Dell XPS 14z

The Dell XPS 14z is a 14-inch laptop built into a 13-inch streamline body. Although Dell XPS 14z is 13 inch laptop but it still make you feel little thick and heavy when compared with the other new generation of Ultrabooks. The Dell XPS 14z has great design with 14 inch but the Z design might works better with 15 inch version.

The performance
Video graphics and Sound
New design
Configuration option

The performance
The Dell XPS 14z come loaded with 2.53-GHz Intel Core i5-460M, which gives you much higher and fast performance. The Dell XPS laptop is made to give powerfully high performance for the gamers and have stand up to the expectation what they were creating. The Dell XPS 14z has installed 4 GB of RAM in it which can be extended or upgraded to 8GB. The 4 GB RAM gives the user enough space to install lot many software without affecting its speed and performance. Further support the large number of 3D games.

Video Graphics And Sound
The Dell XPS 14z has Intel HD/Nvidia GeForce GT420M graphic card installed in it and has 1GB video memory. Like most of the system offered at this price range. The Dell XPS 14z has fixed 1366x768 native Resolution. The viewing angel is not much flexible, so you might have to adjust the screen carefully before leaning back to watch any videos played on it. If the lid is dipped too far back or if you watched it from the side, the picture looked darker.

New design
The Dell XPS 14z come up with new designed but still looks an awful like some other Dell notebooks that we have seen earlier, it has recessed hinge which is about a half inch of deck space. That means the display sits lower than the standard or at the position where we are used to. They might have put this hinge to balance the weight distribution while using it in your lap. The 14z really looks simple when its lid is closed. It has the 3.2 x 1.8 inches touch pad and Chiclet keyboard. The touch pad offers low frictional surface, which make it easier for the user to drag the cursor across the screen. It also offers the two finger-scrolling that is really frustrating.

Configuration options
The Dell XPS 14z comes with the Wi-Fi enabled. The starting price of 14z is about $600. The 14z comes with four core configurations, with all Bluetooth 3.0 enables, DVD burner, a six-cell battery. The entry level includes 2.2GHz Core i3-2330M processor, 4GB of RAM and 500GB of hard drive which runs with the speed of 5,400RPM. If you have little more money to spend like about $ 789 they have second lowest configuration that offers you Core i3 processor, 6GB of RAM and a 640GB hard disk that runs at 5,400 RPM. If you still want to spend more like about $889 you can have 14z with 2.4GHz Core i5 processor and 6GB of RAM which have 640GB of hard disk runs at 5,400RPM. Finally, the higher end you will have to spend about $989 to get 2.4GHz Core i5-2430M processor and 8GB of RAM, 750 GB of hard-drive which runs with the speed of 7,200RPM hard drive.

The Dell XPS 14z is loaded with six cell battery that can give you impressive backup of about six hours. After a while the Dell XPS 14z might make you feels rough around the edges. The XPS z14 multi-touch track-pad is not so fine and even it fell hard to press the touch buttons. But the 14z has fast performance and long battery life with improve compact design.