Impartial Reviews
220 shoppers have reviewed this product.
89% of people would recommend it.
Reevoo's summary of reviews:
Pros: built-in webcam and microphone, fast, nice features, reliable
Cons: battery life, touch pad mouse sticks, lack of instructions
| out of 10 | |
| Size and weight | 8.2 |
|---|---|
| Design | 8.8 |
| Value for money (at time of purchase) | 8.7 |
| Battery life | 7.1 |
| Performance | 8.6 |
| Overall rating | 8.6 |
Lorraine, Telford - Shropshire
The widescreen screen is lovely to work from very clear. I like the fact that it has a built in web cam and mic. Also the built in sd card slot is very handy no messing with digittal camera leads.
The one bad point is that it gets very hot but then most laptop/pcs do so it is not a problem.
13 Jun 2008
Anonymous
design, performance, speed, value for money
battery life
01 Sep 2008
Christopher, East Barnet
Sleak design. Easy to use. Avalible in great colour - i have gone for the blue. Quick to fire-up. Easy-to-use icons. Built in web-cam.
Battery life could be a little longer.
21 Oct 2008
Julie, Hampshire
I rate this laptop as the best thing I have ever bought...easy to use, lovely to look at, crystal clear screen cant keep me off it !
I honest dont have any bad points about it, in fact I recommended this model to my sister and now she is about to buy one too.
17 Oct 2008
Lyndsay, Glasgow
Very good laptop which serves my modest computing needs admirably.
May perhaps struggle a bit for users who would push their machine further than I do, as I do little but view web pages and write word documents. However, I have no complaints.
20 Oct 2008
Maria, London
design, performance, really fast
battery life is really bad
30 Jun 2008
Ange, Wimborne
I love it. It was good value too. I believe the same model costs more now.
Haven't found any yet!
17 Oct 2008
Elaine, Keele, “Mature PGCE student,Staffordshire”
As well as being exactly want you would want in a laptop, it's stylish and contemporary. Everyone comments on it when they see me using it. I love my new laptop!
Only thing against it is its weight. The same as any other laptop I'm sure, but it would have been absolutely perfect if it was a little lighter.
19 Oct 2008
Roberta, London
small...light..fashionable
battery life too short
28 Oct 2008
Elaine, Inverness, “I'm a student”
The love the fact that it comes in a variety of colours. It is a fantastic laptop for students just like myself.
The keys feel like they are not very durable.
08 Oct 2008
Anonymous
Speed excellent, reliable performance
No integral mouse in keyboard
06 Oct 2008
Anonymous
Nice sleek design, lightweight, easy to carry.
The battery life is alright, but you'd expect it to last a little bit longer. It lasts for about an hour and a half.
16 Sep 2008
Chris, Porth, “home user - general”
It seems well built, has plenty of features (many of which I have yet to try) and is very simple to get to grips with.
I'd like an external volume control, as was on my previous Toshiba laptop - its irritating having to adjust the volume on the desktop. Also, even though it has an LED to show whether bluetooth is connected, there doesn't seem to be a bluetooth function on my model.
16 Sep 2008
Anonymous, “IT Support, Manchester”
Dell Dock and Google desktop are great gadgets to have on the desktop, runs pretty fast too.
Battery seems to run down really fast.
15 Sep 2008
Anonymous
The battery only last a few hours have to charge it everyday
07 Nov 2008
Anonymous
Value for Money, Good enough to do the most of daily tasks. Recommend to all average users.
No built-in Bluetooth. A little heavy. Motherboard fun is rather noisey. Not for 3D game.
06 Nov 2008
Kyle, N.i, “Brilliant. Genius”
This product performs excellently. It is a dependable piece of equipment. I have had no problem with it.
21 Aug 2008
Anonymous
nice design
It is bit slow in response, quite heavy
28 Jul 2008
Anonymous
great speed, good performance, good quality of sound and vision if watching films etc. I've had no problems so far and feel it was money well spent
battery only lasts about 1 1/2 - 2 hrs once fully charged, however, if you keep the product connected to the mains there is obviously no problem
15 Aug 2008
Anonymous
Nice looking machine - excellent screen
The speaker is not very good
05 Nov 2008
Anne, Welshpool
goood design and colour
battery soon runs down refuses to switch off when hot touch pad gets hot
14 Sep 2008
Anonymous, “I am student”
Nice design, it works well
very low battery life
12 Sep 2008
Graham, Warminster Wilts, “a doting grandad”
It looks good and operates as well as it looks. I bought it for my granddaughter and she is over the moon. It linked upto the net so simply and woks as well in her house as mine. The webcam is great and so are the graphics. It fits snugly into its carrying case and she is proud of it.
We all want longer battery life.
05 Nov 2008
Alan, Forfar
good build quality, value for money, stylish
quite heavy, battery life not great
13 Sep 2008
Anonymous
Does everything all in one
Very heavy. Short battery life
02 Oct 2008
Anonymous
doesnt always respond hen using the mousepad.
05 Oct 2008
Anonymous
Almost everything
Speakers should be better. DB25 printer port would be useful (my existing printer is NOT USB.
05 Oct 2008
Anonymous, “student”
fast, easy to use, looks good
speakers could be louder
05 Nov 2008
Deborah, Ashton Under Lyne
Simple easy to use
Battery life
04 Nov 2008
Tony, West Sussex
Excellent deign and colour everything you need ffor a home laptop
None
20 Oct 2008
Anonymous
good memory cache and battery life
24 Jul 2008
Fernanda, Aberaeron
web cam
16 Jul 2008
Anonymous
Easy to use, no bad points.
None
22 Jul 2008
Laura, Leicetershire, “Clerk”
Easy to use. Helpful dell wizards.
Battery power dosn't last long. Bit of bind having to use it on the power cable.
16 Jul 2008
Alison, Oxford, “ ideal for my daughter”
It satisfies my needs and is easy to carry around.
15 Jul 2008
Anonymous
Sleek design. Runs absolutely fine so far!
Battery runs out quite quick.
30 Jun 2008
Anonymous
Easy settings to personalise.
None yet experienced (though yet to attempt to get wireless to work instead of broadband)
21 Jul 2008
Kashif, London, “i am a gentleman”
good looking.good company
n/a
28 Jul 2008
Anonymous
All I/O ports well laid out although would have prefered the headphone plug on the side rather than the front but thats purely for connection purposes to my HI FI
28 Jul 2008
Anonymous
So far delighted in all respects with product
I havent found any yet
28 Aug 2008
Shelagh, Nottingham, “Honest reliable mature adult”
Smart design and looks very professional. My grandson is 'over the moon' with it and it is certainly value for money.
None as yet
29 Aug 2008
Helen, Bolton
fast
None
05 Nov 2008
Emma, Leeds
It's a nice machine and it's enjoyable to use but I've had some problems with it that thankfully have sorted themselves now
Teething problems, also the speakers need to be really high for you to hear audio/video at a normal volume
05 Nov 2008
Anonymous
no way to choose windows xp instead of vista!!! no lock on the screen (when it's down)
05 Nov 2008
Anonymous, “Family all use it”
Fast, good quality picture, sound very good and we have been pleased with the overall package.
None
08 Nov 2008
Anonymous
Design. Speed. Price.
Documentation and manuals could be better.
05 Nov 2008
Anonymous
tha layout and appearance
sometimes the speed isnt as sharp as it couls be
09 Nov 2008
Rob, Worcestershire, “Gaming and Computer Geek”
Amazing colour on the screen, very sturdy construction, feels very good to type a long essay on, matte finish looks a lot better than my friends gloss finish laptop.
disc drive is a little fragile, and dont touch the screen it can get marked very easily.
04 Nov 2008
Keith, North Walsham, “Engineer aged 48.”
Good keyboard.
Heavy.
04 Nov 2008
Anonymous
Excellent for people who want good value for money but who also want their computer to look good!
The basic battery life isn't brilliant. Lasts about an hour (maybe a bit more) before you have to plug it in.
03 Nov 2008
Anonymous, “ordinary user”
easy to use
delete key in a different place?
03 Nov 2008
Anonymous
Beautiful design. Easy to use
Keep getting wireless card error coming up.
03 Nov 2008
Anonymous
Having always worked on pc's this laptop is a good first laptop to have. Core 2 duo which is absolutely brilliant if you have got several functions going at the same time.
Its rather heavy and gets really hot so I wouldnt have it directly on your lap. The battery life isnt great so have to keep charging it up or just leave the battery on constantly. The screen is reflective which is annoying so you have to sit away from the light.
03 Nov 2008
Anonymous
A good starter laptop suitable for college or similar type work.
None that I can think of....
03 Nov 2008
Anonymous, “Physics Teacher”
Very good at handling almost every thing that i have thrown at it, in terms of programmes that is! The multicores' and RAM are more than capable of running Vista with maximum apperance options, thus looking very smart.
Fails to cope with recently realeased games on standard settings - dropping certain settings in video options does combat this however.
03 Nov 2008
Anonymous
Perfect laptop for web browsing, word processing, listening to music and organising photos. Performs well for an entry level machine.
Build quality is fine, but overall the laptop feels a bit flimsy especially when typing on the keyboard, but nothing has actually broken on it.
03 Nov 2008
Melvin, Lincoln
Fantastic design and does what we need it for
Sound quality could be better and not over keen on Vista!
03 Nov 2008
Anonymous
Stylish, powerful and easy to use
The internal wireless card keeps stopping so I can't connect wireless.
03 Nov 2008
Phil, Sturminster Newton, “Experienced in IT ”
Clear screen with good battery life. Performance is good.
Not a big fan of Vista but that's not the machine.
03 Nov 2008
Anonymous
It's PINK and my daughter LOVES anything PINK
Needed to download loads of MS updates and even now SIMs game cannot run without frequent need to reboot
03 Nov 2008
Graham, Cambridge
I've had problems with the DVD drive on two occasions
03 Nov 2008
John, York, “not a computer buff”
Ease of use
03 Nov 2008
Stuart, Birmingham Uk
Lolve the choice of colour... felt that no full program was a con....like the style and useability of the item but feel it could be lighter....
03 Nov 2008
Anonymous, “Physical Training Instructor.”
No bad points about this product. Very satisfied.
NIL!
03 Nov 2008
Anonymous
Good specification machine for the price.
Silver keyboard reflection in screen can get a bit annoying
02 Nov 2008
Dean, Bournemouth, “Experienced pc user10yrs+”
performance,design,cool
none
02 Nov 2008
Anonymous, “Student”
After having it for less than a month I have had to send it back to Dell for repair as the screen has gone. Not very impressed!
02 Nov 2008
Lea, Rochester
Being able to select colour
could have better speakers
02 Nov 2008
Anonymous
Colour!! Pink! Love the keyboard Has all that I need on it
Speakers aren't the best
02 Nov 2008
Kirstie, Luton
This is relatively light to carry. The processor speed is good. Laptop available in various colours.
Battery doesn't last very long, the most Ive got out of it is an hour and a half.
02 Nov 2008
Anonymous
compact and portable
battery only lasts 1 and a half to 2 hours and that's on battery saver
02 Nov 2008
Liza, Edinburgh
Eveything!!!
02 Nov 2008
Anonymous
a no nonsence all rounder lap top easy to use and carry around and a good choise of colours
havent got any!
01 Nov 2008
Alison, Essex
lightweight design easy to use
none
01 Nov 2008
Gina, Barnsley, South Yorkshire
Has a lovely shape and design. The fact you can choose a colour to suit you is great. It also has an integrated webcam which is high quality.
01 Nov 2008
Karina, Southampton, “Student Laptop User”
Good looking, lightwieght and easy to use laptop. High quality display. Caters for all basic computing needs at a very good price. The 4 USB slots are very handy as well as the multi-card reader. Keyboard has a nice feel to it - the keys are very responsive and but too light/plasticy.
The audio inputs are located on the front of the laptop - awkward for speakers.
01 Nov 2008
Anonymous
touchpad sticks a lot, had lots of trouble with the wireless settings, touch keys on front are very slow, had to reboot the whole computer a few weeks after i bought it because it went seriously wrong. it seems to be ok now, but i find there are always little things that are annoying with it.
01 Nov 2008
Anonymous
I love everthing about it, it has so many added on extras, ie: web cam etc.
It is just a little bit heavy.
01 Nov 2008
Anonymous
it is very fast in terms of internet,the webcam is very clear and the speakers are good
01 Nov 2008
Rob, Bath, “taxi driver”
covers all my needs and has sufficient "facilities".
Hasn't bluetooth option.
01 Nov 2008
Anonymous
Design and Performance
A little expensive
01 Nov 2008
Anonymous
I think this is a very good lap top, good for students and personal use. I think if you were to use this for business use you would need a bigger memory. But overall a very good buy!
01 Nov 2008
Natalie, Fareham
The battery life is impressive, it's lightweight, attractive, has many impressive features- including a built-in webcam, wifi and microphone.
The mousepad annoys me sometimes because it isn't as receptive as the one on my last lappy. However, I am sure this can be changed and I WILL find out how one of these days.
01 Nov 2008
Donna, Leyland, Lancashire, “Mum of twins”
If I had the money I would get my kids one each as I never get the chance to go on my dell laptop it's great!
11 Nov 2008
Anonymous, “Regular computer user”
Good value for money, decent memory for the price, lots of Usb ports, reliable with a very long battery life. Great performance plus a very stylish design. Good buy.
Quite heavy, battery life meter is unpredictable (sometimes claims the battery has 8 hours left).
13 Nov 2008
Anonymous
The screen and keyboard are very clear
no enough instruction on how to work the computer and all the different applications
08 Oct 2008
Viktoria, Glasgow
Small and smart
The sound is not good enough
30 Sep 2008
Anonymous
having very little itc knowledge I find this laptop easy to navigate.
15 Nov 2008
Andy, Bradford
exellent very fast
15 Nov 2008
Holly, Exeter, “Student, 1st laptop”
Gorgeous design, looks and feels well built, easy to use.
heat sensored media buttons a great idea and look fab, but unreliable and one of mine stopped working totally
15 Nov 2008
Anonymous
The laptop was brought for my 8 year old grandson to help with his homework. He finds it is easy to use.
15 Nov 2008
Anonymous
slick and fast
16 Nov 2008
Anonymous
this my 1st laptop so not got a comparisson but it seems fine.
the battery doesn't seems to last that long. the web cam colour is poor.
16 Nov 2008
Brian, Fareham, “New to laptops”
All things about it are good
Not found any bad points yet
16 Nov 2008
Brian, Stoke On Trent
nice to handle
none
16 Nov 2008
Karen, Crewe
It has everything i wanted and i love the fact that it was red :)
The only thing wrong with this laptop is the battery life.... i am constantly having to charge, most of the time i keep it plugged in....
17 Nov 2008
Dave, Essex, “silver surfer ”
3 GB memory 4 x USB ports
Lid does not clip down
18 Nov 2008
Robert, Mold N.wales
Fast, webcam,HDMI, screen, ease of setup
Battery life poor, BIOS not up to date should be A16 not A13
18 Nov 2008
Allwyn, London
user friendly
volume is real low
20 Jul 2008
Anonymous
Very light and compact with an excellent screen.
None that I have found so far - except maybe that the battery life could be a bit better.
18 Jul 2008
Anonymous
Good clear and bright display. Nice keyboard.
Battery life approximately 1 1/2 hours
17 Jul 2008
Anonymous
It has a brilliant keyboard and all in all is a super laptop
18 Nov 2008
Louise, Glasgow
everything
battery life
19 Nov 2008
Joan, Wimbledon, London, “Just an ordinary person ”
great , sleek, compact, user friendly and good design
heavy
15 Jul 2008
Anonymous
The touch pad mouse jumps and sticks when trying to moveit round the page. I was most dissapointed wi








