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Dell Inspiron 8200 review

7.0

Editors' Rating

Very Good

7.2

Members' Rating

Very Good

Typical price:£ 1999

Verdict

The Mobile Intel Pentium 4 Processor-M performs well -- if not startlingly well -- in this desktop replacement notebook, while its GeForce4 440 Go-driven graphics performance is superb. The cost will exclude all but the most determined early adopters though... Read Full Review.

Pros

  • Very good performance with content-creation-type applications
  • Great 3D graphics performance.

Cons

  • Expensive
  • No compelling performance advantage with mainstream applications.

Key Specs

Processor manufacturer: Intel
Processor model: Pentium 4 Processor-M
Clock speed: 1.7 GHz
RAM installed: 256 MB
Wireless LAN: 802.11b Mini-PCI card
Hard drive size: 40 GB
Graphics processor: nVidia GeForce4 440 Go
Graphics RAM: 64 MB
Display diagonal size: 15 in
Dimensions (W x H x D): 33.1x4.45x27.6 cm
Weight: 4 kg
Operating system: Windows XP Home

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Member Opinion

7.2

Average Member Rating

Very Good

5 Members have reviewed this product

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Mark Wilkinson

Mark Wilkinson

Poor quality components

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4.5

Mediocre


peter Cannonier

peter Cannonier

Wonderful

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9.5

Spectacular


Anonymous

Anonymous

I've had too many problems

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4.0

Mediocre


Anonymous

Anonymous

Good except for CD drive malfunction

Read more

8.0

Excellent


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