http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/ Engadget Comments for Dell's Latitude 13 business laptop now available, looking businessy http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/
I'm so sick of slim-in-the-front, fat-in-the-back, wedge-shaped laptops. Give me something flat like this and I'm happy.]]>Mar 2nd 2010 1:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/
It looks nice, sure, but spec-wise, how is this a good deal? $550 would get you an ULV proc, 4GB of DDR3 (four times as much as this), a 320GB HD (twice as much as this), and Windows Vista/7 half a year ago!]]>Mar 2nd 2010 2:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/
Apple's had flat, non wedge shaped laptops for years now, only they don't have the hideous chunky booty. ]]>Mar 2nd 2010 4:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/Sorry, I don't include laptops that cost $2000 for $750-level hardware. But I could pick on plenty of other eyesores in Mactops, like the glossy screens and the chiclet keys.]]>Mar 2nd 2010 4:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/http://bit.ly/dell-latitude-13-edge]]>Mar 2nd 2010 7:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/
I love the shape and design too. I hope it's made of metal too. I'm sick of flimsy plastic cases. If I ever buy a Macbook, than it would be mostly due to its aluminum unibody.
A nice metal sturdy good looking laptop with clean simple design is what a market is in need for.]]>Mar 2nd 2010 8:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/
an apple]]>Mar 2nd 2010 11:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/
Really getting sick of that design.]]>Mar 2nd 2010 1:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/I have a Thinkpad w/ similar back-bulge (due to the battery), and have found it actually makes the laptop easier to hold when laying on the couch, propping it on your knees.... it allows you to swivel the screen back further.
Just a thought.]]>Mar 2nd 2010 1:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/
The bulge is necessary to make laptops as thin as this one because the battery can make use of the screen thickness.]]>Mar 2nd 2010 3:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/Mar 2nd 2010 1:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/Mar 2nd 2010 1:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/How do you like the V13? I'm considering it, does it feel slow like an atom CPU would? And can it play WoW on low settings?]]>Mar 2nd 2010 3:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/I really like it, it replaced an ancient Dell X1. I got the one with the SU7300, but I've also messed with one that had a Celeron processor and it feels faster than my MSI Wind.

I haven't loaded any games on it, but the integrated Intel 4500 might have some trouble with games.]]>Mar 2nd 2010 3:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/Mar 2nd 2010 1:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/Mar 2nd 2010 1:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/Mar 2nd 2010 1:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/
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Engadget staff listen up!
Please give us the option to hide replies, or at least automatically hide them for us.]]>Mar 2nd 2010 1:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/
I reckon they look better than Dell's consumer laptops, in fact.]]>Mar 2nd 2010 1:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/
Why not DDR3?]]>Mar 2nd 2010 1:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/
technically I think they are the same
DDR3 is a type of SDRAM

checking the specs it does say:

Memory34
DDR3 SDRAM (1066 MHz) one slot supporting 4GB3 DIMM. ]]>Mar 2nd 2010 7:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/Mar 2nd 2010 1:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/Mar 2nd 2010 1:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/Mar 2nd 2010 1:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/Mar 2nd 2010 1:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/Mar 2nd 2010 1:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/
Apparatus and methods covering "business and consumers notebooks" that are extremely slim and thin.]]>Mar 2nd 2010 2:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/Mar 2nd 2010 2:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/
This Vostro is .78" thin, making it possibly one of the thinnest 13" laptops. How thick is your brick of a laptop?

Thin, Light, Small = Higher cost.]]>Mar 3rd 2010 9:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/Mar 2nd 2010 2:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/Mar 2nd 2010 2:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/Mar 2nd 2010 2:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/Mar 2nd 2010 2:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/We use 50' LCD TV in conference room in my office. Many people buy business laptops for home use also because they are more robust and don't have flashy plastic cases.]]>Mar 2nd 2010 2:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/Mar 2nd 2010 2:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/Depending on what I'm doing, I get about 4.5-5 hours out of the battery. I'm sure you could get more battery life if WiFi, Bluetooth, and the screen brightness were adjusted.]]>Mar 2nd 2010 3:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/Mar 2nd 2010 3:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/
Thanks guys! Too bad the battery-life estimations you guys showed me and that i looked seems a little too...average to say it in a less critical way...I was really hoping this would hit around 8 hours like how acer timeline ultraportables are advertised.

Love the form factor though. Hands down. ]]>Mar 2nd 2010 10:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/Mar 2nd 2010 2:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/Mar 2nd 2010 3:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/Mar 2nd 2010 3:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/Mar 3rd 2010 11:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/dells-latitude-13-business-laptop-now-available-looking-busine/Mar 11th 2010 12:52PM