2008 Reviewer
ballhawkdawk
Overton, TX

Did Dell take a step back on this model?

2 star rating

a techie

MAY
14
2008
In all, the Dell brand of laptop is a quality machine and has been one of the best on the market for a few years now. They do use cheaper parts in their computers to give the consumer a less-expensive product, but, in the competitive world of computer part manufacturing, most parts perform at about the same level. Therefore, Dell products are typically a sound investment.

Although Dell products are usually good buys, there are a few things that bother me about this particular model....

1. Unless you check your email and play solitare ONLY, this laptop is going to run choppy, at best. The 1gb of RAM is simply not enough to run Vista, that is, unless you plan on staring at the screen all day.

2. 100 gb hard drive is well below the standard for todays laptops. And, with the cost of upgrading a laptop hard drive, its better just to get a larger one to begin with.

3. Unless you plan on having this power-hungry plugged into an AC outlet at all times, the battery will run down in the blink of an eye because of the 17" screen and the non-mobile processor.

My advice: spend a few extra dollars and get a machine that will perform up to what you would expect from a new, state-of-the-art laptop computer.

Last edited on Oct 15, 2009



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