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Dell Inspiron 8500 review Editors Choice Award

8.1

Editors' Rating

Excellent

7.8

Members' Rating

Very Good

Typical price:£ 1499

Verdict

With its wide-aspect 15.4in. screen, excellent performance and reasonable battery life, Dell's redesigned Inspiron 8500 series is a mobile media powerhouse... Read Full Review.

Pros

  • Fast (especially 3D graphics)
  • Wide-aspect display
  • Dual-band wireless antennae.

Cons

  • Flimsy keyboard
  • Erratic mouse buttons
  • Relatively hefty, with a large footprint.

Key Specs

Processor manufacturer: Intel
Processor model: Mobile Pentium 4-M
Clock speed: 2.4 GHz
RAM installed: 512 MB
Wireless LAN: Dell TrueMobile 1180 WLAN Mini-PCI card (802.11b)
Hard drive size: 60 GB
Graphics processor: Nvidia GeForce4 4200 Go
Graphics RAM: 64 MB
Display diagonal size: 15.4 in
Dimensions (W x H x D): 36.1x3.9x27.6 cm
Weight: 3.53 kg
Operating system: Windows XP Home

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Member Opinion

7.8

Average Member Rating

Very Good

31 Members have reviewed this product

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Eazy E

Eazy E

Wicked fast

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9.5

Spectacular


Jack Abel

Jack Abel

Resilient, capable, elegant, if heavy

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9.0

Spectacular


Anonymous

Anonymous

Does everything

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9.5

Spectacular


Craig Bryant

Craig Bryant

Nice Laptop. Excellent service and support

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8.5

Excellent


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