I am pleased with this device and use it for a few activities while on the road traveling: email, word processing and web surfing (videos). This is great for students and the form factor is small so it is perfect for travel. However, there is some work to get it going out of the box and if you are a technical person, you can make this system run well. As a technical person myself, I will break up my review into 2 parts - a non-technical section and a technical section.
Non-Technical:
Out of the box, everything is loaded but the upgrade process (windows and system updates) will require an external drive or a micro SD card (I used a 256 GB micro SD card inserted into the slot on the side). Go through the update process, activate your 1 year of Microsoft Office 365 and enjoy. I would recommend going to a technical shop and upgrading the memory to 8 GB especially if you want to watch videos and allow the system to move a little faster. Also be careful of the limited hard drive space because that will slow things down and make use of the SD card when you save or download things. This process can take about 4-6 hours because of the limited hard drive space and depending on your internet connection.
Technical:
PLEASE DON'T TRY THE FOLLOWING WITHOUT TECHNICAL EXPERTISE! Before starting this:
- Make sure you activate your 1 year of Office 365 as mentioned above.
- Go to the Dell support site and enter the service tag to download all the drivers and key Dell software for this device (I placed them on my Micro SD card).
As many of you know the amount of "bloatware" is huge. I did a clean "custom" install of Windows 10 Pro 64-bit completely erasing all the partitions (the system out of the box has Windows Home and a couple of recovery partitions with Dell drivers and utilities). I created a local administrator account (since none of the drivers were installed). I proceeded through the update process to patch and update the OS (I hardwired with a USB ethernet connector to my network connection). After several reboots, the update process completed and the base OS was ready. I then went through and installed the Dell drivers for Audio, Wifi, Graphics, Chipset, Micro SD (the default was loaded with windows install) as well as the Dell Support Assistant and a few others. After several reboots, the system was ready. At this point, I have about 13GB of free space on the hard drive. I then installed Office and several utilities that I use. I made the changes in the Settings to manage storage and save everything to the micro SD card. I still recommend upgrading the memory to 8 GB. By the time I was done, I had about 11 GB free on the hard drive. This process is also about 3-4 hours to get everything ready to go and current. Please note that the hard drive is 32GB eMMC flash and is not upgradeable to an SSD (The eMMC is soldered onto the Motherboard). NOTE: you are removing all the recovery partitions and utilities but if you are technical, you know how to recover.
Overall: I am really enjoying this little laptop and it's perfect for on the road. I would have loved the capability of the touch screen but the extra cost for the touch model was not worth it for me. I use an external mouse and can do what I need. I also bought a Chromebook and I sent that back in favor of this system. I hope this was helpful. Enjoy the 2018 Dell Inspiron Flagship High Performance Laptop, AMD A6-9220e accelerated processor 2.5GHz, 11.6 inch HD (1366 X 768) Display, 4GB DDR4 SDRAM, 32GB eMMC Flash Memory, Windows 10 (Gray)!
Laptop arrive really fast thank you Amazon Prime! Came brand new, loaded really fast with my WiFi and with several more connections I noticed once I saw it up close. Came with a cord and it also can connect to land line high speed internet as well. I also ordered the usb Ethernet adapter cable. The laptop is fast for new Dell. Great affordable deal new 2018 11.6 inch laptop. My apps loaded very fast as well
This laptop is very compact. I did have to buy an external harddrive to be able to keep all of my schoolwork with me. I use this to play minecraft, listen to music, and do schoolwork.
Perfect for collage, performance is really good for the low price
This is my updated review of this computer. In my first review I was quick to read other negative reviews. I tried most of the recommendations to make this machine what it is not, with little or no results. Plus I was frustrated with a small drive. When all that didn't work, I called Dell and this is how this product got upgraded to 5 Stars in my book. Dell tested the machine online with me on the phone and diagnosed a faulty motherboard, replaced it for free (shipping free as well) and now I have what the good reviews describe: a light weight, relatively fast, small laptop. I will say it does work better with 8gig of RAM and a 64gig storage. But nevertheless a good deal: good display and keyboard.
Feature Product
- AMD A6-9220e accelerated processor. Dual-core processing. The AMD A6 APU handles the AMD Radeon graphics alongside the central processor to balance the load, enabling great performance, rapid multitasking and immersive entertainment.
- 11.6" display. Boasts anti-glare finish to reduce eyestrain. Typical 1366 x 768 HD resolution. Energy-efficient LED backlight.
- 4GB system memory for basic multitasking. Adequate high-bandwidth RAM to smoothly run multiple applications and browser tabs at the same time.
- 32GB eMMC flash memory. This ultracompact memory system is ideal for mobile devices and applications, providing enhanced storage capabilities, streamlined data management, quick boot-up times and support for high-definition video playback.
- Windows 10 operating system; 1-year Microsoft Office 365 Personal
Description
Specifications
Screen Size:11.6 inches
Touch Screen:No
Storage Type:eMMC
eMMC Capacity:32 GB
Graphics:AMD Radeon R4
System Memory (RAM):4 GB
Processor Model:AMD A6-Series
Processor Model Number: A6-9220e
Operating System:Windows 10
Backlit Keyboard: No
Operating System Architecture: 64-bit
Screen Resolution:1366 x 768 (HD)
Display Type:LED
Type of Memory (RAM):DDR4 SDRAM
System Memory RAM Speed:2400 megahertz
System Memory RAM Expandable To: 8 GB
Number Of Memory Slots:2
Graphics Type:Integrated
GPU Brand: AMD Radeon
Video Memory Type: Shared
Processor Brand: AMD
Bluetooth Enabled:Yes
Headphone Jack: Yes
Number of USB Ports (Total): 2
Number of USB 2.0 Type A Ports: 1
Number of USB 3.0 Type A Ports: 1
Number of HDMI Outputs (Total): 1
Wireless Networking:Wireless-B, Wireless-G, Wireless-N
Ethernet: 10/100
Number Of Ethernet Ports: 1
Battery Cells: 2-cell
Battery Type:Lithium-ion
This notebook costs just ~140€ (!) and therefore your expectations must also be within the frame of this extreme budget price point. You will get what you paid for. This means that this notebook does have certain limitations and to make this ultra-low-cost device work properly you have to know a few things about how to set up a device running Windows 10 on just 32 GB of eMMC memory. The good thing is: It's not that hard. By the way, "32 GB eMMC" means: Buy an SD card too, it really is necessary!
If you can manage that, it's a wonderful portable companion for content-consumption, writing, multimedia, web-browsing and similar lightweight work loads. Connecting a TV via HDMI as second screen and opening three PDFs, two docs, a power point presentation and your mail client while surfing the web in Firefox plus watching a YouTube-Video in 1080p is not a problem and works well enough! Just not right out of the box.
PS. You can easily update Windows 10 by downloading the Windows 10 Media Creation Tool directly from Microsoft. It enables you to store the latest Windows 10 version on a flash drive on another PC with enough space, so that you can update your Dell notebook using that prepared flash drive.
Good budget laptop for web browsing and light work loads, purchased it for a nephew and he is happy about it. No complaints so far.
Not bad little laptop for my daughter.
She did at first say it was slow as well as tiny for the screen, but I took a look and just formatted the little chip (small size memory on my selection but she doesn't need a ton) and installed windows 10 pro, set it up properly disabling all that windows installed network items and bam! It became quick good portable computer for her, as well as great video quality and works perfectly fine with Kodi at hi def for WiFi as well.
Otherwise its standard co mm outer laptop now and the touch screen is nice too! Get a bigger drive and I got the emmc had I read a bit closer before I ordered I would have gone ssd. Ssd is faster of course, but I did think I could place an ssd in it, however they do not solder the header there so make sure to grab the ssd version as an emmc chip is easier to add-on later.
Item works better than I thought and I am very happy with the price.
When I first received this computer, I somehow thought it would be a little larger. Please check the dimensions. I think this is the best, relatively low-priced PC laptop, that I have ever bought. Mine came with Microsoft Office 2016 installed. I just had to activate the Microsoft Office one year subscription to make it work. I've mostly used Powerpoint. I am amazed by it. My computer came with a solid state hard drive. That was good, since I almost had an accident with it, but it seems to have come through it unscathed. The unit is small and doesn't come with a built-in CD/DVD drive, but seems to work well with a separate USB Dell CD drive that I purchased. (I see this as better because, it's been my experience, that built-in CD drives on low-cost computers sometimes don't always hold up the best.) The memory is small, but okay for my needs. The most wonderful thing about this machine is that, although the processor may not be the fastest, the computer seems to work like a good computer should. I give it five stars.
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