Pros: Some of the latest technology, decent price, good performance Cons: mushy keyboard, not outstanding, size, weight, expensive without promotions.
No... I haven't gone nuts and bought another notebook. The hospital bought a few of these units (and 1 Inspiron 8500 unit as well!) to replace their older Compaq Pentium III notebook that have gone through the ringer with abuse from the various hospital...
Pros: Makes a very nice-looking paperweight. Cons: When you throw it off a balcony in disgust, you might hurt someone.
In March of 2003, it occurred to myself and my family that my trusty old 500 MHz desktop wouldn't be well-suited for a trip to college with me. We looked around, and found Dell's Inspiron 5100 laptop. It was a fairly-low cost PC with some good options, ...
Pros: Very fast, Brilliant 15.1 display, USB 2.0, CD-RW/DVD, Smooth Internet Surfing, Price to Quality Ratio Cons: SLOW OEM hard drives, USB location issues, Touchpad oversensitivity/location, Tad heavy
After having lived with a Pentium 1, 133MHz ThinkPad 560 (Click h
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Pros: Fast laptop, attractive, efficient. Cons: Dell has less than superior customer support and the touchpad lags at times.
People use computers for different things, so a laptop that's good for me might not be good for you. The Dell Inspiration 5100 is a decent laptop, overall. To begin, I'd like to outline some basic information on the 5100 model: - 2.4 GHz Pentium 4 ...
Pros: Cheaper due to desktop processor, Quite stable running XP, 3 hour battery life Cons: USB port won't always recognize, Sound out of microphone muted, Mono mic, Tech support
The Inspiron 5100 should be on your shortlist when comparison shopping for a laptop that doesn’t fall into the thin and light category. I priced this laptop out over a month ago and with various Dell promotions and I’ve yet to come across...
Pros: Desktop P4, non-integrated graphics card, quality TFT screen, ample RAM and HDD, keyboard, 12-cell battery. Cons: Heavy, only 2 USB's, creaky case, noisy fan, fixed CD drive, one fixed RAM.
Update: 5/26/2008 With the previous upgrades, this machine continues to be a reliable machine day-in and day-out. However, recently the thermal paste on the CPU wore out, since the P4 burns so hot in an enclosed space. Had that replaced and the ...
Pros: More power than needed for any college setting Cons: Weight may be a problem; battery life not too great
For my first year at college, I purchased myself a Dell Inspiron 5100. Now, just to let you know, since I was on a budget, I decided to go with a refurbished model [even though I don't normally go for refurbished products too often]. Since I always read ...
Pros: Excellent build, very fast, nice screen, good presales Cons: Don't buy a Dell if you even THINK you MIGHT need support.
I spent a long time shopping around for a laptop, and eventually settled on Dell's Inspiron 5100. I wasn't disappointed, although I had lots of prior experience with Dell's technical support so I knew what to expect there, and work with computers, so I ...
Pros: An affordable up-to-date laptop that runs the XP OS at fast speed. Cons: Dell doesn't mention that the laptop itself lacks lots of standard ports and switches.
WHAT IT INCLUDES The processor is an Intel® Pentium® 4 processor, 2.66GHz, 15.0 XGA. The Operating System is Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition. It comes with 256MB of memory. The Hard Drive is a 30GB2 Ultra ATA drive. It currently ...
As the bank busting college shopping began, a laptop seems to be the first thing to pop into any univeristy bound student as the look-forward-to-buy; and of course it was really no different with me. I scoured the internet day and night for perfect ...
Pros: performance/cost ratio
reliability Cons: That stupid CD-Rom
The Dell Inspiron 5100, while having its share of weaknesses, is a more than competent machine at a comparatively low price and, having owned one for almost two years, I have no regrets in choosing this computer. Being a laptop, it is not the most ...
Pros: Processor Speed, Stylish, and Affordable! Cons: Fixed CD-RW drive, Touchpad mouse hard to get used to
I chose this laptop as a result of days of searching Epinions.com and constant visits to Dell.com, checking out their seemingly daily changes to laptop specials. I was frustrated, as I could configure the same system hour after hour and receive a...
Pros: Look at description. Cons: very little (look @ desc)
I purchased my dell 5100 in 11/25/2003 for school purposes, and mine is a refurbished one, bought @ USD1,100. The spec: P4 2.4 Ghz 512 MB (2 dimms) 40 Gb HD @ 4200rpm ATI 32 MB 15' XGA After 9 months of using this, I summarized that the ...
Pros: Good price, fast, excellent screen Cons: Lack of legacy ports, heavy weight, few upgrade options
First, the cons. There are a few things about this laptop that would be nice to have, such as legacy ports, reduced weight (although I know this is not something they can easily 'fix') and more upgrade options.
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