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"GeForce 9400M graphics and a 'real' Core 2 Duo "

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You should visit boingboing's list more often. (last updated 2 days ago)

The HP Mini 1000 and Eee 1000H also have no problems. ]]>Jul 26th 2009 10:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/Jul 26th 2009 12:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/Jul 26th 2009 2:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/Jul 26th 2009 3:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/Jul 26th 2009 7:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/Jul 26th 2009 9:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/Jul 26th 2009 9:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/
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I think Terry's referring to the contractor discount. It's not exactly a secret - it requires a password that's somewhere online. Sure it takes more work than an Apple discount, but this is much better. I picked up a T400 with integrated graphics, 3GB RAM, 6-cell battery, and Vista Premium for $687, compared to $749+ for the student discount. ]]>Jul 26th 2009 2:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/epic fail... integrated graphics and ddr2. try again. this thing is using a 9400m and ddr3. ]]>Jul 26th 2009 6:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/Jul 26th 2009 9:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/Jul 26th 2009 10:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/Jul 26th 2009 9:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/Jul 26th 2009 9:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/
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"Not all software can be downloaded from the internet."

Virtually all modern software is available on the internet, legally or otherwise. As long as user has a valid license downloading software using torrent is fair play in my eyes.]]>Jul 26th 2009 2:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/Jul 26th 2009 5:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/Jul 26th 2009 9:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/Jul 26th 2009 11:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/Jul 26th 2009 10:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/Jul 26th 2009 10:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/Jul 26th 2009 11:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/Jul 26th 2009 12:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/Jul 26th 2009 1:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/Jul 26th 2009 10:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/Jul 26th 2009 11:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/
Frankly, I'm waiting to see the likes of Windows and OS X delivered either via a network installation or memory card.]]>Jul 26th 2009 11:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/Jul 26th 2009 11:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/Jul 26th 2009 11:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/Jul 26th 2009 11:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/
True, but does this also include the Internet, since I expect this sort of computer is going to be popular with home users?

@Inect & Leo

So, if you copied the contents of the restoration partition onto a suitably sized USB memory stick then you could boot and reinstall from that? If so then I guess that is OK. Having the data on a separate partition is OK but I'd want to see it on something else just in case the hard drive itself fails.]]>Jul 26th 2009 11:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/
If you are going to use a USB stick, then first make it bootable. After that, yes, just copy the files from let's say Windows 7 installation disc to that USB stick, reboot the laptop, insert the USB stick before it starts loading, hit F12 and it will display a boot menu and one of the boot devices will be your USB stick. Select it and there you go!]]>Jul 26th 2009 12:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/]]>Jul 26th 2009 4:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/Jul 27th 2009 2:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/
Because honestly, I have an executable on my thumb drive for MS Office, I use Steam for the majority of my gaming. The only annoying thing about this would be when I want to replace the HDD and reinstall the OS. But I understand that Win7 may be installable by USB drive, which could help that.]]>Jul 26th 2009 11:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/
I used my optical drive to install windows 7 and rip a movie from dvd once in a while. But other then that an optical drive is pretty useless nowadays. If the optical drive is a blue ray then it might be more useful]]>Jul 26th 2009 11:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/Jul 26th 2009 12:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/Jul 26th 2009 11:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/Jul 26th 2009 12:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/26/dell-studio-14z-hits-the-review-bench-disc-drive-stays-behind-w/Jul 26th 2009 12:04PM