When I first got word that a friend of mine got a Dell that weighed less than 4 pounds, I was obviously interested. I picked up some things, left my house, and checked this thing out, and within a few minutes, I was sitting down in front of it, admiring it's pretty, albeit small screen, and wondering if I could afford one.

Certainly, I could, so I thought, "hmm, perhaps I should. It's for college, I need to live a little," so I did. I got the highest-end product I could afford, and lo-and-behold, it was gorgeous. I could actually play decent games on it, and not be concerned about space constraints or anything else that might have been an Issue with any other laptop.

I would fully recommend this laptop: this laptop has about as much video power as you need in a mobile computer, and being as such, can render anything you want in real-time or in programs such as bryce.

Also, the software that comes with it isn't too shabby: the options, as usual, are nice with the dell. I like the idea of being able to put what I want on there, and, even if it's free, not be able to put those stupid things on there.

Also, the now available 60 gig hard drive on a small laptop is awesome: who would have thought that they could put something so huge on something so small? I certainly wouldn't have.

The scalability of the whole thing is quite nice, so when my friend said, "mine weighs less," I simply said, "oh yeah? well, mine does more than yours ever will," and that was that.

The 8100 is a wonderful laptop, and has the Dell brand name to back it up, with "award winning technical support," from where, I don't know... pretty nebulous, but oh well, and it's a wonderfully tight, precise package, I would point this notebook to anyone that wants a bang for their buck.



Recommended: Yes

Amount Paid (US$): 1800-2600
Operating System: Windows
Processor: Intel Pentium III
Processor speed: over 1000
RAM: 256
Internal Storage: CD-RW and DVD
Hard Drive (GB): Over 50