Dell Inspiron XPS 410 Laptop Review

Overall 4.18 of 5 view all 17 reviews

Noelana
Herald, CA

A simple lightweight customizable laptop.

Internet addict, bargain hunter, Every day computer user, always online, computer literate, a person who enjoys quality, environmentally minded, a busy person

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Pros

easy setup, Cheap for a relatively good build, light weight, Good customer service after purchase, Upgrades to Vista easily, With 1gb ram, processes pretty fast, Regularly updates virus/windows software, Plug and Play easy and great., XPS support lines, Easy to restore to factory settings, Great startup diagnostic with key codes

Cons

Processors errored at first boot, Bad customer service initially, Bad advertising., Basic loaded programs take up memory, Parts burn out or fail prematurely, Battery life is low, Wireless card doesn't function perfectly

JAN

2008

For the most part it was great for what I needed it to do. It played a lot of my games pretty well, connected to the internet most of the time (the internal wireless card sometimes would not pick up a signal which another laptop would even with the card on and ready. It did get hot, I hated having to buy a cooling pad for it when I had been told by a representative that it was a cooler model than the previous. Windows worked fine on it, but a lot of trash trial programs were loaded which I never had the option to say no to when building it. I again hated the inspiron-ish look of the outer casing. It was a little more distinguished, and yet still like the earlier models. The screen display was great, easy to clean, and bright. Key combinations always worked, except my z key is a little hard to work unless paying attention to it and there hasn't been anything under the keys - it happened when I first used the computer. Processor runs rather slow at times, no indicator as to why even when very few programs are running. Light weight, and recognizes most all plug in devices or has an easy interface to follow for loading drivers. Battery life was again crappy, as was the AC adapter, never matched even the minimal life expected of them. Warrantee was a little expensive renewal wise, and didn't cover everything I thought it would. Overall tho, great functionality gaming wise for the cheaper price.

Last edited on Jan 16, 2008