Tuesday 15 November 2005, 9:01 PM

Poor quality components

Cost me £2500 at the time of purchase (fully loaded). Was surprised it only came with USB1 and CD-R/W not DVD-R/W

Has failed repeatedly over 3 years and Dell Support have consistently failed to return calls or deal with problems (until it was out of warranty). Then they wanted £200 to fix a faulty fan. Casing is made of cheap and flimsy plastic, all in all a bit of a disaster. Steer clear. Dell's cost-cutting shows in the finished product and the support received.

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Dell Inspiron 8200

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Dell Inspiron 8200

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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.