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Latitude X2 (fanless ultraportable laptop)

180 points posted to Latitude products by nojooim May 14

Revive the Latitude X series with latitude X2 laptop. It's a shame that Dell has no fanless ultraportable laptops available anymore, since X1 is no longer available.

The old X1 design with 12" inch widescreen and 1.1ghz 5 Watt TDP Pentium M ULV was quite perfect, as reviewers and many users noticed. It was rugged with magnesium alloy body and spill protected keyboard, also battery life was excellent.

It should be brought back to life with Intel Atom CPU (2 to 4 Watts TDP) or Core 2 Solo ULV (5.5 Watts TDP) CPU and SSD for completely silent operation, that would not bother with noise, even at middle of the night.

With fanless cooling and SSD it would have no moving parts at all, so it could be sealed to prevent dust and moisture entering the machine, which should improve reliability. With 9 cell battery and LED-backlit screen it should have quite amazing battery life.

It would not be ultraportable, but ultra-ULTRA-portable :)

johannessebastian.dk
May 15		 Theres truth in this.
I've just sold my X1, what a great machine, the built quality really imbaresses Dell's current Latitude series (guess we're still waiting for the new E-series). As stated in the post, the composite material used to passively cool the machine worked and looked great, in addition it's strongness meant there was hardly any flex in the chassis or screen at all.
I believe the X1 was a rebadged Samsung Q30, and that the preceeding X200 and X300 also came from Samsung. Fine by me, they did a very nice job.

Bring back the X1, we truly miss it...same dimensions, don't get carried away - and lets kick that Macbook Air's butt :)

Btw:
The M1330 is nice, but bigger, and it's an XPS. The X1 had a classic look, could be used on at home as that a stylish laptop it was, but at the same time, not at all look out of place at the office. Sony VAIO machines often seems to be able to pull that off, too.
winoffice
May 15		 It might be a nice idea, depending on the cost and what it looks like.
bretta
Jun 29		 The X1 looks somewhat like my X200, so YES, please providse more options like this. But I'd suggest a 13.3" screen which would also facilitate a full-sized keyboard (please make it a bit thinner to compensate for the other dimensions)
ibukanov
Jul 15		 As an owner of X1 I second the suggestion about X2. X1 is a fantastic fanless ultra portable laptop with very solid build. It is really a pity that Dell has discontinued the line with no replacement. D430 or M1330 is simply in another category and I would not order one if X1 would not be available.
aschildbach
3 days ago		 I must admit that my X1 is still the best laptop that is out there, simply because its lightweightness, robustness and lack of fans. MacBook Air and alike simply can't beat it, and it's from 2005!

However, it has some limits that get harder each day to live with:

1. Lack of support. My 3year support contract has run out and cannot be extended. The X1 cannot be bought new any more.
2. Memory limitation to 1.2 GB. This is very sad, because the chipset can address 2 GB IMHO. Has anyone tried to exchange the onboard 256 MB with 1 GB of RAM?
3. Inability to drive 30" monitors at its native resolution, including the Dell One. This would need DisplayPort.
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