Dell: We Have Thinnest 15'' on the Planet, If You Don't Compare It Against Everything Else
The fastest computer on the planet, if you don't compare it against faster computers.
Dell's latest 15-inch enthusiast laptop, the XPS 15z, is a pretty decent package. Its metal design is both stylish and conservative, and it has a good amount of power.
There are many good, valid reasons for Dell to promote the XPS 15z, but one of them should not because it's the thinnest 15-inch laptop on the planet – because it isn't.
Dell's advertisement for the XPX 15z reads: "Just 0.97" (24.68mm) at its thickest point, XPS 15z is the thinnest 15" PC on the planet*. It’s also incredibly tough and lightweight."
That little asterisk led to small print that states: "Based on Dell internal analysis as at February 2011. Based on a thickness comparison (front and rear measurements) of other 15" laptop PCs manufactured by HP, Acer, Toshiba, Asus, Lenovo, Samsung, Sony, MSI. No comparison made with Apple or other manufacturers not listed."
Convenient then, that the comparison against the MacBook Pro unibody was avoided, as Apple's offering is 0.95-inches in thickness.
The lesson here is simple: it's easy to be the best on the planet at something as long as you're selective about your comparison pool.
Source: The Guardian
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The Dell quote says thinnest 15" PC and a Mac is technically not a PC (even though they have PC parts now). So I don't have a problem with them saying that.
So false advertising is legal as long as u put a "*" next to it and add some fine print?
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Thinnest 15" PC in the Universe*
Based on other 15" laptop PCs manufactured on Earth, excluding Apple and all extra terrestrial civilizations not listed.
The Dell quote says thinnest 15" PC and a Mac is technically not a PC (even though they have PC parts now). So I don't have a problem with them saying that.
Technically, PC stands for Personal Computer. A Mac could be personal. This whole Mac vs PC is wrong. It should be Windows vs Mac-OS.
@roymustang
Under which "technical" guidelines are you classifying a Personal Computer?
The Dell quote says thinnest 15" PC and a Mac is technically still PC (the fact that they are x86 cpu based is completely irrelevant). So I think it's pretty stupid that they're saying that.
Fixed that for you.
In the Mac bible, line 42, chapter 4. Jobs said to Gates, "Mac is thee PC of PCs, yet a Mac is also a Mac"
Wow, now I really do have the fastest CPU* in the whole galaxy!
*i7 930 not compared to CPUs costing greater than the ratio of US national debt to US GDP.
And yes my comparison is flawed, but we'll leave that up to the legal boys to battle it out.
"It's easy to figure out...if you don't think about it."
no its not thinner than a mac but who really cares about mac? if it isnt an iphone or ipod or ipad its basically a linux pc with a cute little logo and no gaming ability what so ever. So in the world of REAL computing its the thinnest laptop.
so a mac book is less than half the thickness of a dime thinner than the dell, big freakin deal.
The Dell quote says thinnest 15" PC and a Mac is technically not a PC (even though they have PC parts now). So I don't have a problem with them saying that.
A Mac is a "PC" which stands for Personal Computer. It would be correct if they had said "Windows PC"
Uh yawn of a story.
Macs suck...PCs are the best yada yada yada.
Let me know when laptops are the thickness and weight of a 70 sheet college ruled notebook, cost as much, and each page can be writen on like a sheet of paper, or used as a touch screen.
no its not thinner than a mac but who really cares about mac? if it isnt an iphone or ipod or ipad its basically a linux pc with a cute little logo and no gaming ability what so ever. So in the world of REAL computing its the thinnest laptop.
Except that Mac OS has nothing to do with Linux.
It does look like Dell is trying to get into the whole Design thing. I welcome the attempt, and look forward to see what else they can come up with. But..right now...they would have to pry my MacBook Pro out of my cold, dead, hands.
Being thin is nice. As long as you're not giving up something to get it thin.
But being lighter - now that would be even better.
And longer battery life.
I'd prefer lighter and longer battery life to being 'thinner'.
Dell has the thinnest 15" Dell laptop they have! I have the thinnest laptop that I have at my house!
lol I remember when Dell was an honest company....
Everyone knows Apple has their own version of the planet. Statement is accurate.
Since Dell stated that they have "The thinnest 15" PC on the planet" we have to compared to other 15" systems. That leaves the MacBook and MacBook Air out since they do not come on 15".
So the MacBook Pro is 1" (25mm) and the Dell 15z 0.97 (24.645mm).
That leaves the Samsung 9 and ThinkPad X1 out since they do not have 15" models.
So it looks like Dell do have the thinnest 15" by a hair and lets see for how long.
PC is the term IBM used for their very successful microcomputer in 1981. For that point on, the term PC meant IBM PC compatible. In fact, PC Compatible was a very common term.
The term to describe smaller computers up to that time was "microcomputer", or "micro". PC meant something specific.
Whether you consider the Mac a PC should be based entirely on whether it runs PC Compatible software, not if it's a microcomputer. I realize the younger generation doesn't know this stuff, and it's confusing, but that's traditionally the boundary between a PC and other microcomputers (which everything is now, since everything uses a microprocessor).
After a certain point thinness matters not. What matters is hardware performance. Tis precisely why iCrapple puts out so much, well, CRAP.
MACs are not PCs. So the statement is completely accurate. This article on the other hand is complete hogwash and seems like its written by an Apple cultist.
Yeah, I just found an HP (dm4x) for my mother-in-law that is less than 1 inch thick. (0.98 inches)
Yet still packs a Core i5 CPU and 4GB of ram.
I don't know about you but I can't see the difference of one hundredth of an inch. Even the 4 hundredths of an inch VS the apple would be un-noticable.
Sorry, I think I will stick with my Macbook Pro.
Well, they said thinnest PC, using Apple's own marketing misnomer against them. In any case, at 999 I don't think its a bad computer at all, certainly falls short of the MBP in may ways but its nearly half the price of the most basic 15 inch.
The article title made me lol, and the header too
Sorry, I think I will stick with my Macbook Pro.
lol you mean you stuck with Mc. Pro )))))))
Much much better than Apple's MAGICAL claims.