> I have an Inspiron 9100 as well.  It'll be the last Dell that I buy or 
> that I
> let anyone else I know buy.  It sits on my coffee table almost all the
> time (as in, gets moved less than once a month) and yet has still had
> more failures than reasonable:  I have my second replacement
> motherboard at home right now, I've replaced the graphics card, the
> optical drive, and the AC adapter.  It has never given me above what
> I would consider mediocre performance.
>
> Mike H.


FWIW:

I am now on my third Dell Inspiron Laptop, each of which I have used for 
three years before retiring it to get a faster one.

Inspiron 7000 - 15"  1024x768 - 300MHz Pentium II, 30GB 4200RPM, 250MB RAM
Inspiron 8100 - 15.4" 1600x1200 - 1GHz Pentium III, 40GB 4200RPM, 512MB RAM
Inspiron 9200 - 17" 1920x1200 - 2GHz Pentium M, 60GB 7200RPM, 1GB RAM

So, my next machine should be:

Inspiron 10300 - 18" 2496x1560 - 4GHz Pentium ? (64 bit!), 100GB 7200RPM, 
2GB RAM  ;-)

I have been very pleased with all three machines. They have been my 'daily 
drivers' and I drag them around to customer sites almost every day. I do 
purchase Dell's 'Complete Care' on them, and I have gotten my money out of 
it each time (so far the 9200 has had zero problems except a power cord 
issue).

Bob Ammerman
RAm Systems


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