Hey, am I seeing things here? Is there no number pad next to the keyboard, on the new XPS? If not, that truly stinks! Every other laptop with a 17" screen, puts in a numeric pad. It's a really nice convenience. One that I miss with my Inspiron 8200, and about the only think I miss with the full blown desktop, with full sized keyboard/numeric pad.

 

I thought that that was another one of the benefits of having the 17" widescreen: having enough room on the lappy for the full sized keyboard with numeric pad.

 

I'm kind of let down now. Of course, with all the great things about an XPS, it's hardly a deal breaker if it doesn't have the numeric pad but, it IS a bit of a bummer.

 

I can't really find any good pics of the new XPS. Maybe (hopefully) I'm wrong.