The Dell Inspiron M101z hits double the Mini 5103's score on PCMark Vantage as does the Neo K125-powered Acer Aspire One 521.
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With the new Dell Inspiron family, moms - and their families - will get both functionality and style thanks to this series' versatile capabilities and chic appearance.
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Don't get us wrong, the 5103 still feels like a netbook, but toggling between windows and opening programs felt snappier than our Atom N450-packing Toshiba Mini NB305, though not as fast as the dual-core Atom D525-powered Eee PC 1215N or the AMD Athlon II Neo K325-powered Dell Inspiron M101z.
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Dell's Inspiron Mini 12, announced Monday, offers much less.
The tiny machine joins Dell's Inspiron Mini 9, the Asus Eee PC 900, the HP Mini-Note 2133 and the Intel Classmate PC among the new class of machines offering cramped keyboards, dinky screens and relatively pokey processors.
Among the first out of the chute and into the hands of PC World testers were Dell's 500-MHz Inspiron 7500 R500VT, Hewlett-Packard's 500-MHz OmniBook 4150, and Gateway's 450-MHz Solo 9300 (see link at right).
Parents today want to give their kids the best advantages, and Dell is offering its tailored line-up of Inspiron laptops for the unique needs of families and students.
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Inspiron laptops feature Waves MaxxAudio technology optimized for Dell laptops to deliver studio-quality sound for watching movies and listening to music without the need for external speakers.
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Dell sells colored "skins" you can snap onto its Inspiron laptop.
Dell has already tried to crack the mobile tablet market with its Latitude and Inspiron tablets that run on existing versions of Windows and its Streak tablets that run on Google's Android.
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