That's probably so in this part of the world, where the company doesn't bring in its funky-looking machines built for playing games like the recently-acquired Alienware machines.
Same goes for the notebooks actually – I have to say that while Dell makes some of the most reliable business and consumer notebooks on the market, they've never been much to look at. Until now.
“Attempt” is the operative word here – the notebook is finished in silver and black, and when seen with the lid closed, it does look a little snazzier than the average Dell notebook.
Unfortunately, while the lid of the XPS M1210 looks good by itself, the overall aesthetics of this notebook isn't up to the standards of, say, the Apple MacBook series.
For one thing, the XPS M1210 is a little too thick for a 12.1in notebook – it's nearly 2in thick and weighs about 2kg, which is more than we expect from a notebook of this size.
You have the option of configuring the XPS M1210 with a CD-RW/DVD combo drive, or, for slightly more, an 8x DVD±RW burner which supports dual-layer DVD burning as well.
Multimedia is the order of the day with this notebook – apart from the widescreen format LCD monitor, the XPS M1210 also has a pair of integrated stereo speakers and a number of buttons on the front to quickly access and play your music and videos.
Battery life is very good, however, especially since our review unit came with the nine-cell extended battery option – giving about six hours of continuous use.
If you ask me, I'd recommend going for the regular battery or even two regular batteries instead of the extended battery, just to preserve whatever aesthetics the notebook has left.
The notebook comes with an integrated 1.3-megapixel Logitech webcam. The quality is pretty good and there are quite a few fun options provided by the Logitech software, such as being able to replace your image with an avatar that mimics your every movement.
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