Pros: powerful, options galore, P4 Mobile processor, excellent screen Cons: Style getting old and bland, Weight, Sound, less powerful than current competition
With this update, the Inspiron 8200 is one of the best selling notebooks currently available. This update involves a second Inspiron 8200 notebook purchased in early October.
For whatever inexplicable reason, my father wanted to upgrade his...
Pros: Great display, comes almost fully loaded Cons: Heavy
This being my first laptop, I have no real comparison I can make as far as laptops themselves go, but I will just talk about it as far as computing power. Note: I got this computer through school as it's part of my program, so I can't give a price on ...
Pros: Intel Pentium 4-M processor, Ultra Sharp UXGA screen, dual optical drive capability and more Cons: Sacrificed battery life, cumbersome and no DVD-R/-RW option yet, no USB 2.0.
As announced recently by Intel, they've just released their Mobile Pentium 4 for those that are really demanding greater power than ever before. But for those who are extra power hungry (not electrically), the Pentium 4-M processor is the right choice...
Pros: Outstanding battery life, Very good display, Highly configurable and expandable. Cons: Horrid speakers, Speedstep issues while on battery.
As a previous owner of a Toshiba P4 notebook (the 5105-S607, which I also covered here at Epinions), you will likely see a fair amount of comparison between this Dell 8200 and my previous machine.
Pros: Fast processor, razor sharp screen, fast video card, CD-RW/DVD combo Cons: Weight, no USB 2.0, cheap latch, plastic palm rests, weak security cable slots, buzzy power-supply
== JANUARY 2004 UPDATE == Since buying this computer in the Fall of 2002, I have used this computer as my main computer for my home business 5 days a week, 8 hours a day -- all without a single incident. I love my Dell computer and when the time comes ...
Pros: Excellent expandability options
Excellent hardware architecture
Very sharp display
True desktop replacement Cons: Lousy sales service
Very heavy and bulky
Lacking subwoofer
Pretty high price tag
After looking through many reviews here prior to and after I purchased my Inspiron 8200 (I8200), I felt compelled to write a review about my take on the highest-end Dell notebook available.
Firstly, it is touted as a desktop replacement. You...
Pros: Processing power, screen resolution/brightness, graphics card, superb keyboard Cons: Customer service, customer service, customer service (oh, and battery life and weight too)
My new laptop came with a P4 2.0 GHz processor, 1 GB of RAM, and a 5400-RPM 40-gig hard drive. The operating system is Windows XP Professional. Needless to say, it was fast out of the box, and it got even faster when I turned off some unnecessary...
Pros: Great performance, Amazing Graphics, True Plug and Play, Great Value for Money Cons: Weight, Mouse Buttons Act Weird Sometimes
After a year of dealing with the headaches of owning a bargain laptop which kept crashing, I decided it was time to sell it and get something that was more up to meeting my needs. I wanted a laptop that was:
Pros: Well priced, fast machine, love the display and keyboard, room to upgrade Cons: No USB 2.0, construction is not very rugged, speaker output is decent but not great
Here is the skinny - If you are in the market to buy a laptop and are looking for a desktop replacement rather than a road warrior, this is the machine to buy.
I have owned an Inspiron 8000 previously which i was extremely happy with. I upgraded to...
Pros: Looks like a nice laptop. Cons: Screen freezes instead of screen saver.
Terrible customer service.
This will be the last PC based computer we will ever buy... because it will last so long ??
No.... because we have had it with computer lock-ups and will move on to Apple.
We had heard so many good things about Dell.
Their...
Pros: Fast, impressive, great screen (Ultra-Sharp), dual mouse pointer/trackpad, great battery life. Cons: HEAVY, plastic construction flexes too much, tech support is terrible!
I purchased this for business and for note taking in class. I'm a student, so I wanted something that was powerful enough to handle all the audio, video, multimedia and software I would use in it. I also wanted something to play DVD's when I'm on the...
Pros: Excellent Graphics, Very Bright Screen, Lots of I/O ports, Dell Service Cons: No Lid Cover for PCMCIA cards, gets pretty hot, fan quite noisy
I am a very choosy buyer and especially when it comes to shelving out more than $1k for anything. So I did a lot of research for about a month and basically it boiled down to Dell I8200($1574 with S/H), Sony FXA-49($1399), Gateway 450 and Compaq...
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