Dell Inspiron Mini 10v (Netbook) Reviews: Windows XP Home 10.1" Screen Laptop computer

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Score: 8.7/10

142 Real Customer Reviews - In Summary

+ This laptop scores very high on size and weight. - It has no outstanding negative points. “It is a good size and weight and has a good specification.” Rob, London View all 142 real customer reviews

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Single Core Processor with 1GB of Memory and 160GB Storage on Windows XP Home. 3 hours of battery More »

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Real customer reviews

142 verified purchasers have reviewed this product.
87% of people recommend it.

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All purchasers (141)
Battery life6.8
Design9.2
Performance8.5
Size and weight9.5
Value for money (at time of purchase)8.8
Overall rating8.7
General home user (33)
Often on the move (17)
Music, gaming or video fan (3)
Business user (2)
Other (86)
 

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Score 9.0/10

Rob, London , “Often on the move” More like this »

+ It is a good size and weight and has a good specification.

- Not really a bad point but the battery life is limited meaning you've got to remember to re-charge it it night.

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33 of 34 people found this review helpful

purchased 01 Aug 2009

Score 10.0/10

Mildred, Dunfermline , “General home user” More like this »

+ My husband and I bought this laptop for our 14year old grandaughter. She wanted this particular laptop because it had been recommended to her, and she is delighted with it. She uses it for homework preparation, keeping in touch with friends etc. We also bought another one the same for our other granddaughter. The webcam is a very popular feature. The girls live in different parts of the country, and enjoy seeing each other's photograph on the screen, and keeping is touch. They are both delighted with their laptops.

- No bad points, so far.

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27 of 28 people found this review helpful

purchased 27 Aug 2009

Score 9.0/10

Gemma, Billingshurst , “General home user” More like this »

+ Small and lightweight. Easy to carry around. Good sized keyboard. Sexy colours !

- Battery life very short (but knew that when I bought it)

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22 of 22 people found this review helpful

purchased 05 Aug 2009

Score 7.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Convenient to carry around.

- It does not detect wireless settings automatically. I had to turn to experts which gave me a headache.

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17 of 18 people found this review helpful

purchased 19 Aug 2009

Score 8.0/10

Eva, London

+ Good design, keyboard very comfortable to use, instructions straightforward - love the integrated plug/adaptor, avoiding the clunky adaptor box in the middle of the power lead..
Looks good too!

- Battery life not great - but this was something I was aware of beforehand and it is not a huge issue for me.

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18 of 20 people found this review helpful

purchased 28 Aug 2009

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Compact, light, portable, cute!

- No microsoft office installed, doesn't read word documents or excel that everyone else uses! microsoft works is not as good :(

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17 of 21 people found this review helpful

purchased 12 Aug 2009

Score 8.0/10

Michael, Retford , “Business user”

+ Good looking machine and really quick to load up

- Would have liked the option of being able to have Windows 7 available to load/update when it is released. The internet connection took a bit of working out.

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12 of 12 people found this review helpful

purchased 02 Aug 2009

Score 5.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ The netbook is small and light, easy to carry around, which is what i wanted. Keyboard is a resonable size too.

- Performance is slow, especially when trying to do more than one thing at a time. EG: chat on MSN and surf the internet. Touch pad is difficult to use as the mouse jumps all over the screen when trying to click on anything, a mini usb mouse is highly recommended and makes use alot easier.

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11 of 11 people found this review helpful

purchased 30 Aug 2009

Score 9.0/10

Karen, Annan , “General home user” More like this »

+ Perfect size. Easy to use.

- None so far......

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11 of 12 people found this review helpful

purchased 02 Aug 2009

Score 5.0/10

lisa, kenley, surrey

+ size and weight is good, this being the reason for purchase

- unable to adjust screen size when reading texts

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11 of 13 people found this review helpful

purchased 06 Aug 2009

Score 10.0/10

laura, newcastle upon tyne , “General home user” More like this »

+ great design, love the webcam and wifi, its fab!

- none so far!!

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7 of 7 people found this review helpful

purchased 31 Aug 2009

Score 8.0/10

Linda, Gravesend, kent , “General home user” More like this »

+ size. colour. light weight for easy portability. very speedy.

- battery life is too short

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6 of 6 people found this review helpful

purchased 26 Aug 2009

Score 9.0/10

Chrissie, St ALBANS , “General home user” More like this »

+ Very light and easy to manage. Mine is pink and I love it!

- None so far!

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 02 Aug 2009

Score 7.0/10

David, Chesham , “Often on the move” More like this »

+ fast start up

- The battery life is not as good as I thought it would be

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5 of 6 people found this review helpful

purchased 19 Aug 2009

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ everything is fab love it well worth the money.

- to tell you the truth i havent found one yet the battery life is a full 3 hours which for how small it is i think is pretty good.

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 27 Aug 2009

Score 10.0/10

Mary, Bideford

+ It's lightweight, the keypad is lovely to the touch, and its very fast allowing me to switch from one window to another very fast indeed. It's compact and neat, I love the design and last but not least it is excellent for the price and I just love all its features.

- This may sound corney, but I honestly cannot found anything bad about the little midget I chose, yes I mean the laptop, in fact I can get over just exactly fast the it is, for sure and without a doubt it's the best thing I bought in a long long tme and lives up to everything you state that it does - once again thanks to DELL this is a very pleased customer indeed.

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 13 Sep 2009

Score 8.0/10

Darren, Teesside

+ Nice Little system,I think these are ideal for the younger children as they are light and easy to handle.also was the cheapest place to buy this product

- Mouse Pad a liitle sesertive, only down side even though i have adjusted settings,will monitor this as could be faulty.

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 13 Sep 2009

Score 9.0/10

Sian, Cockermouth, Cumbria , “Often on the move” More like this »

+ Bought for my daughter staring new school and the size makes it very easy to transport. Once you get used to the screen size it is great. Great graphics and the keyboard is very smooth.

- none at all

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 02 Sep 2009

Score 9.0/10

Mark, Leeds , “General home user” More like this »

+ Easy to carry around and work wirelessly. Suitable for my needs.

- Not everything fits on the screen.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 02 Sep 2009

Score 10.0/10

Carol, stroud glos , “General home user” More like this »

+ Must admit, I'm a technophobe so my use of the computer is very basic. Therefore I may not be the best judge but for my needs its perfect, small, lightweight, prettey colour. very up to date. When on iplayer, the sound is good, some can be very quiet when on the highest setting but this has a clear loud volume. I'd reccommend this to my friends.

- None that I've come across.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 15 Sep 2009

Score 9.0/10

Victoria, Manchester , “General home user” More like this »

+ Very small and light but still has a traditional sized keyboard, which is great!! Its exactly what I was looking for as its very portable.

- Small amount of memory storage so quite slow even though I have only downloaded OpenOffice as a programme and dont store pictures. Battery runs out pretty quickly.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 16 Sep 2009

Score 5.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Often on the move” More like this »

+ light, well designed

- screen resolution, there were better deals around at time of purchase!¬

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4 of 6 people found this review helpful

purchased 01 Aug 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “General home user” More like this »

+ Good weight, stylish design and comes with a fine range of letters of the alphabet.

- It's size can sometimes look inferior when it sits with other fully-sized laptops or notebooks at LAN parties and such like.

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4 of 6 people found this review helpful

purchased 16 Aug 2009

Score 8.0/10

Julian, Basingstoke , “General home user” More like this »

+ nice design and small/light.
quick to startup and shut down

- touch pad can be fiddly in comparison to others i've used

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 25 Aug 2009

Score 9.0/10

Eduardo, Sidcup

+ Weight, design and keyboard

- Battery life

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 25 Aug 2009

Score 10.0/10

linda, liverpool

+ liked the size, near full size keyboard which is easy to use and the choice of colours.

- none, love my notebook

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 29 Aug 2009

Score 8.0/10

Paul, Poole, Dorsey , “General home user” More like this »

+ Nice Colour, esp for girls! Easy to use and simple interface

- Mainly just the small screen which doesnt work on some websites...

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 31 Aug 2009

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ the look and size of the product is fab. its so light and looks amazing. Had so many comments about it. The programs work well.

- The battery life doesnt last long at all. I can only get about 45 mins (if that) once fully charged and im finding it difficult to hook it up to my original photosmart printer at home but that may be just me.

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 01 Sep 2009

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Often on the move” More like this »

+ very pretty, quite fast

- internet access is difficult, a little heavier than competing products

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 01 Sep 2009

Score 9.0/10

Gavin, Edinburgh

+ Versatile, compact and easy to use/carry.
Has excellent features for size:- wifi, good hard drive and basic softwear.

- Problems with keyboard functions due to reduced size. (@ & " mixed) with no explaination of this in the literature.
Could have been supplied with a User Instruction CD for ease of use through another PC, as download very slow and large in terms of space.

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 29 Aug 2009

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Very light and portable. Funky colour

- None

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 01 Sep 2009

Score 1.0/10

Neil, Seria, Brunei

+ It's for my daughter, it's perfect and pink

- The screen no longer works after just a few weeks. It's not been dropped or abused, it just doesn't work anymore. Really handy now that we are living in Asia!!!

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 11 Aug 2009

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Smart design, lightweight for travelling, screen of an excellent quality and resolution, and despite being small keyboard suprisingly user friendly.

- nothing so far

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 12 Sep 2009

Score 9.0/10

Steve, Brighton

+ Light, easy to use

- Battery life not that good

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 19 Aug 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Green and small and cute

- No cd drive

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4 of 7 people found this review helpful

purchased 02 Sep 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Liked the colour/design - no extra cost for chosing a colour other than black. The keys are larger on this than on a few of the other netbooks which makes it easier to use. Suits the purpose I bought it for which was mainly surfing the web and checking email.

- Battery life is a bit short (3 hours) compared to other netbooks.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 02 Sep 2009

Score 10.0/10

Lanie, UK , “General home user” More like this »

+ very small and lightweight so easily portable. Connected to my wireless router quickly and without any problems. Gorgeous colour - looks fab.

- The screen size means you have to scroll up and down a fair bit to see websites and images but that's to be expected really.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 09 Sep 2009

Score 8.0/10

Suzanne, Fort William

+ love the colour and style

- wish battery lasted longer

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 17 Sep 2009

Score 7.0/10

Brian , Epsom , “General home user” More like this »

+ quality of build

- battery life compared to my Samsung Netbook is not good

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 18 Sep 2009

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Often on the move” More like this »

+ The size and weight is really good and I love the colour.

- You need to charge it frequently.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 06 Sep 2009

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ - weight and size
- stylish and compact
- great peformance ( no problems as of yet)

- - theres a slight mess up on keys..the function of the " and @ are the wrong way round!!
- Batt life, but perhaps I just use it too much!

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 21 Sep 2009

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Size, performance and overall cute look - ideal for my daughter for school.

- None so far!

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 02 Sep 2009

Score 10.0/10

ann marie , south molton, devon , “Music, gaming or video fan”

+ its perfect it fits anywhere u want it too because its so small but it works faster than any other laptop i have had

- there is no CD drive installed which i thought was silly

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2 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 22 Sep 2009

Score 9.0/10

Luciana, london , “General home user” More like this »

+ the size and wight are a good points..you can carry it erverywhere!

- Reviewer left no comment

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 18 Sep 2009

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Often on the move” More like this »

+ it is light and will fit into all of my handbags.
I am new to computers and i am finding this one easy to understand .

- battery life could be better.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 20 Sep 2009

Score 9.0/10

Fiona, North Lanarkshire

+ Small, light, attractive so easy to store

- Battery was supposed to be 3 hours, but have never seen it more than 2hrs 10 mins

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 21 Sep 2009

Score 10.0/10

Emma, stoke on trent

+ its stylish and handy!

- Reviewer left no comment

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 25 Sep 2009

Score 8.0/10

Paul, Solihull , “General home user” More like this »

+ Build quality, size and ease of use.

- Nothing of note

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 27 Sep 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Amazingly small and lightweight, and runs decently for such a compact device.

- Mouse is a bit tricky and theres only 1 slot for RAM.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 01 Oct 2009

Score 10.0/10

Lindsay, Manchester

+ Fantasic product. Bought for my 12 year old girl and absolutely perfect weight and size for her. Easy to use and fast. She is never off it.

- Havent been told any

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 02 Oct 2009

Score 8.0/10

Jon, N Ireland , “Often on the move” More like this »

+ Does what is says on the tin.

- Battery life not good. No offer or option for upgrade to Windows 7 despite the fact that the netbook was ordered only 1 week before the formal Windows 7 launch!

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 02 Oct 2009

Score 9.0/10

Holly, Leicester

+ Lightweight, handbag sized, great for internet use and comes in gorgeous colours!

- Battery Life is short!

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 04 Oct 2009

Score 9.0/10

Iain, Ashby de la Zouch

+ Small and portable

- Reviewer left no comment

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 04 Oct 2009

Score 8.0/10

Freda , Thornton Cleveleys

+ Compact, funky and fun

- Not really found any yet

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 26 Sep 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Often on the move” More like this »

+ Size and weight makes it really portable

- Single tab Explorer

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 02 Oct 2009

Score 10.0/10

chrissy, ipswich , “General home user” More like this »

+ its everthing i need compact easy to use love the colour sleek and sexy

- Reviewer left no comment

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 06 Oct 2009

Score 8.0/10

GILL, LINCOLN

+ Reviewer left no comment

- COULD DO WITH SOME INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO USE INTERENT ETC MORE EASILY

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 28 Sep 2009

Score 9.0/10

Kelly, Tipton , “General home user” More like this »

+ Great size & lovely colour for my daughter

- Reviewer left no comment

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 10 Oct 2009

Score 9.0/10

Tim, Teddington

+ great looks, compact, fast, on board web cam,easy to use

- battery life seems low

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 30 Sep 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “General home user” More like this »

+ design

- battery life

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 04 Oct 2009

Score 10.0/10

Emma, Studley

+ keys are nice to type with and the colour is fab. The screen is lovely and clear. I love my little pink lollipop !!!

- no bad points.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 21 Sep 2009

Score 9.0/10

fiona, wolverhampton , “for my son teenager”

+ compact, stylish ideal for teenager

- none

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purchased 08 Sep 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Often on the move” More like this »

+ Sleek design, compact and lightweight so you can carry it in your handbag to work/uni.

- Keyboard keys could do with being raised a little higher to minimise typing errors.

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purchased 03 Oct 2009

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “General home user” More like this »

+ Does exactly what it says on the tin and is quite stylish too.

- none yet

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1 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 06 Oct 2009

Score 9.0/10

Samantha, Coventry

+ The convenience of the size and weight, (and the fact there isn't a whopping great charger like with my old lap top!), cosmetically it's lovely, its performance is good, though sometimes a bit slow, having said that I think that's down to the broadband rather than the computer!!), easy to use, very impressive, love it!!!

- Having a lap top like this makes it easy to get addicted to sitting at a computer all the time!!!

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purchased 11 Oct 2009

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Reviewer left no comment

- The only thing that restricts this netbook is the battery life, it does hold 3 hours but sometimes thats not long enough, I would recommend paying the little bit extra and getting more battery.

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purchased 19 Oct 2009

Score 9.0/10

Neil, Liverpool

+ Small light and yet workable.

- scren resolution could be a bit better, tends to lag slightly on flash sites.

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purchased 15 Oct 2009

Score 9.0/10

Cathie, Burnley

+ all I expected - had read reviews myself prior to ordering and was not disappointed. I shop online and keep in contact with son at uni and watch tv, ie iplayer, all the time. I didn't need/want a full size laptop and couldn't justify the expense - not missing the lack of a disc driver - as can plug in an apacer I already own if I need to. It looks good too!!!

- Not found any bad points yet

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purchased 17 Oct 2009

Score 10.0/10

Lauchlan, Ayr , “General home user” More like this »

+ Easy to use great keyboard excellent price

- limited battery power

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purchased 16 Oct 2009

Score 8.0/10

Laura, Wallasey, Wirral

+ Small and compact, great design.

- Battery life isnt too good, one minute it will say it has an hour and half left of battery, then suddenly jump to half an hour. Doesnt really affect me though, as i always have charger with me.

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purchased 22 Oct 2009

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Student”

+ Overall great laptop and easy to use especially for students who want something light weight that they can carry to University in their bags!

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 19 Oct 2009

Score 10.0/10

DARRELL, MANCHESTER

+ EXCELLENT BUILD QUALITY - AS USUAL WITH DELL

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 19 Oct 2009

Score 8.0/10

John, Truro

+ Nice size. Quality finish

- Battery life. No other bad faults found.

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purchased 21 Oct 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Often on the move” More like this »

+ Perfect size, price and performance.

- Reviewer left no comment

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1 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 11 Sep 2009

Score 6.0/10

nassima , london e16 , “General home user” More like this »

+ its sleekness and size.

- batry has to be charged all the time.

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purchased 23 Oct 2009

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Product Features

Screen Size in Inches 10.1
Operating System Windows XP Home
RAM in GB 1
Number of Cores Single
Hard Disk Capacity in GB 160
Screen Resolution (pixels) WSVGA
Processor Brand Intel
Processor ATOM
Processor Number N270
Processor Speed in MHz 1600
Integrated Webcam Yes
WiFi Yes
Bluetooth Yes
Fingerprint Access No
Remote Control No
DVD Writer No
Battery Life in Hours 3
Weight (kg) 1.2
Brand of Graphic Chip Intel
Graphic Card or Chip MEDIA ACC. 950
TV Output Yes
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