Dell Inspiron M101z Laptop

Over the past few years there has been an explosion in the ultra-portable market thanks to the release of Intel's Atom CPU. The Atom platform allowed manufacturers to build some impressive netbook systems which at first offered a full XP experience and more recently, the ability to run Windows 7 in a very compact form factor; something which was ideal for large numbers of consumers.

There are alternatives to the Atom platform though and one of the major competitors is AMD's Athlon 2 Neo range. Combined with a DirectX 10.1 GPU it forms a well-balanced platform, one which Dell has chosen to base their latest ultra-portable system on. For those who want something a little bigger than the standard 10" netbook today we have the Inspiron M101z which is an AMD Vision based 11.6" laptop.