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PC World description:
Dell Inspiron 2650
WHAT S HOT: A combination DVD-ROM/CD-RW drive is the highlight in the Inspiron 2650, a mainstream notebook for consumers and small businesses.
WHAT S NOT: Our review model s 256MB of RAM was installed in the form of two DIMMs, which left no memory slots open; to add more memory, you d have to replace one of the DIMMS. It costs $100 more to order this notebook with a single 256MB DIMM that leaves a slot open. The battery life of 2 hours, 18 minutes in our tests was strictly average.
WHAT ELSE: Aside from its combo drive, the 2650 is a plain, simply designed, all-in-one notebook with a monochromatic case. You get some connections, including a parallel port, a VGA port, and headphone and microphone jacks. But don t look for FireWire, built-in wireless, or even the now-common TV-out port. There s no serial port, either, and you get just one PC Card slot, which will stymie some peripherals junkies.
The speakers don t sound bad, but there are no external audio controls, and the headphones jack is located on the far left side, an inconvenient spot. Graceful touches include a raised frame around the combo drive s eject button, which makes the button easier to find, and a gauge on the battery pack for checking remaining power without turning on the notebook. Need to share? It s easy to pull the 2650 s hard drive out of the front of the case for swapping, once you ve removed a small screw on the bottom.
Equipped with a 1.6-GHz Pentium 4-M chip, the 2650 turned in a decent PC WorldBench score of 98. That s slower than some notebooks with the older 1.2-GHz Pentium PIII-M processor, but about average for the mobile version of Intel s Pentium 4. Dell provides around-the-clock telephone support for the 2650, but calls aren t toll-free and you get little print documentation.
Though fairly priced for a notebook with a 14.1-inch screen and a 1.6-GHz Pentium 4-M processor, the $1947 Inspiron 2650 lacks the extras most consumers have come to expect. Dell fans might bite, but others should keep looking.
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