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Dell Inspiron 1200 Notebook (1.30 GHz Celeron M 350, 256MB, 30GB, DVD/CD-RW, Windows XP, 14.1

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Pros
Bargain-priced
Cons
Sluggish performer

Performance: Poor: 58
Features: Fair: 61
Design: Good: 71

Find out how these scores, and their relative weights, combine to produce the PC World Rating.

Performance
ACD Systems ACDSee	1147
Adobe Photoshop	497
Adobe Premiere	939
Ahead Nero	2140
Battery Life (Office Applications)	2:24
Discreet 3ds Max DirectX	677
Discreet 3ds Max OpenGL	748
Microsoft Office XP	686
Mozilla	654
Musicmatch Jukebox	818
Number of Included Batteries	1
Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 1024 by 768, 16-Bit	32.3
Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit	29.9
Roxio VideoWave	608
Unreal Tournament, 1024 by 768, 16-Bit	53.26
Unreal Tournament, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit	38.44
Windows Media Encoder	662
WinZip	716
World Bench 5 Score	57
World Bench 5 Word Score	Poor

WorldBench Tests
Multitasking	1152

What You Should Know about the Inspiron 1200 Notebook (1.30 GHz Celeron M 350, 256MB, 30GB, DVD/CD-RW, Windows XP, 14.1

Not Much RAM for Multitasking

The more RAM your laptop has, the faster programs will run and the greater number of windows you can work in at one time. If your needs are simple and you rarely do more than two things at once on your PC, the relatively modest amount of memory that comes installed in inexpensive laptops will be enough. Today the standard amount of RAM shipped in most PCs is 2GB. If you like to multitask--say, you want to launch a search for a file and start backing up data to a disc while you watch a news video--you need more memory.

Reviewed by: keegan

Duration of ownership: 2 Years

Strengths: Good, solid, cheap computer for simple tasks such as surfing the net and composing office documents.

Weaknesses: Multimedia applications run slower than usual and the computer cannot handle some high performance design apps. Could use a little more RAM. No wi-fi.

Overall Evaluation: I admit. I have been using this computer for two years and I cannot bear to part with it. I use it for everything. It is a little slower than I like, but the RAM is expandable. I have been saving money for a new Vista notebook but I definitely won't sell this one. Overall, it is a great budget PC that could perform better but gets the job done.
Reviewed by: jjacon66119955

Duration of ownership:

Strengths: Fast, great performance, love the lcd screen, great battery life, cheap

Weaknesses: No intergrated wireless

Overall Evaluation: I bought this notebook for school, and it has everything i can ask for. This is a wonderful notebook for only 650 dollars. I am so glad i didn't waste my money on a dell latitude. I would highly reccomend this laptop for anyone who needs a PC replacement or for anyone who needs a laptop for school.