Dell Inspiron 6000 for Home

Pros: big crisp screen, clear graphics, high productivity, good preformance great price, wireless enabled, excellent battery life

Cons: um....don't know yet

Summary: It's hot. Tons of my friends have the Inspiron 1150 and one has the applie ibook. It is significantly better than the 1150 and comparable if not better to the much-favored Apple iBook. Great Price, Great look. Playing movies is a dream. Tips and Advice, watch out for the integrated graphics, they can eat up to 128 MB of memory. I upgraded to the Inspiron 6000D which uses seperate memory for the graphics and I also upgraded my screen and am experiencing none of the pixalation or other problems that others have complained about. Too get rid of the dimness when the screen is on battery (default to save power) just press Fn and the up arrow...problem solved.

Oh, and the battery life is superb (I have the 9 cell battery and definitely suggest shelling out the extra cash for this upgrade. I was surfing the web and installing programs and scanning my notebook and the battery lasted about 4 hrs. off AC! That's pretty unheard of.

Also, it is a little big but not that heavy. It's for those who want the power of a desktop computer with the option of moblility (not for those who NEED to be mobile, it would be burdensome)

All in all this is the perfect notebook for a student like me, I love it.

6000 D
1.5 GHz Pentium M Processor
512 MB DDR2
15.4" Ultra Sharp Widescreen
64 MB ATI Mobility Radeon X300
60 GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive
Intel Pro/Internal Wireless 802.1 a/b/g
9-cell lithium ion battery
24 X DVD/CD-RW combo