Dell Releases the XPS 15z
For a while now, most Dell laptops have been not the most attractive things on the planet. Generally they’re a standard laptop, undeserving of any style points or anything of the sort. Well, the XPS 15z is meant to change that; and honestly, it does. I’ve heard people comparing it to Macbook Pros, saying they look too alike, and that may be the case. It’s a made out of anodized aluminum in elemental silver with a magnesium alloy palm rest. Quite a bit different from their more main stream laptops, which are usually plastic with a little bit of metal. It’s less than an inch thick, as well. A gallery can be found here. It runs for ~$999.99, depending on the configuration. The specifications, taken from the product page, aren’t too shabby, either:
| Processor | Operating System | Memory | Chipset | Video Card | Display | Hard Drive | Optical Drive |
| 2nd generation Intel Core™ i5-2410M processor 2.30 GHz with Turbo Boost 2.0 up to 2.90 GHz | Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-Bit | 6GB Shared Dual Channel DDR3 1333MHz Memory | Intel® HM67 | NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 525M 1GB graphics with Optimus | 15.6 inch display (1920x1080) | Up to 750GBSATA hard drive (7200RPM) | Slot load 8x DVD+/-RW (reads & writes to CD/DVD) (9.5mm) |
| 2nd generation Intel Core™ i7-2620M processor 2.70 GHz with Turbo Boost 2.0 up to 3.40 GHz | 8GB Shared Dual Channel DDR3 1333MHz Memory | NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 525M 2GB graphics with Optimus | 15.6 inch display (1366x768) |
It also has 10/100/1000 ethernet, 802.11 a/g/n wireless, Bluetooth 3.0, Intel Wireless Display, a 1.3MP webcam with dual array microphones, and many, many ports: HDMI 1.4 (1), Mini DisplayPort (1), RJ-45 (1), headphone (1), microphone (1), 3 total USB ports: (USB 3.0 (2); USB 2.0/eSATA combo with PowerShare (1)), 9-in-1 media card reader supporting SD, SDIO, SDXC, SDHC, MS, MS Pro, MMC, MSXC, xD.