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Toe said:
And it's interesting that McAfee Security Center and Norton AntiVirus are optional. I sure would be needing those!
Well, you need antivirus software of some kind. It doesn't necessarily have to be one of these.
 
you're right, I was wrong on "smaller"

Toe said:
That small Dell is a little lighter than my 12" (because it has more plastic?), but it is larger in every dimension.

Sorry, I assumed that the Inspiron was about the same size as the small Latitudes - but it's bigger overall. (It is slightly smaller in depth than the 12" PB, however, you missed that.)

12" PB
Height: 1.18 inches (3.0 cm)
Width: 10.9 inches (27.7 cm)
Depth: 8.6 inches (21.9 cm)
Weight: 4.6 pounds (2.1 kg)​

Dell Inspiron 700m
Weight: 4.1 lbs. (1.86 kg)3
Thickness: 1.5 inches (38.1 mm)
Width: 11.7 inches (297 mm)
Depth: 8.5 inches (216 mm)​

Not much difference, though. The PB is the size of an American A sheet of paper. The 700m is as wide as A, but as long as a European A4 sheet of paper....
 
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