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Dell Inspiron 510m review

7.8

Editors' Rating

Very Good

7.5

Members' Rating

Very Good

Typical price:£ 1293

Verdict

So long as you don't need to carry it too far on your travels, the Inspiron 510m is an excellent general-purpose notebook... Read Full Review.

Pros

  • Solid performance, good battery life
  • Good range of wireless connectivity and expansion ports

Cons

  • Bulky and heavy for a 'thin and light' notebook

Key Specs

Processor manufacturer: Intel
Processor model: Pentium M
Clock speed: 1.7 GHz
RAM installed: 512 MB
Wireless LAN: Dell TrueMobile 1400 Dual Band WLAN Mini-PCI Card
Hard drive size: 60 GB
Graphics processor: Intel Extreme Graphics 2
Graphics RAM: 96 MB
Display diagonal size: 15 in
Dimensions (W x H x D): 33.3x3.3x27.3 cm
Weight: 2.57 kg
Operating system: Windows XP Home

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Member Opinion

7.5

Average Member Rating

Very Good

40 Members have reviewed this product

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101290

101290

none existent customer service

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5.0

Average


david long

david long

average laptop backed up by poor support and poor battery

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4.5

Mediocre


Greg Hogan

Greg Hogan

We boought a DELL Inspiron 510m 8 weeks ago and the hard disk crashed last Friday. I am abroad, all my data is lost.

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2.0

Terrible


Anonymous

Anonymous

Very good performing system -- SXGA screen is very good

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7.5

Very Good


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