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why can't they use a 9400M or something for that price?
I don't know if it's a Intel licensing thing or what, but pretty much every system with a CULV processor has the same integrated graphics processor. The upside is that it's actually a lot better than the old GMA950 that you find in most netbooks and really low-end laptops.
the licensing is only with anything after core 2, so CULVs should work. regardless at that price they could use a real Core 2 Duo.
it's not meant to be a gaming machine. most of that price is going towards the super small components that are required for a laptop that thin, methinks. if it had that kind of horsepower, the battery life would be even worse, it would have to be thicker, and it would get much hotter.
they have desktop replacements, average college-grade laptops, machines for business users, and they have some stylish offerings. stylish offerings =/= the top of the line gaming components. it's about how thin it is and how long it can last in this category.
Simple reason: TDP...something this thin just cannot cope with the heat generated by more powerful processors, let alone processors & dedicated graphics chip.
i'm not sure where you're getting your facts from, look at the MBA and it's use of the 9400M non CULV, and a 9400M isn't for gaming, it's for decent GPU performance since modern OS's use a GPU to display simple things and also to fully decode blueray or h264 on the 9400M and _saving_ CPU time and battery that way.
@justin: The Macbook Air is also about twice as thick as this.
Yeah, Dell just wanted to say "I can do this too" and released the AXPS. But why would you want to compete with a failing product? Makes little sense.
this machine can only display 720p worth of that 1080p (*)blu-ray. there isn't enough space in this chasis for all that. it would make too much heat. current-gen non-discreet graphics are decent for "OS-work" these days.
and @mark: thanks for backing me up. the machine couldn't fit all that. they had to add a dongle for ethernet and dvi because of the size-crunch... and the fact that those connectors are thicker than the laptop itself, lol.
you make it sound like a MacBook Air isn't thin at all, sure this might be a bit thiner, but sometimes being too thin is unhealthy like an anorexic. The extra cost and extremely bad components don't make up for it. 720p is also 'HD', but why would you want to spend all your CPU time decoding it when a 9400M could do it all at almost no cost?
you entirely missed the point. a dedicated discreet graphics sub-system would require more cooling and would draw more power. more power for the additional fan, more space for that fan, more space for the heat sink..... that kind of thing doesn't fit in this device.
when someone sees a device that doesn't fit their needs... why do they try to complain about it and change it? if it doesn't do what YOU want it to do, then you LOOK FOR ANOTHER PRODUCT. you're in the wrong category, don't change the laptop to fit what you want, change the category you're looking in. this is the machine that people looking for a super-light super-portable with decent battery life want. if you need dedicated graphics, go to the inspiron section or the desktop replacement XPS section. not the Adamo section. goddamn you're dense.