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The Dell Inspiron 600m is classified as a thin-and-light laptop, meaning it is designed to travel with you when necessary, but still has a big enough screen size (14.1") for easy viewing and a large enough keyboard for comfortable typing. The Inspiron 600m has lived a relatively long life; it was released by Dell back in mid-2003. Its popularity has kept it on the virtual shelves of Dells online store and there it will remain until at least Spring of 2005. So, is this notebooks popularity in sales justified by its performance and value?
Dell Inspiron 600m Specs
Pentium M 725 1.60GHz Processor, 2MB L2-Cache
ATI Mobility RADEON 9000 AGP 4X video graphics at 32MB
14.1-in SXGA Monitor
60GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive, 4200RPM
512MB, 266MHz RAM
Microsoft Windows XP Home with Service Pack 2
1-year limited warranty
Dell Wireless 1450 DualBand (802.11 a/b/g) internal Wireless card
Internal 56K Modem and Integrated Network card
24X Combo DVD/CD-RW for Inspiron 600m
53 Watt-hour Lithium-Ion rechargeable battery and adapters such as Dell Inspiron 15 AC Adapter, Dell Inspiron 1545 AC Adapter, Dell Inspiron 1750 AC Adapter, Dell Inspiron 1210 AC Adapter, Dell inspiron 1000 AC Adapter, Dell inspiron 1200 AC Adapter, Dell inspiron 7000 AC Adapter, Dell Inspiron 3500 AC Adapter, Dell Inspiron 9200 AC Adapter, Dell Latitude D620 AC Adapter, Dell Latitude D820 AC Adapter, Dell XPS M1210 AC Adapter
The Inspiron 600m carries the typical grey and blue Dell color scheme. No complaints on the color from my viewpoint, definitely not as sexy as some of the Sony VAIO notebook color schemes, but it's not ugly either.
The case is made of plastic, there's little metal to be found externally but for some of the hardware buttons. The plastic is not exactly rugged either, you can push in on the case in places and cause it to flex. A slight fall would leave this notebook hurting and likely cracked. The IBM ThinkPad T40 I have has a plastic casing, but it is much more rigid and sturdy with zero-flex. But I paid twice as much for the T40.
The hinge that provides the swiveling for the LCD screen is so-so, when you open the screen up it tends to wobble a little initially, so the hinge certainly could be constructed better. Don't worry though, there's no screen wobbling after initial opening unless you're playing with the screen or happen to be on a bumpy plane ride.
The overall look and design of the 600m is nice. The 600m has a clean look, not tons of flashing lights or ports here there and everywhere. It looks sleek in a coffee shop setting, and given the fact it's less than 6lbs then taking it to such a place as a coffee shop is totally doable.
The Inpsiron 600m is not as light as I expected it to be. On the Dell website they say it "starts at just under 5 pounds" which is kind of funny because mine weighs just over 5.6lbs. Add to that an adapter and plug that weighs about 1lb and you're carrying something over 6lbs and not less than 5lbs. I also have the Fujitsu LifeBook S6231 notebook in my possession at the moment, it has a smaller 13.3" screen but I find it to be much easier to carry around as it is just slightly over 4lbs.
The Inspiron 600m offers decent battery life, better than its close relative the Inspiron 700m that I only got 2-hours of life from per charge, but not as good as other thin-and-lights such as the ThinkPad T42 or Fujitsu LifeBook S6000 series. With the screen brightness cranked all the way up and moderate usage of the Inspiron 600m I got 2 hours and 35 minutes of battery life. Turn off the wireless and dim the screen down to the lowest setting and you'll get 3 hours and 15 minutes of battery life with light to moderate usage.
If you need more battery life you can put an extra one in the media bay, but this will mean losing your DVD/CD drive and will also add extra weight. You can of course purchase extra batteries, but when carrying these around you're not as mobile.
It might seem like I've griped a bit about the 600m, but overall I think it's an okay notebook, certainly considering the price I got it for ($1,028) it's an incredible deal. I'm a fan of the form factor, thin and light with good performance is the way to go when buying notebooks, I think more and more people will look towards buying this type of notebook as the months and years roll on. The look of the 600m is decent too, you won't be the ugly duckling in the room with this notebook. I would recommend the Inspiron 600m to students that want a light notebook good for campus and at a reasonable price to performance ratio. Mobile professionals might like this too, although I'd urge you to look at notebooks such as the ThinkPad T42, Toshiba Tecra M2 or Fujitsu S6000 before taking the plunge with the 600m.