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Dell Venue 11 Pro 7000 is the Core M you'll consider buying

by on06 November 2014



$699.99 Broadwell tablet

The Dell Venue 11 Pro is a business oriented hybrid tablet and the latest 7000 version comes updated with a Core M, Broadwell 14nm processor. This is a 4.5W TDP processor, it does not need a fan and brings you Core-like performance in rather small and thin for factor.

The tablet has a 10.8-inch 1920x1080 IPS screen and it weighs a reasonable 733.4g (1.62lb) Venue 11 Pro (7140 WLAN) or 757.3g (1.69lb) Venue 11 Pro for the 7140 WLAN and LTE version. It measures 11.01” / 279.8mm x 0.42”/ 10.75mm x 6.95”/176.4mm (depth, width, height ) runs Windows 8.1 64-bit and ships with 4GB DDR3L 1600 MHz memory. It comes with an optional keyboard dock, but Dell didn’t share the pricing for this useful accessory.

Dell Venue 11 Pro 7140 comes with 64GB or 128 GB of solid state storage and an Intel Core M 5Y10a dual-core processor with 4MB of L3 Cache, clocked between 800 MHz and 2.0 GHz. This processor features Intel HD graphics 5300 with a base clock of 100 MHz and maximum clock of 800MHz. This might not be the only processor option, but Dell didn’t share more at present time. 

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The tablet comes with 802.11 ac WiFi as well as Bluetooth 4.0 support. In the LTE version Dell uses a Telit LN930-LTE –M.2, USB2, (Intel XMM 7160) (LTE/HSPA+) Mobile Broadband Card. When it comes to connectivity, the Dell Venue 11 Pro 7140 comes with a USB 3.0 port, micro HDMI, BT 4.0, NFC, Dual band Wi-Fi: 2x2 802.11ac, Intel WiDi, Miracast, LTE / HSPA+, Sensor Hub (Gyro, G-sensor, Proximity) and microSD card slot. 

Dell claims "whole day battery life", but we are quite sure that Dell means a full business day, or 8 hours rather than 24 hours. Dell has three nice accessories for the device, a travel keyboard for a full laptop experience and accompanying thin keyboard for ultra-portability or the Docking station for a traditional monitor, keyboard and mouse PC experience.

It is obvious that Dell targets Windows addicts with this tablet, people who need a bit more power in a compact form factor, more than what they can get from Atom - Bay Trail processors. Broadwell is definitely a huge leap forward for Intel in the tablet / dockable / convertible market, it just bugs us that it is not a bit more affordable.

Despite its reasonable $699.99 price, the Dell Venue 11 Pro is still $100 more expensive than an iPad Air 2 with 64GB of storage. Dell hopes that too many business users are too dependent on Windows, and this is their target audience. The new Venue 11 Pro should start shipping soon.

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