Dell Inspiron Mini 1010 IM10v-USE032AM 10.1-Inch Red Netbook Order Now

Pros:

- More memory than my previous, larger laptop computer. I work in photography and document design, so I need to have Photoshop and similar software to do my job right. There's enough memory on here for all of your necessary work software, and then some.

- Can't beat the price for the memory and speed that you're getting.

- Very pretty color certainly doesn't hurt. My first choice was Ice Blue, but red is nice as well-at least you can skin it.

- WINDOWS XP! Most computers are shipping with Vista, but not this one; software compatibility is no issue here.

- Integrated webcam at the top of the monitor. Microphone sold separately.

CONS:

- The @#$%ing touchpad! You can't turn it off, and you can't turn off tapping (MAJOR pain) either. You need to learn how to type very carefully on this computer, because the Touchpad will make the act of typing an art of surgical precision, lest you upset the sensitive, cheap Taiwanese device. Check the control panel for the touchpad for a lesson in Engrish. Does anyone proofread anymore?

- No CD drive. I understand this is for cost issues, but if there's no CD drive, why do you pack CDs with the laptop? This doesn't make a lick of sense.

- HORRIBLE with a lot of non-Youtube FLVs. YouTube works fine, but other video sites may look choppy, skip, or may not play at all. Even with Firefox!

- Getting things back to Windows settings is a test of patience. The wireless card defaults to the Dell Wireless Utility. When it comes to stuff like this, I don't change what isn't broken. Getting Windows to handle the wireless card and telling Dell to bugger off is a royal pain and you may have to do it more than once.

- Comes pre-loaded with McAfee and Norton. If you don't ever open it, however, (I sure didn't) then you can easily get rid of those hogs through Add/Remove programs.

- This is NOT a very good gaming computer. You can play your Farmville and your other silly Facebook games on it, but good luck getting the next installment of Dream Day Wedding to work-the monitor flickers and flashes when a game is not compatible; this is NOT a computer for those with epilepsy.

- Two forces are at war to control the graphics-the system and the graphics card itself. Don't bother fumbling around with the resolution in the Windows Display settings. Do it directly through the graphics card-it will look nice and won't stretch out text.

- If you, like many other techies, use your laptop as an alarm clock, I suggest you invest in speakers. The speaker in this computer (which I have yet to locate) isn't very loud, so you won't hear your alarm unless you plug third party speakers into the headphone jack.

- Comes loaded with Viewpoint Media Player-known spyware that plays those noisy, annoying video ads in instant messaging programs. Fortunately, it's easily removed.

Maybe most of my cons are more along the lines of pet peeves instead of actual bad things, but for someone not as nuanced with these computers, they could be horrible pitfalls that lead to unnecessary stress, drama, and threats of a computer replacement.

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