Dell Inspiron 11 3000 - $499 ($50 off with coupon code until 28 Feb)
1.4kg
Display 11.6 inch LED Backlit Touch Display with Truelife and HD resolution (1366 x 768)
CPU Intel® Pentium® processor 3556U (2M Cache, 1.7 GHz)
RAM 4GB Single Channel DDR3L 1600MHz (4GBx1)
HDD 500GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
Ports HDMI™ 1.4a, Multi-media Card Reader, USB 3.0 (2), USB 2.0 (1), RJ-45 10/100/1000, Security slot
Dell™ Wireless 1705 802.11b/g/n with Bluetooth v4.0
Intel® HD Graphics
Battery 3-cell Lithium Ion (50WHr), claimed battery life 8+ hrs
HD (720p) capable webcam, dual digital microphones
2 speakers with Waves MaxxAudio® Pro processing
1 combo headphone / microphone jack
Standard Keyboard with Multi-Touch Touchpad
Windows 8.1 (64Bit) English
See Whirlpool forum http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/2168832
Looks like great value for a light & compact notebook with 8+ hours battery life, and which still has decent CPU, RAM and ports (HDMI, USB x 3, Gigabit ethernet, audio jack). A lot of forum posts bemoan the woeful 2GB RAM of an earlier offering. This one comes with 4GB. There are several reports of successful upgrade to 8GB RAM, and of successful replacement of HDD with SSD.
The CPU in this model is a Haswell dual core Pentium, which looks pretty respectable (Passmark CPU Mark score 1891 according to www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_list.php). Beware the similar model with a Celeron N2815 CPU, which is Atom based and much slower (Passmark CPU Mark score 891).
I ordered one with no options and it has an estimated delivery date of 10 March. I hope it doesn't really take that long.
[Edit] Delivery date is 4 March.
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