Dell Inspiron Mini IM10-2866 10.1-Inch Ice Blue Netbook

The Inspiron Mini 10 allows you to stay connected in style! Choose your choice of colors to carry with you. The Inspiron Mini 10 boasts 10″ of stylish viewing with a suprisingly large keyboard and yet is portable enough to take it anywhere! The large 160GB hard drive makes sure you never leave your music or your life at home!

Features

1.33 GHz Intel Atom Z520 Processor
1GB DDR2 RAM
160GB Hard Drive
Windows XP Home, 3 Hour Lithium Ion Battery
10.1-Inch LED Display (1024x576), 1.3mp Web Cam

User Reviews

First off, I paid $225 for mine, refurb from Dell. It has the upgraded graphics and the 1.33GHz CPU, but everything else is the same as listed here.

I love it.

As with any computer, you have to decide what you need it for and bend it to your will. In my case, that was word processing, net access, and watching videos. Of the three, videos require the most from the machine. With the first round of drivers available from Dell, high-quality, hi-def movies were choppy. There were work-arounds, but the latest drivers seem to be much better, playing the movies smoothly.

I have read many complaints about the lack of a memory upgrade (the 1GB of RAM is soldered in) and the quirky touch pad. The memory has never been too little for me, despite my worst expectations. XP and Windows 7 both work fine on the machine in 1GB so don't fret that one. The touch pad turns out to be great. I hated it at first, until I realized it was a double touch pad. It reacts differently to 1 finger than it does to 2. Once you grok that, you'll have far fewer issues with it (although, I still prefer a mouse.)

Battery life it good. I can watch an entire hi-def movie on a charge. It lasts much longer if just typing or browsing. It runs simple games and all office apps I've tried on it. With the upgraded graphics, the images are sharp and very impressive.

If I could change it, I'd up the CPU to the 1.6GHz model (although I can actually overclock this one to 1.6Hz and higher) and I'd have gotten the wireless N. But for the price I paid, I'm very happy with it. -- Does what I need.

Bought the IM 10 with TV tuner. The touchpad makes me want to scream. The only time the mouse will follow my fingers (for 5-10 seconds) is if I spit on them. Dell owes a fix and an explanation to consumers. The TV Tuner does a poor job of picking up video signals. Out of 5, 4 were local religious stations. I was surprized by the weight of the battery. Certainly not a laptop to hold in one hand. Still exploring for the pros and hope I have discovered all the cons. -- Almost OK

I bought this for my youngest daughter who needed a laptop for High School Debate. What a world huh? Laptops have become an indispensable and back saving tool for getting and storing debate evidence and arguments. Her coach is not thrilled about Netbooks, but my oldest son recently bought one (as it is easier for his daily train commute), and had very high praises, so after looking and thinking about it I decided to get the Dell Mini.

What I figured was the big down side was the lack of an optical drive, but I figured well, it has USB ports so I'll just hook up my external DVD writer, and she'll be in business. Unfortunately, Dell in a smart business move but bad consumer relations idea, put no DVD encoder in the unit, and directs you to pay for an encoder. Or, one assumes, if you get the add on DVD unit for the Mini, from Dell (for about $100) one assumes that will take care of that. But here's my deal on that, for the extra money I could have just got her what the coach wanted her to have in the first place.

All in all, it has been working all right for her, and the light weight is a big plus. Several software companies, have accommodating downloads just use the license key on the software disk to activate (for example MS Office 2007), and Kapersky even makes an internet security suite specifically for "Ultra-Portables".

The Netbook has a very good wireless pick-up, it works at any location in the house, which is more than I can say about some of my other devices that were a lot more expensive.

So here's the deal, I'm sold (at least for now) , but not overjoyed (yet).
-- Ultra Portable is handy (with some issues)

These netbooks are great. performance is perfect for everyday computing... web browsing, word processing, simple spreadsheets. i use it every day around the house to look up recipes, check my facebook page, google whatever comes to mind without running upstairs to the big desktop.
The keyboard is a great size. the touchpad takes a bit to get used to, but i have never used one like this before. Afrer a day, its no problem. i would definitely recommend this product. -- Great Netbook!!!

Don't buy a Dell unless you want to talk to an Indian customer service call center where all they are trained to do is say is: "No! No! No!", they are rude and talk over you, and finally disconnect the call. Don't buy Dell! I will never make that mistake again. This company will not survive- sell the stock if you have any! -- horrible cust service don't buy a dell