
Rating 3.9 out of 5 stars with 835 reviews
3.9- Portable (108)
- Price (107)
- Size (55)
- Light weight (15)
- Storage (84)
- Slow (76)
- Memory (44)
- Performance (10)
- Build quality (5)
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- Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Light and small notebook
Light to carry, practical, no faults, the problem is that Microsoft updates reduce the storage space, you will be forced to buy external drive.
Posted by Chicagoan
- Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great Laptop
Wow I am really happy with this laptop. I would recommend this to friends and family. Great for children,teens ,adults so. Whether u r a beginner or a pro very simple to use. Like to bring my laptop to the coffe shop to do homework and research. Yes I would recommend to everyone
Posted by Iwearglasses
- Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great laptop for school
This laptop does everything I need for school and It’s small and portable. The storage isn’t that great but you can buy a micro sd card and pop it in and your good to go
Posted by Doomy
- Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Ok for small tasks
Ok for on the go internet, document writing or email. That’s about it. You will run out of hard drive me worry fast with this unit. Be careful. The screen attachment is not great. A small bump you the top of the screen and it broke the right side hinge completely in two. Now the screen hangs on by only one hinge. Dell needs to heel up the screen attachment
Posted by CraigS
- Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Perfect laptop for traveling and general use!
Okay, so let me begin by saying i've had this laptop for exactly one month as of today. (I received it on the 16th of June.) I was really on the fence about buying this laptop because at the time I saw a whole bunch of negative reviews regarding it. But I went with my gut instinct and purchased it regardless. Anyways, one month in I can say I couldn't be happier with the purchase and I am super happy that I didn't let the negative reviews hold me back from acquiring this little guy! Okay look, i'll label some pros and cons. PROS: Compact Size - Its small size makes it perfect for travelling! Whether going from one state to the other or from one street to the other, its size never disappoints! You can store this little guy literally anywhere! Which is a major perk for me! Surprisingly Durable - When traveling a lot, there'll be times when your luggage gets tossed around. This thing has fallen once or twice and has definitely been handled roughly by bagging personnel, but despite this, not a SINGLE crack! On anywhere! Not even the screen and I don't even have a screen protector! The thing has survived the test of time! It still looks just as fabulous as it was when I first purchased it! Which is a SUPER plus ESPECIALLY if you travel a lot like me! It's actually fast for its price - Despite a sometimes slow startup, and slow running speeds for like the first 5 minutes or so after the little guy is booted up for the first time, thereafter the thing runs like a breeze! Originally when I purchased this laptop, I was going to use it for travelling. But since i've started using it more, due to the speed, it has now become my general use laptop for all purposes! Whether traveling or not! You'll see no complains from me on this little guy's speed! I love it! This is definitely my new laptop of choice! Plenty of room for its compact size - This thing is loaded by default with 27.5 GB internal memory. Compared to other similar sized computers i've had in the past, this thing vastly outnumbers them in terms of sheer memory! And unlike most other computers that get super slow when you run low on memory, that is NOT a problem with this computer! I have less than 2 GB of memory left on this computer from my last travelling adventure, but still this thing runs like a champ! Quality and speed has NOT been diminished even a little bit! It literally still runs just as fast as it was when I first purchased it! Which is a god send for me honestly since I often times keep my computers filled with work-related files! Battery Life - Though battery life varies depending on which mode you have this computer on, on average, even in hardcore performance mode, I can get at least 2 - 3 hours of this bad boy before needing a recharge. In battery saver mode, easily 4 - 5 hours. I prefer battery saver mode because with this guy, it is still just as fast regardless in either mode. And of course, I don't go blind in battery saver mode. Which is a nice touch. Recharge time - Even if you waste all 5 hours of battery life on power saving mode and your laptop dies, this thing gets back up to 100% charge regardless within two hours. (For me at least.) Long battery life and fast recharge times makes me a happy boy! No overheating - This laptop does a frighteningly well job at keeping itself cool! Despite how long you may have it going for! As well as despite which setting you may have it on when running! Whether power saving mode or all-out performance mode! Either or, and this thing will AT MAX only grow a LITTLE warm below! Don't ask me how it does it for I do not know! The only way i've figured out to get it a bit more heated was by literally burying it under layers of covers! Yet even then, it still didn't get that heated at all! Not bad! But unfortunately, this thing does also have one some cons, as no computer is perfect. So let's move onto that list, shall we? CONS: Screen size - This one should have been obvious. It is a tiny computer, thus for the most part it will be hard to see the screen unless you're squinting your eyes from afar or are within a comfortable length from it. For me, the ideal length where it doesn't hurt my eyes as much is on my lap. It sits relatively comfortably on my lap and I can still see the screen relatively clearly. Slightly uncomfortable to use - Given how it is so small, it does get uncomfortable at times. Even if you are sitting upright and using it on a desk. So as you might expect, an average adult with big hands will find this a bit uncomfortable no matter how they try to use it or where. However, on the bright side, this issue can be fixed relatively quickly. All it requires you to do is to adjust yourself slightly in your preferred positioning. Incapable of loading performance-draining programs/websites - This thing is no beast. If you plan on using this thing for say gaming, editing software, or emulation purposes, I recommend you go for a different computer altogether. I once tried playing a flash game on this computer and it couldn't even load that without lag. ...Yeah. This computer definitely seems to be made only for office-related programs. Sorry. But hey, on the bright side, at least this thing can still handle videos at 480p. (Not 720 and above.) So if you watch a lot of videos, at least this thing is still useful for that. Constant Windows Updates - A very prominent issue. Windows will keep trying to force its updates on this computer. But since each update is generally too large for the computer's memory, it just puts you in a never ending loop where it tries to force you to restart your computer for an update, is unable to install the update, then fails. Meaning that every time you try to restart/turn off the computer thereafter, it will try the update once more annoyingly enough. Thankfully, there is a fix. Believe it or not, you can actually shut down the computer's Windows Update command altogether. Meaning you won't get bothered by Windows Updates ever again. I am pretty sure I can't link it on here, but I recommend to anyone who plans on purchasing this computer in the future to look up guides on how to shut off Microsoft Update for good first thing once you have the computer in your possession. Trust me, it will save you much frustration later on down the line! Good luck! That concludes my review. Overall, despite its few faults, I still vote this computer 10/10! I would never replace this laptop for any other! I hope my review helps! Thank you for your time!
Posted by Miguel