I bought it for a friend, work well really nice computer and the new design of dell is amazing! great buy

Bought this 2011 model 14z at the very end of its product cycle after reading many reviews. (This laptop will be for my college freshman daughter.) The 2012 model Inspiron 14z is a completely different design that is smaller and slightly lighter than this 2011 14z. This 2011 version I'm reviewing is a great value. Solid build, with metal case. Excellent battery life of 8+ hrs, better than the new 2012 version. Keyboard is good, though not backlit. Touchpad is fine. Wireless worked well and it has bluetooth. The free Adobe software is a nice bonus. It seems like it attracts fingerprints but that's life. Any smaller screem "ultrabook" or pre-ultrabook will not have a CD/DVD drive as this does.