Dell Vostro V13
Posted May 5th, 2010 by admin No Comments »
You know where you stand with business-oriented laptops. They’re chunky, dull-looking machines with all the pizazz of a rainy afternoon in Chester. Dell’s Vostro range has been a case in point: a collection of low-power, low-charisma laptops likely to appeal only to the most frugal of IT department bean counters.
Dell’s Vostro V13: not your average business PC design
Until now. When we pulled the V13 from its box we had to double check we’d received the right machine. We’d been promised a model from a range of business laptops costing from a paltry £422 inc. VAT, and instead we got a slim, gleaming machine Steve Jobs would be proud to pull from a shoulder bag.
The V13 bears more of a resemblance to the MacBook Air – reviewed here – or Dell’s desirable-but-expensive Adamo range. The aluminium-clad machine is a gorgeous sliver of technology whose quality feel and good looks easily disguise its bargain-basement price. Read the rest of this entry »
