Dell's New Vostro V130 Costs the Third of a MacBook Air
Dell's New Vostro V130 Costs the Third of a MacBook Air
Posted 12/01/2010 at 6:10am
| by Paul Lilly
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Dell on Tuesday announced the Vostro V130, the newest addition to its Vostro line and perhaps the sexiest yet. Of course, Apple also recently unveiled its new MacBook Air, a good looking machine (aesthetically) if you swing that way, but at $429 for the V130, you could buy three Vostro ultraportables for the same price as a single MacBook Air.
The 13-inch Vostro V130 measures a scant 0.65 inches at its thinnest point and weighs 3.5 pounds. A baseline configuration includes an Intel Celeron U3400 processor, 2GB of DDR3-1333 memory, 250GB (5400RPM) hard drive, Wireless-N, Bluetooth 3.0, 2MB webcam, 6-cell battery, and Ubuntu.
For $558, Dell upgrades the hard drive to 320GB (7200RPM) and trades Ubuntu for Windows 7 Home Premium. At the $778 price point, the Vostro V130 sports an Intel Core i5 470UM processor, 2GB of DDR3-1333 memory, 500GB (7200RPM) hard drive, Wireless-N, Bluetooth 3.0, 6-cell battery, and Windows 7 Home Premium.
Also of note here is the incorporation of "Hyperbaric Cooling Technology," which is really just a fancy way of saying the Vostro V130 includes a fan designed to suck cool air in.
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violian
December 01, 2010 at 11:59am
Quote - "but at $429 for the V130, you could buy three Vostro ultraportables for the same price as a single MacBook Air"
Why are they comparing the price of the entry level Vostro to the highest spec'd MacBook Air? Compared to the entry level Air ($999), the Air is only 2x as expensive. But then again, the specs of the Air is much better than the entry level Vostro.
Bender2000
December 01, 2010 at 9:11am
With the mish mash of Intel CPUs available its hard to compare laptops these days. How does the Celeron compare to the Core2 Duo to the i5> And where does the GPU matter?
Is there really a niche for this? Apple folks will only consider the Air in this size range, Windows folks will go with the easiest metric, price, and consider a netbook. Power Users will get a larger laptop.
TechW
December 01, 2010 at 7:29am
I just outfitted the Dell Vostro V130 with an SSD, 4GB RAM and a 3 year warranty. Price: $1153
The Macbook Air 13 with the same size SSD, 4GB RAM and a 3 year warranty. Price: $1706
So, not really 1/3 the price. Still, quite a bit less expensive. The only difference is the Macbook Air has a better video card. In a business environment this is generally unimportant so the price savings there is valid.
I'd be interested in seeing an actual review of the V130.
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