Dell 13z thread

mrk · 17 Nov 2009 at 22:51

That's with the 8cell battery which is optional, the 4cell gets 5hours 9mins.

melbourne720 · 18 Nov 2009 at 19:45

Ordered.

Same spec as mrk's, except in cherry red

mrk · 18 Nov 2009 at 19:50

My order status is now in "Work in Progress" !

mrk · 19 Nov 2009 at 09:54

Code:

	Date 	Time 	Location 	Activity
	19/11/09 	10:30 	CHINA 	DEPARTED MANU.FACILITY
	19/11/09 	02:30 		PENDING.

melbourne720 · 19 Nov 2009 at 19:45

cool. I think you'll have to review it first, mine won't get played with untill after xmas!

mrk · 20 Nov 2009 at 14:34

Code:

	Date 	Time 	Location 	Activity
	20/11/09 	14:08 	IVR-OUTBOUND 24/11/09 AM DEL. 	SCHEDULED DELIVERY DATE.
	20/11/09 	14:08 	IVR-OUTBOUND 	AM DELIVERY.
	20/11/09 	12:48 		CALL LOCK OUT.
	19/11/09 	10:30 	CHINA 	DEPARTED MANU.FACILITY

Tuesday, gonna be the longest weekend ever!

mrk · 24 Nov 2009 at 00:34

Code:

	23/11/09 	18:37 	WWI - HINCKLEY 	ORDER DISPATCHED FROM HUB.
	23/11/09 	18:37 	WWI - HINCKLEY 	FIRST BOX SCANNED OUT OF HUB.
	23/11/09 	18:36 	WWI - HINCKLEY 	ORDER COMPLETE IN HUB.
	23/11/09 	18:36 	WWI - HINCKLEY 	FIRST BOX SCANNED INTO HUB.
	23/11/09 	13:57 	PLAN COMMITTED 	NOTE.
	20/11/09 	14:08 	IVR-OUTBOUND 24/11/09 AM DEL. 	SCHEDULED DELIVERY DATE.
	20/11/09 	14:08 	IVR-OUTBOUND 	AM DELIVERY.
	20/11/09 	12:48 		CALL LOCK OUT.
	19/11/09 	10:30 	CHINA 	DEPARTED MANU.FACILITY

I can almost TASTE it

I worked up to 10pm last night so I reckon I'm entitled to going home early today

raptormonkey · 24 Nov 2009 at 10:07

Its like Christmas is coming early for you mrk!!

mrk · 24 Nov 2009 at 10:10

It needs to haul ass that's what.

raptormonkey · 24 Nov 2009 at 10:16

Do you think you will get it today then?

mrk · 24 Nov 2009 at 10:20

Yup,

It's out for AM delivery and at present the tracking states:

Code:

	24/11/09 	05:06 	BPO - PORTSMOUTH 	FIRST BOX SCANNED INTO HUB.
	24/11/09 	05:06 	BPO - PORTSMOUTH 	ORDER COMPLETE IN DEPOT.

mrk · 24 Nov 2009 at 12:17

Updated Post #1

Scottland · 24 Nov 2009 at 12:33

Nice, will be interested to hear your thoughts on it after you've used it for a bit.

mrk · 24 Nov 2009 at 12:40

Will post back later tonight on thoughts as Win7 is now installed but I'm leaving it charging for the rest of the day while i catch up on the week's TV releases

Tonight will be when I find out if it has what it takes or if it will be another cog on the cycle of notebooks I have gone through so far ¬_¬

But initial impressions are highly promising, this may well be the keeper.

Win7 installed in about 30mins btw and desktop load was swift and there was minimal (if any) stutter - not even installed drivers etc yet.

Will do all that over the LAN and play some movies etc to see how the 4500MHD copes.

Oh yeah, I'll also post on how HDMI out works with 1080P content.

raptormonkey · 24 Nov 2009 at 13:16

mrk said:
Will post back later tonight on thoughts as Win7 is now installed but I'm leaving it charging for the rest of the day while i catch up on the week's TV releases

Tonight will be when I find out if it has what it takes or if it will be another cog on the cycle of notebooks I have gone through so far ¬_¬

But initial impressions are highly promising, this may well be the keeper.

Win7 installed in about 30mins btw and desktop load was swift and there was minimal (if any) stutter - not even installed drivers etc yet.

Will do all that over the LAN and play some movies etc to see how the 4500MHD copes.

Oh yeah, I'll also post on how HDMI out works with 1080P content.

Looks like a super laptop
I can see the MM in your sights again!! lol

Nymins · 24 Nov 2009 at 13:22

Loving those photos. Get some internals up!

mrk · 24 Nov 2009 at 13:32

What do you mean by internals?

I'm 99.99% sure this will not leave my grips any time soon

Perhaps when the next gen Atoms are out things will change (2011) but not before then!

Nymins · 24 Nov 2009 at 14:22

Is the shell removable? I'm sure you probably won't want to remove it completely

I just like the layout of laptops on the inside!

mrk · 24 Nov 2009 at 14:39

Nymins said:
Is the shell removable? I'm sure you probably won't want to remove it completely I just like the layout of laptops on the inside!

I'm not pulling this thing apart man! Well not yet anyway

when I get an SSD maybe ¬_¬

The best you're gonna get is this:

Heh!

ninja2000 · 24 Nov 2009 at 15:12

hmm I am considering one of these but have you noticed wwan aerials? Apparantly the wwan slot is above the wireless card but I cant see it in your photo. I have a dell 5530 wwan card I want to put in if I get it.

Thanks in advance