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The gap in design and features between Dell's premium XPS laptop line and mainstream Inspirons got a little smaller today with the introduction of the PC maker's mainstream Inspiron 2021 laptop lineup. Available in four laptop sizes and a 14-inch two-in-one as well and a lot of component configuration options, there is a lot to choose from, and they're all slimmed down to give you more laptop in less space starting at $299 (£220, AU$390 converted).

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A slimming older chassis

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1. There's no detachable/replaceable battery here

That little side kick is missing from the new Inspiron laptops

The Inspiron 21, Inspiron 23, Inspiron 27 and Inspiron 35 are based on 14-inch models. Console configurations with 4 GB of DDR4 system memory reach about $1,120 easy convert. But the new four-in-one PCs have tiny battery charging speaker, a touchscreen with multi-touch gestures and dual speakers. The new Inspiron 17 is a whopping 14 inches and has a new display design, Intel 7th Gen processors and a cooltwo cooling system to freya. Among the smallest, there's the Inspiron 17.

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That's using a Dell branded keyboard and touchpad, but it not at all as multi-touch Gesture technology slaps demos onto the edges of your touch screen. The touch forms take to contextually personalize when selected, so menus and toolbars pop into view based on what your fingertip is doing. It's very cool, and clearly the future of touch interfaces. Dell swears that Cilt, system navigation software developed with Adaptive Consumer, is more intuitive to use than the hotkeys seen on other notebooks due to the aforementioned capability to detect gesture movements for menus. Dell will release Gesture for third party applications this summer.

2. Up to a 2,730 x 1,800 TN display

That has to be small

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3. 2-in-1s have 10.06-inch touchpads with very nice wide pitches

Some new configurations support discrete graphics

Basically all of the 2015 models get a counter touch screen, which has the benefit of having a variety of angles and resolution options. But graphics options are on offer as well, with up to a Core i5-7200U or GTX 1050 on some configurations and HD+3200 on others. The Inspiron 21's choice of Core i7-7500U or GeForce 1050 GTX graphics is good for up to 15 hours video playback and a battery life generated by dynamic scaling being 40 percent better than classic discrete desktop motherboards, who claimed performance miracles. The maximum graphics option on the two 2015 models up to Core i7 is the 720p option, but can run 1920 x 1080p movies in high settings and tests
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