Dell Inspiron 5150 (i5150sapp) PC Notebook

Pros: Excellent power and high quality screen
Cons: Flimsy CD-WR drive design

A several months ago my boss and I replaced all of our laptop computers that are being used by our out of town sales reps. Up until now they were all using Sony Vaio notebooks and it was time for upgrading to newer and faster machines. My boss did all ...

Pros: Very fast and responsive, great price, good build quality
Cons: DVD/CDRW drive is bit noisy. Does not come with a 5400 rpm drive.

Here are the specs of my machine - 3.06GHz P4, 384MB RAM, 40GB HDD, DVD/CDRW, 64MB Radeon 9000, 15" ...

Pros: Fast processor that runs cool. Lie in bed with it on your lap!
Cons: Fuzzy display at low resolutions, poor audio quality. Wireless card gives choppy connection.

Mobile Pentium 4 3.06 w/ HT technlogy, 256MB RAM, 15" UXGA, 30GB hard drive, Dell Truemobile mini PCI wireless card, Windows XP Pro. The 5150 does it's job but that's all! The display is only only crisp and clear if you leave the resolution at the ...

Pros: Good value - good price - seems to be well built.
Cons: It does run hot, so you have to keep an eye on it.

First, the tech specs: Dell 5150 3.06 GHz with Hyperthreading 512 Meg Ram 80 GB hard drive SXGA 15" screen Dell Truemobile (Broadcom) 1350 PCI minicard wireless LAN Broadcom modem CDRW/DVDROM NVidia nForce GO 5200 64 MB AGP 4X Video In ...

Pros: bright lcd, nice keyboard, simplicity of layout
Cons: serious overheating issues, unexpected shutdown, faulty P/S jack, motherboard and cooling system failure.

A little over a year ago, I purchased a fully loaded Dell 5150 Laptop. It worked well for the first three months or so, but seemed to be having overheating problems as the noisy fan kicked in at maximum speed after about 4 minutes of usage and stayed on ...

Pros: When it did work it was fine.
Cons: Dell is unresponsive to the many problems with the dell 5150.

There are many problems with the dell 5150 that happen right after warranty runs out. Dell refuses to recall the laptops or offer fixes other than replace motherboard. The a/c adapter plug does not work without jiggling the wire. This then causes the a/c connector to breaks off the motherboard or causes cracks in the motherboard. There is no external way to charge the battery, so you can't still use the computer without the a/c adapter. This problem has been around for a long time and dell has not addressed it.
My laptop is only 17 months old and the problem started right after the warranty was expired.