus UX31 Ultrabook sells for a hundred dollars more and doesn't have an optical drive.

The XPS 14z also competes favorably with the MacBook Pro. For the same price every bit Apple's ultraportable ($1199), the XPS 14z has 8GB of RAM, 750GB of disc drive infinite, and a discrete nontextual matter card (Nvidia GeForce GT 520M).

As was common, Dell is offering its slim laptop in a variety of configurations to become a diverseness of inevitably. If you have $1299.99 to stingy, you can get an XPS 14z with a Core i7 mainframe alternatively of the middle-unwavering Core i5. The summit-of-the-line $1599.99 model gets you wholly of the above, except with a 256GB SSD rather of the base 500GB HDD.

With its competitive starting price, the XPS 14z gives both the MacBook Pro and Ultrabooks a melt for their money–spectacles-wise at to the lowest degree.

It's a hard decision to pee-pee: Dingle XPS laptop vs. MacBook Pro vs. a more take-away Ultrabook. PCWorld's Tony Bradley, deliberation the supererogatory be of Orchard apple tree's laptop computer, votes for the Dell XPS. What do you think?

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