NOTEBOOK REVIEW

Dell Inspiron 5100 review

8.0

Editors' Rating

5.3

Members' Rating

Typical price:£ 1199

Verdict

Home and small business users requiring a well-designed mainstream notebook with excellent performance and reasonable battery life will like the desktop Pentium 4-based Inspiron 5100... Read Full Review.

Pros

Excellent performance
Reasonable battery life
Attractive price
Big display
Integrated dual-band 802.11a/b wireless antennae.

Cons

Big and heavy
Media bay is fixed rather than modular.

Key Specs

Processor manufacturer:	Intel
Processor model:	Pentium 4
Clock speed:	2.8 GHz
RAM installed:	512 MB
Wireless LAN:	Dell TrueMobile 1180 WLAN Mini-PCI card (802.11b)
Hard drive size:	40 GB
Graphics processor:	ATI Mobility Radeon 7500
Graphics RAM:	32 MB
Display diagonal size:	15 in
Dimensions (W x H x D):	33.5x4.65x27.5 cm
Weight:	3.69 kg
Operating system:	Windows XP Home