ZDNet UK


Skip to Main Content

  1. Home
  2. News
  3. Blogs
  4. Reviews
  5. Videos
  6. Jobs
  7. Resources
  8. Community

 

ZDNet UK RSS Feeds


Win tech prizes in our Christmas competition

NOTEBOOK REVIEW

  • Email
  • Trackback
  • Clip Link
  • Print

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

Read full specs

Rate this product

Member Opinion

7.5

Average Member Rating

Very Good

40 Members have reviewed this product

View Opinions by: Date Posted | Rating | Most Useful

101290

101290

none existent customer service

Read more

5.0

Average


david long

david long

average laptop backed up by poor support and poor battery

Read more

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.

Read more

2.0

Terrible


Anonymous

Anonymous

Very good performing system -- SXGA screen is very good

Read more

7.5

Very Good


Read all the member opinions

Video icon

Latest Video

Win a Yoggie Gatekeeper Card Pro and Compaq notebook

Win a Yoggie Gatekeeper Card Pro and Compaq notebook

How many security software applications are found in a Gatekeeper Card Pro?

Competition closes - 22 Jan 2009

On The Road Blog

Nokia abandons N810 WiMax tablet

Reports abound that Finland's phone behemoth has ditched the WiMax version of its N810 Linux tablet. Is this a surprise? Not really, for three reasons. Firstly, the N810, while doubtlessly... More

Post a comment

Sony's 'not-netbook'

The announcement of Sony's tasty-looking 638g, 8in. VAIO P (below), which launches over here in February, has sparked a debate in the ZDNet UK office about what is, and what isn't,... More

4 comments

OQO goes for 'world' record

OQO, maker of UMPCs, or MIDs (or whatever the latest name for even-smaller-than-netbook PCs is) has surpassed itself with the press release announcing its Model 2+ device. The... More

Post a comment

Discussions

Tezzer Tezzer

Sony's 'not-netbook'

Friday 9 January 2009, 8:42 AM

4 comments
John Molloy John Molloy

New Palm Pre and Web OS -updated

Friday 9 January 2009, 2:02 AM

1 comment
roger andre roger andre

Sony's 'not-netbook'

Thursday 8 January 2009, 8:30 PM

4 comments
Karen Friar Karen Friar

Sony's 'not-netbook'

Thursday 8 January 2009, 3:33 PM

4 comments