The Dell XPS M1210 wide screen laptop

The Dell XPS M1210 is the latest 12.1-inch display laptop (the native resolution is 1280×800 pixels) that features a swivel 1.3 megapixel webcam, a 2.16GHz Intel Core Duo processor, an nVidia Go 7400 graphics card with 256 Mb on board memory and built-in 802.11a/g wifi. Compared to the older Dell models, the XPS M1210 has a fresh design which is perhaps one of the the most excellent exemplar of 12-inch laptops on the marketplace.

The make of the Dell XPS M1210 is of especially good quality. The outside is made of a magnesium alloy-like material that gives this laptop a very stylish and expensive look. The top lid feels hard enough to protect your screen from damage. The announced battery life is 4 and a half hours, which is better than in most of 12-inch laptops I have seen. Add to those a FireWire port, an ExpressCard slot, a card reader and four USB 2.0 ports, and you’ll get a workhorse that is good enough to handle your every day’s tasks and will last you for years.

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