Takeaway Action. Dell promises this with its AMD/ATI combo in 13.3 inches. Unusual: DisplayPort adjacent to eSATA and HDMI. Can the Turion II Neo K625 keep up with Intel's Ultra Low Voltage processors in terms of battery life and performance?
- Dell Inspiron M301z: AMD Turion II Neo K625 with claim on mobility?
Dell's 13.3 inch Inspiron M301z is the Inspiron 13z's successor from 10/2009. The 13z accomplished the balancing act between mobility (WLAN test: 6:00h) and performance (3100 PCMark Vantage points) with an Intel Core 2 Duo SU7300 (1.3 GHz). The tester could rely on its large 80 Wh battery then, which even made achieving a long runtime possible with the dedicated graphic card, GeForce G 105M.
Times change. Now Dell uses AMD. That's new for the ultra mobility division. Most notebook manufacturers held back on AMD versions in recent years. Especially in subnotebooks for good reason: The K8 core architecture's power consumption was considerably higher than that of Intel Core 2 Duo (ULV/CULV). Timeline-typical battery runtimes of six to ten hours were utopia with AMD systems.
Now AMD has the chance to win notebook market shares again. The first step towards this would be good mobility of the combination Turion II Neo K625 (2x1.5 GHz) and ATI Radeon HD 4225. Will the Inspiron M301z accomplish the same as the Aspire One 521 (Athlon II, HD 4225) in the netbook field? That is to say, the combination of good performance and good battery life. All information can be read in our detailed review.
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