Dell's Inspiron5000 is one of the first Speedstep notebooks we've had the opportunity to test...The Inspiron5000 behaved impeccably, running active applications and even uninterrupted video streams while we constantly connected and disconnected the power supply...Optimised to save power, it's not bad if you're on the move, but this is one area where...
"Do not get me wrong; I like it and think that most of what the laptop has to offer is quite good..."
"fast, great screen, DVD rom, good keyboard,lots of ports battery life, heat, and weight As part of trying to incorporate technology into the classroom, my school offered an in-service in which Dell laptops were given to teachers..."
"It doubles as a portable heater, since the cooling fan is so..."
A modular bay on the front of the Inspiron5000 G700VT's case lets you swap out the DVD-ROM drive for a second battery ($99) or for an Iomega Zip 100 drive...The G700VT lags slightly behind other PIII-700/550 laptops equipped with 128MB of RAM: Its PC WorldBench...Oddly, this top-of-the-line laptop ships standard with the less-capable Microsoft Works 2000 suite...For graphics or spreadsheet...
COMPARED TO DELL'S BEEFY INSPIRON 7500 desktop-replacement laptops, the new Inspiron5000 is a relatively skinny 1.5 inches thick--but there's a meaty 7.5 pounds of hardware and plenty of CPU and graphics muscle within, putting the 5000 into an attractive niche above the entry-level Inspiron 3700...We gained only about 20 minutes of unplugged use with...
"Can't beat the price! The CD tray setup " If you want the BEST performance for it Vista isn't bad but I found that Windows XP runs a whole lot faster on it..."
"It has saved me alot of time in front of my old pc which wasn't really that bad until I found the dual core and this kicks butt..."
"Easy to set up, very good price DVD-CD access door " I have had this computer since 6-5-09 and have not had any problems..."
Technical Overview: Dell™ Inspiron™ 5000 Series. New Features. Back View. Hardware Overview ... Inspiron5000 series existed previously on other Dell portable ...