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520 points iProject | 4 comments | 29 Nov 12 14:09 UTC | HN request time: 0.644s | source

1. PhrosTT ◴[29 Nov 12 15:02 UTC] No.4848006[source]▶

Dell releases i5, 8gb ram, 256gb ssd, 3 lb., 1366x768, $1500 laptop. (price includes cost of $0 OS).

Wow what a deal. /s

2. johnward ◴[29 Nov 12 15:44 UTC] No.4848278[source]▶

MacBook Air is only like $100 for the same specs.

3. ZoFreX ◴[29 Nov 12 17:19 UTC] No.4848857[source]▶

(price includes costs of ensuring OS works flawlessly with hardware and delivering updates in the future to keep it that way)

4. mcguire ◴[29 Nov 12 17:23 UTC] No.4848888[source]▶

Technically, it is an i7 ("3rd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-3517U (4M Cache, up to 3.0 GHz)").

Dell releases powerful, well-supported Linux Ultrabook