Dell Inspiron Zino HD hits UK
By Benny Har-Even,
Not content with taking on Apple’s MacBook Air with the Adamo XPS, Dell has now turned its attention to the Mac mini, with the launch of the Zino HD.
The Zino HD has Mac mini-like dimensions, measuring 7.8in by 7.8in and in an effort to differentiate it from the Apple box is available in almost every colour bar white.
The machine is powered by a choice of energy efficient single-core or dual-core AMD Athlon processors, rather than Intel Core 2 Duo’s, which makes a lot of sense from a performance to value ratio. Another point of differentiation is that a Blu-ray reader/DVD burner combo drive is available as an option.
Up to 8GB of DDR2 memory can be fitted, with a choice of hard disks ranging from 160GB up to 1TB while graphics are provided through a ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3200 or 4330 chips.
Gigabit Ethernet and Wireless-n are onboard, while round the back you'll find two eSATA ports and one HDMI connection.
The Zino HD is available from Dell now and features Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit supplied as standard, with Professional as an option.
Prices start at £299 including VAT and shipping.
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Expensive though!
The cheapest at a cursory check I could come up with for a system with non-integrated graphics and a 1.8GHz processor was £636. This includes a display whether you want it or not (no way to not have a display) and a keyboard and mouse, but this compares with £499 for a Mac Mini with pukka 2.26GHz Core 2 Duo and GeForce 9400 graphics. Taking into account the fact that the Dell has more memory and a larger hard drive, I think it's about a wash. Makes the Mac Mini look quite reasonably priced.
By ncollingridge on Tuesday Nov 17
No monitor option is available
If you "personalise" the basic configuration, you don't need to select a monitor. For a 1.8GHz processor and separate graphics card, the price comes to £459.
By woollyhead on Tuesday Nov 17
Apple's Entry Cost
Given that OSX is only available on Apple hardware, the lowest entry level cost is what is important to the W7 versus OSX competition. On that basis we are comparing £299 with £499. Apple badly needs an affordable entry point to persuade people to try OSX.
By JohnHind on Tuesday Nov 17