Entered CNET Catalog: 05/27/2004
SKU: 1000C3
Manufacturer: Dell, Inc.
Manufacturer description
Dell Inspiron 1000 notebook is designed for home and small business usage and for medium sized businesses focused on acquisition price. Dell Inspiron 1000 offers excellent value for money and allows the small business to get all the benefits of a mobile solution at even lower prices. Budget conscious users can now benefit from the advantage of a notebook system and be productive on the run.User opinions
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User Rating: 
10/10
Great deal for the money!!
Pros: Great screen
stylish
Cons: poor battery life
works great
User Rating: 
2/10
The worst dollar value on the market
Pros: It would make a good anchor for a model boat.
Cons: Poor mem configuratio. CPU runs at 100% most of the time.
User Rating: 
1/10
Serious Motherboard Problems
Pros: Absolutely Nothing!
Cons: To Many To List...
User Rating: 2/10
quite possibly the crappiest laptop ever made
Pros: it's dirt cheap
Cons: the cooling system doesn't work and the computer overheats too quickly, slow, and useless software
User Rating: 1/10
not a good comp
Pros: not many at all
Cons: overheats, sux, shuts down
User Rating: 
4/10
Please do not buy this
Pros: Easy to type on, big screen
Cons: Extremely slow, bad with internet, hardly lasts on battery
User Rating: 
6/10
Keep it cool and it will last!
Pros: nice design , feels good
Cons: lack of connectivity
User Rating: 1/10
Very disappointing
Pros: cheaply made
Cons: It died and I can't revive it!
User Rating: 4/10
mediocre at best
Pros: has taken a decent amount of abuse and still delivers (the same lame performance as ever)
Cons: slow, tempramental, incredibly pathetic battery life (1.25 hrs at best)
User Rating: 1/10
breaks constantly! worthless piece of junk
Pros: it's so basic, it's relatively easy to fix [i've learned a lot]
Cons: slow, ugly, bad screen, overheats, crappy wi-fi card, cd drive broke, hard drive has needed to be replaced 2 times in less than 2 years... basically everything is a con
User Rating: 1/10
Worst computer ever
Pros: Good screen
Cons: poor battery life, battery runs hot, wireless does not work well, programs won't run right on it, small amount of memory
I just recently re-installed windows.... and it still takes at least 2 or more mins. to load! Now something with the charger doesn't work right and the battery doesn't charge right. It just keeps on going downhill.........
User Rating: 
9/10
Good laptop
Pros: great speed for the money
Cons: external wireless lan which can be a pro.
User Rating: 
7/10
Good Dell for what I paid
Pros: Price, Battery life, durability
Cons: low celeron chip, Graphics, DVD performance.
I complained about the original battery that only lasted 1 hour and Dell replaced it w/ a l-ion one. I still use mine almost everyday-mostly for surfing the web, and word-but thats all I needed it for. The 1000 has been a rugged useful tool for me.
User Rating: 2/10
The computer that turned me off of Dell forever
Pros: pretty cheap
Cons: crashes, viruses, dell jukebox, slow, celeron processor
User Rating: 1/10
Appalling quality, Even worse support.
Pros: There are none
Cons: Poor Quality. Poor Service
User Rating: 1/10
buy noblis this is losey laptop cheap cheap cheap
Pros: there are none if you get 1 year out of you are doing good
Cons: brake dows after brake down can not relie on this to work
User Rating: 1/10
Sub Standard Hardware and Poor Customer Support
Pros: low price but that's about it
Cons: poor quality hardware, poor support
To add insult to injury they shipped the laptop back to me with the screen only partially reassembled and one of the screws cross threaded.
This is the worst form of customer support I have ever seen. I am so sorry that I ever bought a Dell laptop. I am even more sorry that I ever recommended their hardware to my customers and friends. No more Dell for me!
Be warned! If you buy a Dell expect poor customer service!
User Rating: 7/10
Good value, a reliable laptop but tempremental at times
Pros: Low price , good value for money, good build quality , all the essentials included, reliable
Cons: Poor battery life, not enough RAM , 256 RAM not upgradeable ,
User Rating: 2/10
Save your money
Pros: cheap, has some useful software
Cons: really hot, hard drive went out after only 6 months of use, display gets dirty quickly
User Rating: 2/10
High frustration level
Pros: inexpensive
Cons: extremely sloooow...
User Rating: 
8/10
You get what you pay for
Pros: Good keyboard, good memory, very good for a student
Cons: Battery life average, spare battery need, slow on start up and shut down.
Like I said, you get what you pay for and this is very good value I think.
User Rating: 1/10
Do not buy
Pros: Price
Cons: Dell support is terrible Dell customer service is terrible Battery life is aweful Gets extremely hot After 2 months, motherboard fryed on me
User Rating: 
5/10
this is a family machine
Pros: For a family machine this is ok. I am not designing rockets or sending robots into space. I do have a five year old and the little guy thinks he's MSCE certified. So, if it gets fixed by him, well that's the deal. Meanwhile there are locks and passwo
Cons: I am not impressed by Dell customer support. A simple request for a recommended technician to assist with removing a screw on the memory slot (put in by a pneumatic high power shop tool) was transferred to sales who wanted me to sign up for $$$ repair pro
User Rating: 7/10
average, but barely
Pros: Low cost $700 after rebate as of 1/23/05. Got the bare minimum configuration (not many options provided), with a 1-yr warranty for $9 more. Performance is decent, but I was expecting better.
Cons: Must upgrade to max 512mb RAM, or else it really suffers, so I bought Dell 256mb for $47 and installed myself - easy. The screen has some issues, and the hard-drive makes an occasional "click" noise. The touchpad buttons feel a bit different than usual.
User Rating: 7/10
Now THIS I can afford!
Pros: WAY inexpensive ($600.29 delivered), Touch pad, Beautiful screen, Lots of USB ports, Elegant black case. Runs my current software really fast.
Cons: No volume control on the case. Tiny little power plug-in is hard to find without looking. No WiFi. Takes forever to boot with the bundled McAfee installed.
User Rating: 9/10
Get a laptop for a desktop price
Pros: I bought 2 of these for my teenagers. They wanted laptops and so in Aug 04 paid 799 and in Dec 04 paid 599! Somehow they only billed 563! I have a Dell 5100 and you can see this is more of a "no frills" model but for the price you can't beat it. So f
Cons: They do run a little hot but on the other hand so does my 5100. Get one of those laptop trays that have a little exhaust fan built in for $20 and it won't be a problem. The battery as others have indicated here is not the longest lasting but what do you
User Rating: 6/10
GREAT PRICE
Pros: I got this for under $600.00, 2.2 GHz, DVD/CDBurner,wireless link, nice big bright display. Free color printer. Works fine, fast, great for games or ordinary usage i.e. word/excel etc. . .plenty of pictures, music. I use it with Cakewalks ProTracks to re
Cons: Poor battery life...heavy with or without a carrying case...high pitched noise when using battery only...speakers suck...Dell customer services (outsourced) is the "worst" customer services in the entire world.
User Rating: 5/10
The keyboard is really bad
Pros: Cheap
Cons: Poor battery hours, Uncomfortable keyboard, bad written software for the wireless network card.
User Rating: 4/10
Don't let the low price fool you
Pros: The price: at $599, it's definitely inexpensive.
Cons: 1) Flimsy, plasticy case - Light pressure on the top of the laptop case casues it to actually dent inward. 2) Hard drive sounds - You hear ever sound the hard drive makes, and it also makes this really high pitched sound that I had never heard before! 3)
User Rating: 8/10
A Great Student Laptop
Pros: I got a refurbished laptop and it works very well with 512mb ram. Works great with Word and Internet. I use my cell phone as a portable modem, so I don't use the external wireless card at all. And customer service is Great, they replaced my scratched LC
Cons: 2 hour batt life sucks. Doesn't have built-in wireless card and cannot be upgraded to DVD-burner.
User Rating: 
3/10
To Dell With This!
Pros: Good screen.
Cons: Well, first of all, as we all know, Dell support is terrible. The first one I had made a high pitched noise whenever it was running on battery. Then the replacement had the exact same problem. I am now looking for another notebook and am most likely NOT b
User Rating: 6/10
At that price, cannot be bettered
Pros: As a student- PRICE, paid only about £570. You may be worried about speed/power but for most applications the 1000 is competent. (And in terms of development I'm able to run SQL server and VS.net without problems). My desktop is also Dell and the support
Cons: The battery. I bought mine with the standard battery and it states 2.5 hrs for most applications; the most I?ve got is about an hour and forty five. Perhaps the actual lifetime of the 1000 will be short, due to the limited features (e.g. single card slot)
User Rating: 6/10
good basic machine
Pros: all i do is email, surf, and read shop manuals from work on dvd. does all well.
Cons: battery life is short. heavy. but for the price-all is well.
User Rating: 5/10
Good Laptop for the Price!!!
Pros: 3 USB Ports, 14.1 or 15.1 Screen, DVD/CDRW, 30 or 40GB Hard Drive, Wireless PC Card. Overally, good laptop for the price and with the free printer & wireless card its a good deal.
Cons: Standard Battery, Lacks PS2/Serial/Firewire Ports, Share Video, 7.2Lbs, 2.2Ghz Celeron slower than the mobile Celeron's in Toshiba, HP and Compaq. Mobile Celeron has better battery life.
User Rating: 1/10
JUNK! Avoid Dell!
Pros: Nice screen
Cons: Dell has succumbed to the fast buck syndrome like so many companies. This piece of manure is but another example. It is underpowered, power supply overheats, processor overheats due to crappy ventilation, sllloooooowwwwww start due to WindowsXP cludgewa
User Rating: 5/10
Best thing you'll get for $700
Pros: This is an all-around OK laptop. Good enough for running all your programs and watching DVD's with no problem. Heavy, but carriable. Smooth, though not impresive, design. And, after all, it IS a Dell.
Cons: It gets hot, but put your backpack underneath it and you should be OK. Service could be better, but still functional.
User Rating: 4/10
Think before you buy
Pros: Has the essentials. Nicre screen size, simple design. It had all I need it an nothing else. Not an overkill system, right for the price. Very compact.
Cons: Within my 90 day waranty, I have send back the system 2 times for replacement. Screen went bad and then the keyboard went bad. Not reliable. I am in the process of buying a different laptop, probably not DELL. I used DELL for about 8 years now, and their
User Rating: 8/10
Good Family Computer
Pros: We wanted a laptop for the family to use, and we got the Inspiron 1000 for $800. It is perfect for e-mail, internet, and word processing. A quiet fan compared to my Inspiron 1100.
Cons: Can't play games, only got 256 mb of RAM so Fast User Switching doesnt work very well.
User Rating: 8/10
GOOD BUY
Pros: VALUE FOR MAONEY DEAL FOR 1000 BUCKS YOU CANNOT GET A LAPTOP WITH SUCH A BEAUTIFUL DISPLAY AND A WONDERFUL BURNER !!!
Cons: KIND OG SLOW BECAUSE HAS CELERON NOT A P4
User Rating: 6/10
Not as bad as they say it is
Pros: The price was the number one factor in purchasing this computer. We already own a fairly good desktop, so we just wanted something we could hook up to our wireless network. For just surfing the Internet, checking e-mail, and downloading pictures; it's b
Cons: The battery life is horrible, we may have to get another battery. It is a pain to always have to drag the cord along to the different rooms of the house. The touchpad is not as responsive as on our old Gateway laptop, and the touchpad shortcuts don't al
User Rating: 8/10
A Great, Low-Cost, Reliable Notebook
Pros: (1) Built-in combo DVD/CD-RW drive, (2) bright, beautiful 1024x768 LCD screen, (3) Nice-feeling keyboard, (4) three built-in USB ports, (5) built-in ethernet network port, (6) built-in modem port, (7) attractive cabinet design, and (8) an unbeatable price
Cons: (1) Short 1.25 hour battery life with the 48 watts/hour battery, (2) one PCMCIA slot rather than two, (3) no IEEE 1394/Firewire plug
User Rating: 9/10
Good enough for a laptop
Pros: I found this product to be esception for it's values and available upgrades. I payed 1069.00 for it with a RAM and hard drive upgrade and then recieved 10 percent off through DELL. It has behaved wonderfully. Works great esp. with high speed internet.
Cons: Somewhat on the heavy side, but it's no problem with a bag. May not be good for gamers.
User Rating: 2/10
Dell-sposable
Pros: Cheap. Fast enough for common apps. Minimalist.
Cons: Cheap parts. My keyboard was defective, and so was the keyboard on 3 other Inspirons our department bought! Defect was linked to the motherboard so it cost a lot to replace, esp after warranty! Heck, my boss' keyboard spewed K's whenever she typed L's. Th
User Rating: 7/10
Good, inexpensive laptop!
Pros: Cheap! After the $150 rebate, I paid $900 out the door for the laptop with the wireless card, optional floppy and carrying case. Runs most software very well, even Unreal Tournament 2004. Not a super game machine, but very capable. Screen is bright and r
Cons: Wireless card has poor range, battery life is short compared to older Inspiron models, no built-in floppy or serial port. Bundled software is mostly crippled or "lite" versions with limited features or an expiration date.
User Rating: 6/10
Got more than my money's worth!
Pros: Price listed at $674, but got it for $524 because of typo!! Couldn't beat the price for what you got -- CD-RW/DVD, built in network, wireless and modem, 40 gig hard drive, etc. Runs fast, holds everything I need it to! Runs hot, but get a "cooler" for it
Cons: Gets way too hot, fast! Heavier than I thought it would be. Battery that comes with it only holds 1.5 hr. charge ($75 for "refurbished" battery from Dell). Dell's phone support bites!!!!
User Rating: 7/10
very good in the desert..perfect for deploying millitary in IRAQ
Pros: CHEAP plenty of speed for what you will have time to do in iraq and if it gets busted your not out to much
Cons: GETS REALLY HOT but that may be because of the 120 degree desert not to good for gaming nerds
User Rating: 5/10
Good Student Laptop
Pros: First of all the #1 Pro is clearly the low price tag. I got my entire package out the door at 1,054.00 and thats with the three year complete care warranty. The laptop is speedy enough for a student on the move, burns cds and plays dvds quickly and effici
Cons: Nothing in life is perfect. I take it around everwhere so my next laptop is going to be lighter. (6 lbs + chords + books= more than I want to carry around each day). The celeron is clearly slower than other p4's but for the price savings it was worth the
