Dell Latitude Z series laptop leaked, sized up in pictures

With nary another word in terms of specs or details, one lucky forum goer at NotebookReview has posted what looks to be pics of a new, as of yet unannounced Dell Latitude Z Series laptop. Not much to say at the moment, aside from the obvious Adamo influence, but we did spot a biometric fingerprint scanner, an oddly-placed ethernet port in the back, and Windows / Intel Centrino stickers. Earlier in the thread another person, albeit lacking any physical proof of owning one, chimed in to say it'd have a 15-inch matte screen, Core 2 Duo processor, webcam with facial recognition, and DisplayPort, with a scheduled release a week from today. Judging by the ports in the pics, it's definitely a thin one -- could we be seeing Dell finally dip its toes into the CULV market? With any luck, we'll be hearing more about this soon.

Gallery: Dell Latitude Z-Series laptop

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[Thanks, Krzysiek]

[Col. Readily Apparent Upon Cursory Inspection @ Jun 15th 2009 7:54PM]

Its a Latitude with Attitude!

[Jmoney according to george @ Jun 15th 2009 7:57PM]

[+1] To spite the guy below you.

[Dax @ Jun 15th 2009 8:31PM]

WOOWWWW! How revolutionary! Look at the design. Look at the craftsmanship!! The ingenuity!! WWWWOOOOOWWWWWW.

[james @ Jun 15th 2009 8:32PM]

Whoop! one more ugly dull dell for the pile!

[Col. Readily Apparent Upon Cursory Inspection @ Jun 15th 2009 9:35PM]

It looks like a really really really bad ripoff of a thinkpad.

[msalivar @ Jun 16th 2009 12:29AM]

Never mention this in the same sentence with 'Thinkpad' again, else the battery gods will smite you in your place. Well, next time you have your notebook in your lap, anyway.

[... @ Jun 15th 2009 7:55PM]

I'm not going to be that fool who votes you up because you came up with an elementary rhyme.

[Dafrety @ Jun 15th 2009 8:18PM]

Never gonna vote you up,
Never gonna vote you down
Never gonna run around and report you

[Game_playa @ Jun 15th 2009 9:05PM]

LOL!
Nice one my friend, nice one.

[Jon Doe. @ Jun 15th 2009 11:43PM]

Mods close the thread down. Dafrety just won.

[jol @ Jun 15th 2009 7:59PM]

I don't understand why the keyboard is so small on such an enormous laptop. You could easily fit a numpad into the wasted space.

[peepeepants @ Jun 15th 2009 9:10PM]

A numeric keypad on the side would result in non-central typing, requiring the user to twist at the shoulder or waist.

I hate extended keyboards because of this fact...

[peepeepants @ Jun 15th 2009 9:10PM]

An extended keyboard can be moved to the side, but this results in a slanted looking workspace.

[Kelvinyam @ Jun 15th 2009 9:18PM]

You would appreciate the usefulness of a Num Pad if you are working with numbers on Excel, or other applications where you need to key in huge amount of numbers.

[bluesky_v2.01 @ Jun 15th 2009 10:48PM]

Numpad isnt necessary but they could have made the keys and the spacing between them bigger.

[msalivar @ Jun 16th 2009 12:34AM]

That's what 'fn lock' is for.

[Ian @ Jun 16th 2009 1:07AM]

They gave this 15" laptop a netbook's keyboard.

[Carld @ Jun 15th 2009 8:01PM]

That is one ugly laptop.

[bjorn989 @ Jun 15th 2009 10:34PM]

That's exactly what I thought! How can Dell make computers that are so ugly? This is almost Acer ugly...

[Cunthor @ Jun 15th 2009 8:06PM]

Nice shirt, guy!

[Epsilon-Not @ Jun 15th 2009 8:11PM]

I've never thought my D630 was a good-looking laptop (utilitarian, I suppose), but compared to that...

And I really, really hope that's not a 15-inch model there, with such a tiny keyboard?

[Tony C @ Jun 15th 2009 8:30PM]

Nah, that's about right -- looks like pretty much the same space to the sides of the keyboard as my 15" MacBook Pro...

[Epsilon-Not @ Jun 15th 2009 8:34PM]

Maybe I'm just having an optical illusion because of the lighter-colored border.

[Tony C @ Jun 15th 2009 10:44PM]

Not to mention the wide LCD bezel...

[Devolve @ Jun 15th 2009 8:14PM]

Wow that keyboard looks really sleek.

[VItamin Booya @ Jun 15th 2009 8:17PM]

Does anyone else think this laptop looks like it came out of the late 90's?

[Dafrety @ Jun 15th 2009 8:20PM]

It looks like my friend's really old Inspiron.

[tothamax @ Jun 15th 2009 8:20PM]

Since when did they begin using the older Centrino stickers?

[Epsilon-Not @ Jun 15th 2009 8:23PM]

Makes one wonder how old this prototype is.

[Dafrety @ Jun 15th 2009 8:19PM]

Too bad you're a iTard.

[htd @ Jun 15th 2009 8:19PM]

the keyboard lay out is really ugly

[Huy @ Jun 15th 2009 11:31PM]

The inside of this laptop is best described as horrendous. Dell has put out some good industrial designs with the lateset Latitudes. I hope that this is only a prototype.

[Miles @ Jun 15th 2009 8:19PM]

The keyboard looks nice I guess, but I'm never going to get one
It's a DELL

[kwikit (aka tikiwk) @ Jun 15th 2009 8:20PM]

Yes, and it appears to have brought with it the old 4:3 ratio 1600 x 1200 screen it looks like... nice seeing you again after soo long, old bud.

[Dafrety @ Jun 15th 2009 8:21PM]

The keyboard could have a number pad, at least. Other than that it isn't too bad though.

[Richard Lai @ Jun 15th 2009 8:21PM]

Vista Basic = FAIL

The design looks good but won't last.

[MaX PL @ Jun 15th 2009 8:23PM]

i would get one if it werent for the stupid macbook like keyboard. those things are a joke to type on.

dell, function>style.

[cesium @ Jun 15th 2009 8:26PM]

"i would get one if it werent for the stupid sony keyboard."

fixt for truthiness

[y3k.nik @ Jun 15th 2009 8:53PM]

Actually I love the keyboard on my sony.. its awesome!

[cesium @ Jun 15th 2009 8:58PM]

I just wanted to fix the macbook part :p I to love the sony split-key keyboard :D

[msalivar @ Jun 16th 2009 12:39AM]

At least the keys look to be contoured, instead of uniformly flat.

[aednichols @ Jun 15th 2009 8:23PM]

No optical drive?

[Alan Costello @ Jun 15th 2009 8:27PM]

Anyone else see the little RFID tag marker to the right of the TrackPad?

[Mikee @ Jun 15th 2009 8:51PM]

Wireless USB?

[3rdman @ Jun 15th 2009 9:28PM]

Just a smart card thingy, I believe.

[Jughead @ Jun 15th 2009 10:58PM]

yes RFID smart card reader. All current latitudes have that feature.

[Sergio Pereira @ Jun 15th 2009 8:29PM]

I hope it has some more ports on that extended rear end. I don't wanna have another laptop that I need special VGA or DVI adapter plugs or that lacks an SD card port. The keyboard is intriguing, they could use that real state better and at least take those PgUp/PgDn keys from around the arrow keys. Also, where's the webcam?

[Tony C @ Jun 15th 2009 8:32PM]

Looks like an ultra-thin chassis so I'm thinking those funky 45 degree cuts in the back are an attached mini-dock, but who knows... Otherwise it's just a strangely wasteful bit of industrial design.

[John Angarano @ Jun 15th 2009 8:34PM]

Um, look at the picture of the "rear" or the notebook. Do you notice the weird looking shape of the guy's skin where his thumb and index finger meet? It looks like someone went into paint and blacked something out right in that space.... odd? I think so. But I hope the rest is real! It looks sweet!

[djstix @ Jun 15th 2009 8:41PM]

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