Leaked Dell laptop brings the sexy

We've had many a leaked Dell fall into our laps over the years, but this one is already shaping up to be our fave. We don't have a name, date, or price on it yet, but we can tell you this number is aiming to be 20mm (0.78-inches) thick, with an aluminum extrusion and carbon-fiber chassis -- exotic materials rarely found in Round Rock machines. It'll also have an LED backlit display, but all of the above is still pretty early so there may be changes made before it goes into production -- which, by our standards, can't be soon enough.

Gallery: Leaked Dell laptop brings the sexy

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[aguiluz @ Jan 14th 2008 4:15PM]

Is this another rebranded ODM? (read: Sager)

[nizzy1115 @ Jan 14th 2008 5:47PM]

Could this possibly be the 16" laptop that was rumored before?

[James @ Jan 14th 2008 6:16PM]

*Throws out MacBook Pro 17"*

[Tom @ Jan 14th 2008 6:19PM]

It does look a bit wider than a 15.4. This looks like a 16:9 aspect ratio.

[nizzy1115 @ Jan 14th 2008 6:23PM]

Well the rumored 16" laptop actually was known to have a 16:9 ratio screen and dubbed as a multimedia machine. I really think that this is what it is.

[Sir Pancakes @ Jan 14th 2008 4:15PM]

That looks awfully MacBook Pro like.

[Ruben @ Jan 14th 2008 4:22PM]

This has two buttons over the touchpad and a touchpad that is smaller, plus the MacBook Pro doesnt come in black. Not to mention that chrome trim around the edge which makes the sides look flat, instead of the complete round-ness of the MacBook Pro around all edges.

Night and day difference. Sony's look more like Apple laptops, or is that the other way around?

[Nick @ Jan 14th 2008 4:23PM]

OH NO YOU DI-IN'T!

...I... I'm sorry...

[mushy @ Jan 14th 2008 4:23PM]

Why, because it's a thin laptop?

[Bart Lee @ Jan 14th 2008 4:24PM]

Um, if you mean it has a keyboard, integrated webcam, and a fold-down screen, then yeah. Otherwise, not sure how you can say this looks like a Macbook. And I'm an Apple fanboy.

Nice work, Dell. If only you'd realized that spending a little bit of money on nice designs can help move hardware a little sooner. Maybe you wouldn't be worth only a third of Apple now (see? told you I'm a fanboy).

[Sir Pancakes @ Jan 14th 2008 4:27PM]

Wow, easy there, Apple haters. I thought it looked like a Macbook Pro because it is a laptop, and Apple invented laptops, and computing for that matter.

[Greg @ Jan 14th 2008 4:33PM]

Except boxy, bigger, and uglier. Seriously, this doesn't look that great. Maybe it's just the angle showing off it's chunkiness.

[pji @ Jan 14th 2008 4:39PM]

You forgot to mention that Apple invented black and large icons on touch sensitive devices.

[Sir Pancakes @ Jan 14th 2008 4:42PM]

Thanks for reminding everyone about the color black invention. So true.

[trevor @ Jan 14th 2008 5:12PM]

Along the same vein, didn't Al Gore heavily rely on input from Steve Jobs to create the internet?

[Eh @ Jan 14th 2008 5:14PM]

steve jobs invented al gore

[Eh @ Jan 14th 2008 5:15PM]

steve jobs invented al gore

[Sam Winter @ Jan 14th 2008 5:56PM]

@trevor

God I'm so sick of this annoying BS floating around. Go research what Al Gore actually had to do with the public internet before you post FUD. Stop being a fucking sheep and get a clue.

[Reader @ Jan 14th 2008 6:04PM]

@Sam Winter

Get a sense of humor. It was a joke to go along with the troll saying Apple invented everything.

[Metayoshi @ Jan 14th 2008 6:27PM]

I actually thought of Macbook Pro because of where the speakers are placed... Other than that... Pretty nice design.

[Ellianth @ Jan 14th 2008 6:33PM]

Why the hell is Sam Highly Ranked? Since when do people get voted up for being stupid. Rank his ass down! "Stop being a fucking sheep and get a clue." I dunno, man, I'd say the sheep was the one who brain wasn't good enough to get the joke...

[Ryan @ Jan 14th 2008 4:16PM]

Now THAT is sexy.

[ethana2 @ Jan 14th 2008 5:24PM]

OS aside, of course...
..but Dell's working on that.
www.dell.com/linux

[Sander de Regt @ Jan 14th 2008 5:56PM]

Please people, let's not get started calling our THIN hardware sexy now. Look what it has done to all those pretty curvy women. We don't need anorexic laptops. We need laptops with nice personalities. It's about what's inside that counts!

[rlynd3 @ Jan 14th 2008 6:25PM]

@ Sander de Regt

Well said... I couldn't stop laughing at the thought of a laptop with an identity complex.

[Ryan @ Jan 14th 2008 4:17PM]

Wow, I want NOW!

[Rik @ Jan 14th 2008 4:24PM]

I can't wait to hear the price on this one, are we going to pay Mac money or not?

[Dae @ Jan 14th 2008 10:31PM]

@ Ryan.

are you from Baltimore?

[Superevil @ Jan 14th 2008 4:24PM]

My guess is since it's made by Dell it's still gonna suck balls no matter how good it looks.

[Grandalf @ Jan 14th 2008 4:24PM]

Pitty it wont run OSX native.

[jamma @ Jan 14th 2008 4:28PM]

That's Apple's fault, not Dell's.

Forget Macbook Air or 3G iPhone, give me OS X for PC, and I'll be happy and Apple will make lots of money

[Zak @ Jan 14th 2008 4:55PM]

No. Apple will *lose* lots of money. If you can buy any PC to run OS X on, who's going to buy Macs any more? And what is Apple? That's right, Apple is a *hardware company*. They make money by selling hardware, not software. Licensing OS X to run on any PC is instant fail.

[ethana2 @ Jan 14th 2008 5:29PM]

Apple should have been split into two companies by the US government. Locking software to hardware via TPM is unconscionable. Using the DMCA for the purpose of preserving a business model is specifically, according to its signers, evil, and constitutes abuse of said law.

But it's all good in the end. Apple will pay for their incompetence-- see, they could have had the whole OS market. Now Linux has caught up to them and surpassed them. In five months, Ubuntu Hardy will be released and Dell will have deployed it on half of their consumer level machines, according to their stated intent.

[Eh @ Jan 14th 2008 6:23PM]

OSx86 begs to differ. It will definitely run OS X native.

[Sir Pancakes @ Jan 14th 2008 7:40PM]

@ Ethana

That makes absolutely no sense. Thanks for the comedic posting.

[Kiwi616 @ Jan 14th 2008 4:24PM]

Funny if this comes out before tomorrow as I hear Steve say....Apple Macbook Air/Lite is the thinnest laptop at 0.8 inches....

Someone from the stands says "Nope! Dell's got the 0.78 inch! Sorry Kiddo....back to formula."

[DRCross @ Jan 14th 2008 4:25PM]

And where does it put the sexy after it brings it? Looks like it left it outside in the car. Or maybe lost it on the road on the way here.

[jd @ Jan 14th 2008 4:26PM]

is 'bout time! to hire a real designer for their products.

[Speddy @ Jan 14th 2008 4:26PM]

Finally, their purchase of Alienware will pay off...

[Ted Brown @ Jan 14th 2008 4:38PM]

Yeah because Alienware is known for it's well designed thin and light notebooks.

[Chris @ Jan 14th 2008 4:26PM]

Very nice. I'd buy more Dell if it looked like that.

[DP @ Jan 14th 2008 5:52PM]

Indeed. Now finish this off correctly Dell and make sure it is light.

On an unrelated note, do people still really piss and moan about Vista?

[DonatoM3 @ Jan 14th 2008 11:13PM]

Mac fanboys still piss and moan about it. I've been using it since release, and I don't see how people say XP is better.

[L @ Jan 14th 2008 4:26PM]

WANT!

Like...now. Or better, yesterday!

[Richard Bakare @ Jan 14th 2008 4:31PM]

I am a Mac guy but I have to use a Dell at work. I would not dread using my Dell if it was more like this.

[Bob N @ Jan 14th 2008 4:31PM]

If it's new, then why is it running XP? And don't tell me cause vista blows, we all know it does. But it would make sense to advertise a NEW laptop with a NEW operating system

[DeoWulf @ Jan 14th 2008 4:33PM]

Yeah, I noticed that too. I wouldn't mind XP though.

[ethana2 @ Jan 14th 2008 5:40PM]

Newer isn't always better? Why would you think that?

I hear KDE4 performs better on equivalent hardware than KDE 3.5.8. FF3 is getting native theming which should improve performance by a ton... And now xorg-xserver is putting all their effort into making xorg.conf obsolete-- plus the fact that ati and intel have thrown their weight behind open source GPU drivers... Ubuntu Hardy should be awesome; the only thing holding Gutsy back was the old xorg it used and the ugly theme.

When I see a new release of something, I'm ecstatic.

[Eddie @ Jan 14th 2008 5:45PM]

It is running XP because any good PC runs XP (well, at least me and my gaming PC)

[pelo8280 @ Jan 14th 2008 8:34PM]

Dell doesn't want to mar this wonderful machine with Vista...

It's also running an ancient version of Adobe Premiere, if anybody noticed.