INSPIRON 500M Review

Since Sean made some cash doing his review, I figured I'd get in on the action. Here's my first attempt at a review.

I'm going to be covering the Dell Inspiron 500M. It has pretty modest specs as far as laptops go... Pentium M 1300mhz, 256MB RAM, Windows XP Home, etc. Pretty standard for lower end laptops. The case is pretty boring aesthically, with the typical gray and blue color scheme. I give it credit for not being really flimsy. It doesn't have the bad creaking-pop sound some laptops have (at least not as noticable as some HP's I've used). The keyboard has a nice feel to it, and the key layout is pretty standard.

Use-wise, you get the kind of performance you'd expect from a Pentium M class machine that is crippled by only having 256MB of memory. It's fine as long as you don't need to do any real multitasking (like sending AND receiving email). I do give a decent rating for battery life. I'm presently on a bench outside my place of employment, and I've been using it for about a...wow this feels a little hot. Hmmm... anyway I seem to get out of it a good 30 minutes longer when compared to a Compaq I used to own. I give credit to this Sony battery that Dell wisely included ... Is someone burning tires out here? OH CRAP, MY CROTCH IS ON FIRE!!!!