Dell Inspiron 1100 (05/22/2003)

Reliable and Long-Lasting Computerby yrag93 - January 12, 2010

Pros: Last a long time, inexpensive, reliable

Cons: very little storage space, cannot burn a disk, slow at times, very little RAM

$1,250 Garbage!!!by RRR15er - June 8, 2009

Pros: Absolutely nothing

Cons: Where do I begin???

great laptop no problems in 5 years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!by bobmakebob - May 14, 2009

Pros: very fast!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cons: kind of heavy

Good Machine, Can take on alot of new software.by Gingaa - October 31, 2008

Pros: Very Handy can use some of the new software and compatable with most recent games and application.

Cons: It runs a bit hot thats all can be corrected tho.

I would not buy thi s Dell Modelby mmatu - August 5, 2008

Pros: Received free when we bought a Saturn UVE

Cons: Limited Applications are ok, tto slow

My Inspiron Brought Me Smoothly Into the Digital Ageby saintjude25 - May 5, 2008

Pros: It's reliable--I've had no problems

Cons: Heavy, and now too slow for my technology needs

power cord breaks every 6 months to a year,by sskbreed - February 11, 2008

Pros: everything but cord

Cons: the power cord

Dell Inspiron overview after more than 3 yearsby AznHouston - July 24, 2007

Pros: Cheap, Light weight, easy to use, smooth and big mouse, don't get crash like other laptop, good support from Dell

Cons: no wireless built in, fan is loud, not many feature like other laptop

It's not a Toshiba, but not bad.by poodle78 - June 16, 2007

Pros: Good processor, easy to expand.

Cons: Tends to get bogged down. Standard HDD small, standard ram small

I love the Inspiron 1100by CinHer - May 25, 2007

Pros: everything

Cons: none for the past 4 years.

Ok for the priceby comptiger5000 - May 18, 2007

Pros: Inexpensive, decent features for the price

Cons: Has some issues, runs hot

Decent for the price but slow and very hotby lrdoftheblings - April 5, 2007

Pros: price, general reliability

Cons: battery life is VERY SHORT (<1 hour for me), fast as a snail without memory upgrades

I've used it for FOUR years! What more can you ask for?by elavndrc - March 12, 2007

Pros: solid keyboard (hasn't broken once), has s-video output, lasts long

Cons: loud fan, small hard drive

needs more memoryby ehotham - January 17, 2007

Pros: cheap computer

Cons: needs more memory

Terrible after 1 yearby jags23 - August 2, 2006

Pros: nothing significant

Cons: over heats after 1 year..battery life reduces to 15 mins .

10 tonne time bombby briera - July 21, 2006

Pros: You can drop it off a high building at watch ot woth pleasure

Cons: The fact that you pay for this excuse for a laptop

Have had it for 3+ yearsby Trunksda88 - July 10, 2006

Pros: Reliable Good Speed

Cons: Overheats (not often) Graphics

Lap Warmerby gorgalor - May 18, 2006

Pros: Keeps your lap warm in the winter.

Cons: Keeps your lap warm in the winter.

Not a bad deal for the moneyby Benny_77 - March 20, 2006

Pros: price, decent battery life

Cons: Celeron is slow, loud fan, dogs down easily

What You Would Expect for the $$$$by wvukidsdoc - January 23, 2006

Pros: great screen, good keyboard, price

Cons: one resoulution, one PC slot, loud, HOT, touchpad

Very good, just not for gamingby tgolightning - January 15, 2006

Pros: Sturdy, comfortable keyboard, cheap, simple to use, solid battery life, long lasting

Cons: only 10/100 mbps ethernet, integrated graphics, low RAM capacity, low Hard Draive capacity, disk drive is terribly loud

This is a very heavy clunky laptop with low qualityby drummerpai - January 8, 2006

Pros: Very Cheap and upgradable, good battery

Cons: Heavy, low quality, no wireless, loud fans and gets very hot

Great for the priceby cinco5 - November 27, 2005

Pros: Great price, durable

Cons: Hot, noisy, only 2 USB ports

Your all whiners, 'tis a great deal.by Syncy - October 26, 2005

Pros: Let's see, COST ME 500 USD for a 2.4 GHZ, 1 GIG ram, 60 HD, DVD-ROM/CD-RW!!!! Whine about the "no wireless" all you want, but do you realise for about 35 USD, you can buy a new wireless card off ebay.

Cons: design = blah, size = blah... that's it, just the physical.

A bit bulky but excellent laptop poor screen size overallby barchr - October 2, 2005

Pros: a buit loud when loading but overall quite good also a very poor battery life on wireless

Cons: why des it say 15" screen when actually its 13.1 across ? very annoying

Good laptopby rdf8585 - September 28, 2005

Pros: Reliable, easy access to memory slots, good keyboard

Cons: Integrated graphics, fan can be loud

Great for the money..by peacekorea - September 23, 2005

Pros: stable, simple and capable

Cons: small hdd capacity, low ram

Inspiron 1100 very slowby VLC227 - September 10, 2005

Pros: Don't really have anything good to say.

Cons: VERY,VERY slow, always has been since purchase. Also overheats and shuts itself off. Internal mouse has been replaced.

not for the noob; get ready to fix everything yourselfby pontif - July 14, 2005

Pros: basic machine seems solid, OS is a hoover(think vacuum cleaner function).

Cons: extremely poor support, no serial port, no floppy(think boot options)

For OVERHEATING comments how to solveby maple3s - June 4, 2005

Pros: Keyboard, touchpad, screen, sturdy, easy to handle, good value

Cons: heavy, hot, the fan not enough

solid with great screen and keyboardby aicral - June 3, 2005

Pros: resolution; unbreakable circa 5/05; relative speed

Cons: hurts thumb joint; classic computer noise though minimal;

Overheats and slowd downby fallen190 - May 29, 2005

Pros: Cheap until you start paying for the repairs you WILL have to make.

Cons: Not long after my warranty ran out, the thing started overheating. The fan is always running on overdrive, making it incredibly loud. The system also started running extremely slow after the heat prob

Great buy at great priceby george.hannah - May 20, 2005

Pros: Long-lasting, allows hardware upgrades,

Cons: fan is loud, only 1 PCMCIA slot

Used As New Rugged Machineby sandar2020 - May 17, 2005

Pros: Sturdy, reliable, great features

Cons: No internal lan

POS Agreedby jtheed - April 20, 2005

Pros: CHEAP for a Reason

Cons: Will not last !!

Reliable second computerby Szakacs - March 30, 2005

Pros: Simple to use machine. Easy to handle. I haven't had any issues with compatibility or parts failing. It's a fast, simple machine.

Cons: No parallel, few other ports. No 3 1/2 floppy (big deal...) Resolution only goes to 1024X768. Poor speakers, no option for microphone... Very little RAM.

Disposable Laptopby - February 21, 2005

Pros: Keyboard is good-sized and touchpad well-positioned.

Cons: Heavy does not mean well-made. If this laptop lasts 18 months you will be lucky. Look forward to major failures (logic boards, hard drives), but good luck getting service from Dell, even under warranty. Don't waste time trying to network this computer. I

POS after 13-monthsby - February 7, 2005

Pros: Cheap

Cons: After 13 months, it started to overheat, the fan stays on CONSTANTLY and then starts to become SLOWWWWW and aggravating. Sometimes it completely shuts down. One should spend more money on something reliable. I WILL NEVER BUY DELL AGAIN, UNLESS I WANT T

Won't buy Inspiron againby - January 21, 2005

Pros: Reliable, good battery life, nice screen

Cons: Fan almost CONSTANTLY on and when on, whole computer slows down or stops. Thus looong wait times to get much done while fan is running. Noisy too.

Good Laptop for the price.by - January 12, 2005

Pros: Long battery life (with extended version), Low Cost,

Cons: Lacks integrated wireless upgrade option, Customer support needs to brush up on their english

Pretty decent for the doughby - January 12, 2005

Pros: good battery, cheap, solidly made

Cons: samsung combo drive is junk, blurry screen, integrated graphics, mouse buttons are cheap feeling, color and design, heavy to lug around, Dell support sucks mostly, 1 year warranty, no wireless, bundled with word perfect!

Great buy, LOUD fanby - January 12, 2005

Pros: very inexpensive, good quality, excellent keyboard

Cons: The fan is really loud. The computer had motherboard AND processor failure that was covered under warranty, and after they were replaced, the fan was quiet. I think it's the motherboard that creates a lot of heat, and it was replaced w/ a cooler one.

Cheap cost = cheap partsby - January 12, 2005

Pros: For basic needs such as word processing, spreadsheets, Internet, etc., it does the job.

Cons: Motherboard blew two months after warranty expired. >$500 repair cost. Apparently the motherboard doesn't contain fuses, hence it will cook at the slightest surge. Local repairman had replaced 5 of these in the past few months. The CD-R is also emb

Dude, You're gettin' a POSby - January 12, 2005

Pros: cheap

Cons: This thing overheats enough to light that Dell kid's bowl. Do NOT buy this laptop... Furthermore, Dell's support, whether in India, the Philippines or Texas, is absolutely awful.

Solid as a brickby - November 25, 2004

Pros: Has lived up to everything I expected. It can't fly the space shuttle but it will will run your applications and web browse very well. Keep it spyware and IE free and you'll enjoy it. Good price, good performance.

Cons: Make sure your desk is made of sturdy oak, this PC is heavy. Come to think of it, get a steel desk because it won't burn your house down - this laptop runs hotter than Guatemalan insanity-pepper chili.

Sweet deaal...by - November 24, 2004

Pros: Great value... got mine for $599 - Celeron 2.4, 258ram, cd burner, XP Home.

Cons: Really needs 512mb ram to fly with XP - memory upgrade was night and day.

Our first laptopby - October 6, 2004

Pros: handy, well thought out design

Cons: the limitations- 512 MAX memory, not easily upgradeable features

Good Cheap Laptopby - September 21, 2004

Pros: Cheap, Works great, no real problems

Cons: If the room temperature is around 78 degrees F then it will start to overheat after awhile. No real problems, the machine just bogs down. I also wish I were able to get a 7200rpm drive with it, the HD is the only thing that slows performance (when it's n

One of the most valuable laptopby - September 18, 2004

Pros: I like my Laptop cause of its reliability and ease of use. For a student that's the best you'll find out there.

Cons: Yeah ! the fan is a bit loud - when two in the morn' you'll hear it. Where is Bluetooth or wireless?? Would be nice if included

I don't advise getting a Dell!by - September 17, 2004

Pros: I liked the computer for the first 11 months.

Cons: About 24 hours after my warranty was up, my computer started overheating and shutting down in the middle of whatever I was doing- less than 30 minutes after turning it on! I finally bought a clip on fan to hook to my desk. It keeps the computer cool but

Good budget laptop - but has some serious heat problems.by - September 12, 2004

Pros: Really good for the value (I got this system with a 2.4 MHz P4 for 300 dollars new - thats an unheard of price) Good support

Cons: Overheats WAY too easy - had to spend an extra 50 bucks on a laptop cooler. Not enough USB ports - said laptop cooler had 3 extra ports thankfully. The Firewire port would have been nice if it was open.

Don't get a Dell dudeby - September 1, 2004

Pros: Well... it's inexpensive

Cons: The Inspiron 1100 has a design flaw that afflicts most Dell laptops. They overheat and spontaneously shutdown. Things seem to work fine for the first few months(make note of that when you read other reviews)and then it hits you. The fan for this POS is al

Still a good valueby - September 1, 2004

Pros: This is an update to my review posted 2-JAN-04. Still very happy with my 1100, haven't yet had any major issues with it and it's still purring along great. 2.4Ghz Celeron with 256 meg ram and 15" screen. Very pleased with screen; only wish I could forc

Cons: Still a bit on the heavy side. Kind of annoying that sometimes after waking it up I have to select Fn-F8 to change to CRT screen and back to get the LCD screen to work. Not a major issue though. Battery life seems to be going downhill a bit. Haven't y

Great desk top replacementby - July 26, 2004

Pros: Bought mine for $700. 2.2, dvd, 15in etc. as a replacement for my old desk top. Has worked great for my simple needs. I also use it a as my dvd player on my TV. Great value for the money.

Cons: I have had no problems after 6 months

failed right after 1 year warrantby - July 12, 2004

Pros: while it worked it was good

Cons: motherboard died right after 1 year wwarranty

pretty good, but basic; small HDby - July 9, 2004

Pros: long battery life. good screen. i got the accident protection - accidently ran over it with my car, and they fixed it (replaced screen).

Cons: laptop screen resolution is only 1024x768. too much worthless software that i had to uninstall. some keys are in inconvenient places. missing basic stuff - ps2 port, external video (they supply s-video output). also, it was a package deal - they would

Good Price point, but that's allby - July 7, 2004

Pros: Low price and adequate features for normal computing

Cons: The motherboard on my 1100 died in six months and had to be replaced. Dell out sources their customer service to India and the Philippines. Communication with ESL was difficult at best. Dell repaired it under warrantee, but then shipped the computer to

¦wietny laptop w swojej cenieby - June 28, 2004

Pros: Super klawiatura, bardzo dobra nagrywarka, ¶wietny modem, wszystko jest naprawdê najlepszej jako¶ci. Bardzo dobra matryca, du¿o wyj¶æ (komu potrzebne Wi-Fi??), bardzo dobra konstrukcja i wykonanie. Aha - karta graficzna naprawdê ¶miga:)

Cons: G³o¶niki nie s± najlepsze - nie polecam u¿ywania tego laptopa stricte do s³uchania muzyki. Ponadto pope³ni³em b³±d kupuj±c model z tylko 128 MB RAM - 256 MB to naprawdê rozs±dne minimum - mój laptop dzia³a trochê zbyt wolno a w Polsce trudno dokupiæ marko

A good notebookby - June 25, 2004

Pros: Reliable service and support; clean, bright display. Although it has no onboard wireless, you can easily buy one for a song.

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good for people like meby - June 24, 2004

Pros: Good for students or other people who want a computer that can hold music and lots of downloads, plus it is cheaper than many others

Cons: Hard sometimes to reach over to put stuff in the back, but it never hurts to rotate to plug things in.

very good laptop for the buckby - June 2, 2004

Pros: fast celeron processor good hard drive space decent amount of ram 8x dvd rom

Cons: too heavy needs 512 ram

Dreadful Dell Customer Serviceby - April 22, 2004

Pros: A grat price on a capable machine that will fill most people's needs.

Cons: This is my last Dell... horrible customer service! Dell is a fine company before and during the sale but are non-existent after the fact. This notebook could use a serial port. Charged $49 for a floppy drive. Battery life stats are true only as long a

My first laptop. Great so far!by - April 15, 2004

Pros: I chose almost all the upgrades possible when I ordered mine: 2.4ghz P4, 512 mb ram, dvd burner, 15" display, etc. Very happy so far with it's performance for a "BUDGET" PC

Cons: A little heavy. I carry it to work everyday as part of my daily workout routine. No internal WiFi

Hmmmm Bogusby - April 14, 2004

Pros: the laptop is sturdy. I dropped it on the floor of my office and it took the blow like a champ. also after you upgrade it it isn't so bad but it is really weak stock. you can get a much better laptop performance wise for the same price as an upgraded 1100

Cons: well to name all of them would take a whole page. i feel silly that i bought it the ram stock sucks. the celeron is a joke. my keyboard broke after three months of use. but all of that is ok the thing that makes me say it sucks is the video card. all i ca

Great product for an inexpensive laptop.by - March 29, 2004

Pros: 15" screen is very nice. After a month I added another 256 MB of Ram. Upgrade was very easy. Added wireless card and docking station. Everything works great.

Cons: It is very heavy but is ok if you have average or above average strength. Could use more ports but an inexpensive USB docking station takes care of that nicely.

Great Laptop for the $price$!by - March 22, 2004

Pros: All in all, a great machine for the price! Many laptops cost much more for the same or less features.

Cons: Loud fan!

Sold It and Bought a 300m Insteadby - March 14, 2004

Pros: Decent value, I guess, for a 700$ laptop. Good keyboard.

Cons: Loose screen, poorly designed, no minipci, no firewire, much too heavy.

!HARD TO BEAT VALUE LAPTOP!by - March 7, 2004

Pros: Good battery life. Great on display. Fast celeron 2.4. Very beautiful case. Excellent value for the base price!

Cons: Even though the system rocks, it is extremly recommended that you upgrade the memory to at least 384mb, get a bigger hardrive because 20gigs just ain't the enough, get the dvd/cd burner upgrade, and above all else, make sure to buy the wireless card so th

laptop does not have minipci... impossible to install integrated wireless.by - February 24, 2004

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Cons: there's an empty space in the spot where minipci is located on the 5100. a dell rep told me that the laptop was in fact minipci ready in an email. When I couldn't find the slot, telephone support insisted that the laptop was minipci compatable for about 3

Reliable, durable, fast, cheapby - February 19, 2004

Pros: I've had my notebook for about half a year now. Battery life is bettery than anything else out there in it's price range, going on 4 hours. I haven't had any problems with any of the components breaking. Durable notebook computer.

Cons: Only cons I can think of: 1) built-in speakers are not that good 2) while the PCMCIA slot functions fine and everything, the push in-tab to pop out the PCMCIA cards have become hard to push to remove the PCMCIA cards. It's easier just to pull the PCMCI

Don't Buy This Laptopby - February 17, 2004

Pros: Keyboard was decent before the keys started falling off. Decent battery life.

Cons: Keys are falling off, the screen wobbles, the PCMCIA slot has broken three times, each requiring the motherboard to be replaced since it's not a seperate part, integrated video is terrible (1024x768 is the only native resolution, and if you make it any lo

You gotta know what to do with it!by - February 16, 2004

Pros: Trashed the WIN-XP Home it came with and put XP-PRO instead. Most of the software it came with, I didn't really care much for. I needed software to do what I needed it to do and it works better than I had hoped for. If you do buy the 1100 and you don't ca

Cons: the Speakers suck, but hey! when on the plane why use them?

GREAT FOR THE MONEY!by - February 15, 2004

Pros: I recently purchased a Dell Inspiron 1100....I have no problems with it...keyboard is fairly easy to touch, relatively fast, and the speakers are awesome...very good bargain for the price..would love to trade my old desk-top version for another Inspiron!

Cons: none that I can see.... true the speakers aren't much on playing alot of music, but why would I want to play alot of music on a laptop?...keypad a little hard to mess with.

An over all good choiceby - February 14, 2004

Pros: It is very cheap and is alos reliable. And I found the colors to be superlative and I cant leave out the speed I really I can get alot done such as multi tasking gaming and so much more the system will allways start but and shut down it has adequate scre

Cons: I was dispointed about the customer service. They did not seem to want to really help me. but the computer is reliable so not a big deal. I was kinda hoping for more USB ports and a floppy drive but I only spent $799 bucks so overall I am happy.

The weight don't worth the price!!!by - February 9, 2004

Pros: Cheap!!!

Cons: This is heavier than my old 133MHz Thinkpad, and about 3 times as heavy as my 900MHz Thinkpad. Don't buy this if you decide to carry it around.

Wait for the sales.by - February 8, 2004

Pros: Great value with the $250 rebate. Liked the build-what-you-want ordering. Good reputation for the light duty I plan to use it for.

Cons: Nothing so far.

Great laptop for the price you payby - February 8, 2004

Pros: Great 15" display DVD & CD ROM switch the color to suit your needs/likes

Cons: Noisey Fan Somewhat heavy

A great product at a great price, but not a $1500 notebook for $700!by - January 29, 2004

Pros: I got a 2.4Ghz celeron w/40 gig HD, 256mb ram and the cdrw/dvd drive for $778. It has worked flawlessly, and the touchpad and keyboard are great--can't understand why some reviewers are complaining about them; and unlike some of the negative reviewers, I

Cons: One thing is for sure: the speakers really do stink! Reports of poor customer service have me a little nervous

AWESOME VALUE FOR FEATURESby - January 29, 2004

Pros: very cheap- $599 after rebate with dvd player and cd burner, good screen, s-video out works great, decent performance, nice design, can add a wireless card, even though i list many cons it was still the best deal i've seen in the past year and overall I a

Cons: headphones hiss-a problem with many of their labtops-don't buy dell if you need good audio quality, screen sways, can only watch a dvd for about 1:45 on the 65Whr battery-battery lasts about 2:30 to 3:00 for regular tasks, heavy but who cares, tech suppor

Great laptop for the price.by - January 26, 2004

Pros: Great running system for the price. You can't expect a $1500-$2000 laptop for the price of this one. My Celeron 2.3 with XP Home and 256MB Ram runs great. Thought I would upgrade memory but really no need yet.

Cons: A little heavy but better that than being flimsy. Get the heavy duty battery (94 WHr)if you want to watch a DVD movie in flight.

Great Value for Great machineby - January 20, 2004

Pros: Bought one of these in August. It's a great machine with a solid feel and the best battery life I've ever seen on a laptop.

Cons: It's rather large and rather heavy for a portable.

Very Bad, be carefulby - January 14, 2004

Pros: Not look at its low price or one-sided ratings, if you have a chance test it first before loosing your money like .. .

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great cheap laptop, almost no consby - January 4, 2004

Pros: great display, no problems w/ keyboard or touch pad, 256 mb ram, CDRW/DVD, great for price, if your'e a student its a great first laptop for the price and quality

Cons: weight, no internal floppy drive though I could have purchased an external one for $60

My new Inspiron 1100by - December 27, 2003

Pros: The upside of the notebook is the price for starters. I got mine for $545.00. I got mine with a 20 gig drive, 14.1 screen, DVD/CDR-W, and 256 Ram. All in all I got a fantastic deal on mine.

Cons: The only downside of this that I see so far, and that is the support. The tracking of the notebook from start to finish is not always known by the humans who answer the phones.

QUIT COMPLANING...YOU BOUGHT ITby - December 18, 2003

Pros: This is a great laptop!! Probably the best buy of all of makers. I don't know about the complainers here, but I usually don't purchase something until I read the specs. You keep complaining that it has no serial port(parallel(ps2 and you willingly bought

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Unreliable, awful repair serviceby - November 7, 2003

Pros: Cheap, has all the things you need for office work.

Cons: Poor quality of components and repair. We bought 2 and a network card died on one in a month. It took over 3 hours on the phone to get a repair authorization. Tech support is offshore and the level of understanding is low, hold times were very long, in t

one line isnt enough for all that compliants i have. ask airborne ...they get all the compliants tooby - October 28, 2003

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Good computer for the price.by - October 20, 2003

Pros: -Good, inexpensive portable computer. -Battery lasts a LOONG time even when playing DVDs. -The screen is clear and sharp, and it preforms most basic tasks without any problem. -Awesome web surfer. Get download speeds nearly 2mb/s faster than my deskt

Cons: -Computer feels a little flimsy. -Despite the 2ghz Celeron, 256mb ram, 5200rpm HDD, and 64mb Intel Extreme Graphics, this laptop gets it's butt kicked by my old clunker desktop in the area of gaming. Don't expect to be able to play GTAIII during history

Very Stisfiedby - October 16, 2003

Pros: I am a student and i use this for my programming project and web development. I have the 2.4 P4 with 512 ram and the 40GB 5400RPM HD. The machine is fast and reliable no faults on teh technical aspect. I bought it in Ireland for double the price but its

Cons: It is a bit heavy, but at 206 pounds i cant say much!!:)

Don't Make My Mistakeby - June 18, 2003

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great value, lacks portsby - June 18, 2003

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Don't buy from Dellby - June 18, 2003

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Needs SXGA+by - June 18, 2003

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Good cheap laptopby - June 18, 2003

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