Dell Inspiron Mini 9 > Reviews (9)

I got this product for Christmas last year and I have loved it ever since. This is an easy to use, practical, and portable device. Also it is very stylish with when you buy it being able to choose the colour you want from; Blue, Pink, Red, Green, White and black, making your device both stylish and useful.

Also, netbooks are designed for being portable, easy to use and surfing the web, and I speak for everyone when I say I know when I say it does all that perfectly. Now, the device itself is attractive, but does it work? The answer, that's up to you.

The internet use has no flaws on this device, you have fast access to all the popular websites; Facebook, Twitter, Bebo etc. You can also rely on this to do your online shopping, your private browsing, even you're online banking.

Also, my miraculously technical brother informs me that "the netbook has an Intel Atom processor at 1.6GHz, 1GB of RAM (but can be increased to 2GB) and an Intel GMA 950. While this is great for surfing the web and doing other tasks of the sort, it's a bad idea to buy this netbook if you're planning on using it for gaming or any graphical application". I know this to be true, but my brother knows more than me (yes, he is a geek).

The screen quality is mainly good but could use a bigger resolution, it is a good screen, but if I could change one thing, it would be for it to have a larger resolution. The text is easily readable, and videos are crystal clear, it is also good at displaying colours and colour contrasts are easy to see. I also believe that you can install a colour-blind setting if you have that disability.

The webcam is 1.3 Megapixels, this is a good camera for using to talk to friends online (for instance on Windows Live Messenger), it is also good for video blogging on YouTube, if you're into that kind of thing. The built in microphone quality is almost crystal clear, but if you turn it up too loudly, it occasionally sounds slightly distorted. Disappointingly, I had to buy a separate headset because of this.

The speakers are practically flawed, they often sound distorted and music can sound slightly fuzzy, which is not ideal if you like to listen to music. However, when you're watching videos, the sound quality is fine.

The built in track-pad is responsive, but occasionally it jerks about and is irritating, it is comfortable, smooth and silky to the touch. I don't think I'd need a separate mouse unless I was playing video games, which, considering the netbook, is a rarity. The keyboard has no gaps between the keys unless pressed, meaning that you can't really eat at the netbook, seldom they could get stuck between keys. This also means that occasionally your finger slips, causing you to type two letters instead of one. This is not too much of a problem though, as the backspace is clear and defined.

The battery life is good, but overtime, it looses it's ability to withold charge as well. It is a problem if you're planning on going large amounts of times with it unplugged, but for home use, where there is always access to a plug, it isn't too much of a problem.

The battery life can be altered when you buy it from the Dell website, by buying additional batteries, but I didn't feel I needed this because three hours is normally the longest I need to use it for. It performs faster when plugged in, but it's still pretty snappy when it's not.

In conclusion, I believe this is a great product, with a slight need of more GB to start with but you can buy the extended memory. I would strongly recommend this to anyone I know in need of a netbook. Thank you for reading my review.

*Please note this is taken from my accont on dooyoo.co.uk*