How thick is considered "bulky" and how thich is "slim"

What's your opinion on far as thickness of the notebook, and where it draws line between thin and bulky, for 12 inch (with "Full" processor and IGP), 14 inch (IGP or low end ded) 15.4 inch (up to 8600GT) and 17 inch (up to 8800GTX)

Currently my notebook is as you see, an Latitude D505 15 inch standard screen, and it is about 1.25" inch thick. I think it is pretty slim, and I think my next laptop should be around 13 inch by around 9 inch by at most 1.3 inch thick
(14 inch wide screen dimension)

Now, when I look around for laptops today, most of the laptop's thickest point is "1.54 inch", or somewhere around. Tell me, does it feel any bulky at all to you? (for all you 14 and 15 inch wide screen owners) Because I mean, I don't need an Macbook pro thin, but Dell Inspiron e1405 just scarred my eyes.

 

I consider a notebook as thin if its thickness point is not thicker than 1.3" but it's not so much about the thickness. It's more about the weight. MacBook Pro is very thin but I don't consider it as thin and light notebook due to its 5 pound weight. My 3.7 pound Sony SZ is a little bit thicker but much lighter with the same 13.3" screen size.

 

I moved to a 14.1" Zepto 6224W from a 15.4" Samsung X60 plus because of the smaller overall size (easier to carry around) although the Samsung is slightly thinner (full dimensions in the reviews - see signature).

When comparing dimension watch out for protruding feet being ignored in the specs and also many notebooks being wedge-shaped. I would consider anything significantly thicker than 1.5" to be thick: The Zepto is close to the limit. However, thicker notebooks tend to have bigger fans which run more quietly.

John

 

thin < / = 1"

thick > / = 1.5"

 

anything less than 1.4 thickness and less than 5lbs is thin and light for me

 

Thin <= 1 in.
Thick > 1.5 in.

Let's say for 15" laptops, MBP = thin. Vostro = THICK.

Got to play around with an MBP in an Apple reseller store here and, wow was I impressed! The screen/lid is INCREDIBLY thin and the whole thing itself, when closed, I could carry it in one hand! I think it's around an inch thin. It can be that thin probably because of the LED backlit screen and the slot-loading drive.

My Vostro, on the other hand, OMG. That thing is HEAVY and THICK! And I only have the 6-cell! It does feel more durable though, especially the lid. Only the palm rests feel cheap. Not sure how thick it is exactly [I'm currently not at home and I didn't bring my lappy. Wait, I never bring it outside lol].

There are some laptops that seem thin [emphasis: SEEM] but is actually thicker than it looks. Take the XPS 1330/1530. The former claims to be the thinnest 13". Yeah right, thinnest front specifically. It has a sloping design that makes the front of the laptop much thinner than the rear. The back becomes even "thicker" when a 9-cell is installed. They're not the thinnest or as thin-and-light as they claim, but they aren't heavy and thick either. Probably juuust right.

 

You can't get any thinner than this

Sony PCG-X505. 10.4" screen, 1.73 pound, 0.3" thick at the front and 0.8" at the back.





http://www.vaio.sony.co.jp/Products/PCG-X505/feat4.html

http://www.mobiletechreview.com/notebooks/sony_vaio_X505.htm

 

As attractive as that is...look at the massive amount of downfalls. You need to buy an external USB just to plug in a USB DVD/CD for the system.

Also on the bottom review it must be a misprint because they quote the weight as 4.4lb.

Dell XPS M1330 = Thin
Dell XPS M1730 = Thick and Bulletproof & a Good Anchor.