One annoying point is that although the system seems to sit flat the rubber feet do not prevent the system from sliding around much because of the design of the ram cover. However, my XPS2 system used to do the same thing and no longer slides around easily. After some use the ram cover will become a non-issue. On this particular model we opted for the Intel ProWireless card. Best bet is to keep an IM program open in the background or something else if you need your connection to stay alive.
Otherwise, try different settings, channels, and drivers if this bothers you. Rather than give a bunch of facts and figures I prefer to take a more use-oriented look at how this system performs. Again, 4 points rating different aspects of what this laptop will be used for. This is a really simple point. This system has outstanding battery life. You can easily fit a 3 hour movie such as The Lord of the Rings into a single battery charge.
Get the 9-cell battery to enjoy more battery time if you need it. Additionally, I ran Battery Eater Pro Here is some of the information it gathered on system and battery performance:. To test the gaming ability of this system on the latest and greatest games I decided to use Doom 3. It looked pretty bad. Otherwise the game was working fine with all of its effects, characters, and maps.
Source Engine games should play better than that since it scales better to different kinds of hardware. UT should play well on this machine too. Again, keep in mind this was not purchased as a gaming machine. Also, note that the right rear corner of this machine got noticeably warm in the keyboard area and quite hot underneath.
The graphics benchmarks were a little disappointing, but not surprising at all. Also, this is the 64 MB version of the X Everything was set to stock settings for these tests and all unnecessary services were disabled.
Also, the rpm hard drive is a bit slow but still alright. This machine would rate a 3 out of 4 possible points again when taking into consideration what its intended use is. Keep in mind that this was at stock drivers and settings on the 64 MB X card so without a doubt users who want to game should be able to substantially improve gaming performance by overclocking, getting the MB X, and updating drivers.
Although the system did get warm above and hot underneath while gaming my XPS2 has gotten hotter so there is some thermal room to play with here.
Do so at your own risk though and keep in mind that overclocking may void your warranty. For the price that we paid for this system it has performed well over my two days of playing around with it. It have no doubt it will perform all of the tasks my brother needs it for in college without problems. Sure, there are a couple of aspects that could be better; especially the LCD. But overall I would recommend this system to users on a budget or college students. Gamers on a budget will want the upgraded X card and a faster hard drive.
Otherwise, for common surfing, productivity, and portability this system delivers competitive results at a price undercutting most of the competition. Dell Inspiron view larger image I considered several systems for this purchase. Dell Inspiron D Specs: 1. Where to buy? In the box view larger image This power cord is so cool! Top of Dell Inspiron view larger image Dell on top of XPS2 right side view view larger image As you can see from the pictures taken there are several ports to connect to on the rear right side of the system.
Additional ports for VGA and Ethernet are on the back of the system on the right side also. On the front are media and volume control buttons that illuminate blue when pressed.
The touchpad is large and as big as the one I have on my XPS2. However, the buttons are much firmer like a typical system. Sound: The Inspiron comes with two stereo speakers. Keyboard, Touchpad, and Front Panel Buttons: Dell Inspiron keyboard and touchpad view larger image The Inspiron uses the standard Dell keyboard featuring many dedicated buttons. With a standard laptop keyboard and a screen size of One of the drawbacks with this laptop is with the battery. The battery was recalled by Dell in due to a complaint in failed charging.
Since then, the battery issue has been fixed. Dell Inspiron on Amazon. Dell Service Manual. Wikipedia: Dell Inspiron Fix Your Stuff Community Store. Dell Inspiron Repair. Show Other Languages. The Inspiron is available with Intel's less powerful Celeron processor, running at 1. If you go the Pentium M route, you can choose between a first-generation Centrino processor running at 1.
So far, the Sonoma platform hasn't borne out a huge boost in performance over first-generation Centrino. Where wireless is concerned, Dell offers Though the Inspiron 's WUXGA will give you a ton of screen real estate, but text and numbers will be extremely small--proceed with caution.
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