Dell Vostro V13 ultra-portable laptop gets a hands-on

Dell's Vostro V13 ultra-portable laptop seems mighty interesting on paper, what with its 0.65-inch thickness and overall portability. But how well does one fare in real life, both from an aesthetics as well as business standpoint? I probably won't have a chance to handle one in person until later this month or early next year, but the gang over at Engadget has already spent a bit of time with the Dell Vostro V13. Their early impressions imply that they walked away satisfied, saying that "there are compromises, just like in life, but for the most part this is one of the least timid computers we've seen from Dell in a while." Watch their quick hands-on video of the Dell Vostro V13 which I've posted above for a better look at things. Meanwhile, I'll be over here waiting to get my hands on a sample.

Source: [Engadget]

Ultra-portable Dell Vostro V13 business laptop officially announced

Even before Seagate gets a chance to unveil its much-touted 7mm Momentus Thin hard disk drives, Dell has already gone and announced a new ultra-thin model in its Vostro series of business laptops called the Vostro V13. The Dell Vostro V13 measures a mere 0.65-inches thick (16.5mm) and weighs 3.5 pounds (1.6 kilos), running on Intel's Mobile GS45 Express Chipset with compatible Ultra Low Voltage processors and GMA 4500MHD graphics.

Thin and sleek as it is, the Dell Vostro V13 features a 13.3-inch LED-backlit 1366 x 768 "anti-glare" screen, support for up to 4GB of DDR3 SDRAM, 802.11 g/n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1, Gigabit Ethernet, a 5-in-1 card reader, 34 mm ExpressCard slot, 3.5mm microphone and headphone jacks and 2 USB 2.0 ports (with one being part of a USB 2.0/eSATA combo port).

Dell offers the Vostro V13 with either Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Ubuntu Linux and asks $450 USD or about 20,677 Pesos for it (though you can expect it to become slightly more expensive when it becomes available here in the Philippines). See a gallery of the Dell Vostro V13 after the break.