Dell Inspiron 1100 Laptop
Reliable Laptop lacking some necessities
I bought this computer a year and a half ago from dell factory outlet because i really wanted a laptop and this one had one of the best cost/specs ratio.  This laptop is not really for gaming, because of the shared graphics, but it works fairly well now that it has 768 mgs of ram.  I play warcraft 3 and battlefield on it-C&c generals is slow on it and i requires me to lower the screen res which leads me to the next problem.  Apparently, dell made this laptop without the ability to strecth the lcd, and the native resolution is at 768x1024.  So if i play a game at 800x600, there is a black boarder around the outside of the screen. If you play in a lower res, u see less etc.   <br />  Battery life is ok, my pentium 4 2ghz averages about 2-2 1/2 hrs.  ALso, the S video out doesn't work on this computer either, even though it has one.  But maybe in this case, its just my computer...   <br />   However, I think dell makes a pretty good computer.  Mine's been pretty reliable, with it only needing thermal paste applied to the cpu by the pro's once because i didn't use my heat pad and    <br />my computer overheated during an intense game.  A cooling pad is really neccesary if u want to game on this computer, or any laptop.  Keeping this computer cool, really increased my load time in battlefield and other games.  The increase is not even comparable.