Dell - Inspiron 1300

Dell Inspiron 1300 Review

By: Anonymous November 5, 2007

Review:

Inspiron 1300 is a 15.4" widescreen notebook and they have a good specifications (Intel Pentium M procesor, 512mb RAM, 60GB HDD) and weight is  6.7lbs (with 4-cell battery). This is a budget notebook and as such is constructed in a manner to keep costs down. The Inspiron 1300 is a widescreen notebook that uses a WXGA resolution (1280 x 800). The speakers are located on the right and left front sides, which is good placement since they fire forward to where you are sitting. The keyboard on the 1300 is fine. The keys have a nice click when pressed, but are not loud. The touchpad is as usable as they get, its size is appropriate and there's enough room to move your finger around. When using the 1300 for simple web browsing and typing this review and with screen brightness set to half the battery ran out after 2hours and 20 minutes. The Dell 1300 ends up being a fine notebook for general usage and as an extension of a desktop computer.  Obviously this notebook is not for gaming, but if you're looking for a cheap solution for a portable PC so you can do work or surf the web from the couch, or have a cheap PC in the dorm room then the 1300 is fine.