Dell Inspiron Mini 1010 IM10v-USE032AM 10.1-Inch Red Netbook

by Dell

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 14.4 x 3.7 inches ; 2.6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 5 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B002IPHII2
• Item model number: IM10v-USE032AM
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,149 in Computers & Accessories (See Top 100 in Computers & Accessories)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 31, 2009

Product Description

The Inspiron 1010 netbook is the newest member of the Inspiron Mini family. With a 10.1-inch screen, it is between the smaller Inspiron Mini 910 and larger Inspiron Mini 1210, and offers more advanced features than both. The Inspiron 1010 netbook features 802.11 Wi-Fi, 3G cellular connectivity, and a built-in TV tuner.

Customer Reviews

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My Favorite New Toy! A Must Have & Whats With the Bad Reviews?, October 4, 2009

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Always Samsung "ravereviews" (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dell Inspiron Mini 1010 IM10v-USE032AM 10.1-Inch Red Netbook (Personal Computers)

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I just purchased my Dell Mini 10 (Blue Cover) and I have to say that this was one of the best investments I ever made. If you think you are getting a high end laptop for the price of three-hundred bucks, then you are sorely mistaken. This is basically a smart phone PDA increased to the size of a ten inch screen with a keyboard attached. Most of the bells & whistles are intact.

At first it took me some time to get use to the screen. Websites are slightly altered due to the 10 inch screen, so and with the tool bar on top that includes (File, Refresh, etc) it can seem like there's hardly any room to view webpage's, but you'll get use to it. Viewing any site that you would on a regular desktop will have certain parts of the page moved around when viewing it on your netbook & this is to be expected because of the size.

I know everyone is complaining about the keypad, but it's really not that bad. It does take a few tries before you realized what works best for you. I've learned from having a Dell Studio Laptop that the best thing to do is just utilize the free space as a mouse and click. Don't bother trying to hit down on the key, but just double tap on the keypad to pick a selection. If you don't, you will find the experience of navigating through websites, typing a document on word, etc to be a horrendous experience.

Otherwise, if you are looking for a great small compact netbook to stay connected to the web, check email, browse a few sites - then this is the netbook for you. There isn't much customization due to the small size of the netbook that feels very light just a little under three pounds and practically smaller and skinnier then the new Twilight book. I would have it ordered it on amazon, but it was cheaper through Dell.

Overall, I am very pleased with my purchase because it's a great investment for anyone who needs internet access on the go. The only complaint I have is the price. I know its three-hundred, but I own a regular laptop with a 15 inch screen & that HP was only three-hundred. Sure, it was not a high end groundbreaking laptop, but it does the trick & power wise, it's stronger than the mini. I really feel the price point should drop by hundred bucks. Otherwise, this is still a great PC tool to have.

Pros:
Light weight (Less then three pounds)
Customizable Cover with different colors
Windows XP (Thank GOD - Vista is so WHACK)
Keyboard is 90% size of a real keyboard
Wi-Fi
3 USB slots
160GB Memory
1.66 GHZ
1GB RAM

Cons:
A bit pricey IMO - It really should be two hundred & under
No DVD Slot

5 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good Quality, Poor Design and Battery Life, October 12, 2009

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Earl Teigrob "Earl T" (Richardson, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dell Inspiron Mini 1010 IM10v-USE032AM 10.1-Inch Red Netbook (Personal Computers)

I ordered this from Dell and upgraded to battery to a 6 cell. Little did I know that it would stick out of the bottom of the computer by an inch or so. What a design disaster! When I started doing some research to replace it with something else, I found that other companies had way better netbooks with up to 10 hours battery life and the battery was still flush to the bottom of the machine. Now with dual core processes showing up in netbooks, you really need to look around before buying one of these. I hope Dell gets there act together because I really like the quality of their products but they need to compete on the design and features side as well, or we all know what will happen.

5 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Mouse is a must!, October 25, 2009

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Dodger Of Zion "B" (Pine Hill, NJ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dell Inspiron Mini 1010 IM10v-USE032AM 10.1-Inch Red Netbook (Personal Computers)

Pros:

- More memory than my previous, larger laptop computer. I work in photography and document design, so I need to have Photoshop and similar software to do my job right. There's enough memory on here for all of your necessary work software, and then some.

- Can't beat the price for the memory and speed that you're getting.

- Very pretty color certainly doesn't hurt. My first choice was Ice Blue, but red is nice as well-at least you can skin it.

- WINDOWS XP! Most computers are shipping with Vista, but not this one; software compatibility is no issue here.

- Integrated webcam at the top of the monitor. Microphone sold separately.

CONS:

- The @#$%ing touchpad! You can't turn it off, and you can't turn off tapping (MAJOR pain) either. You need to learn how to type very carefully on this computer, because the Touchpad will make the act of typing an art of surgical precision, lest you upset the sensitive, cheap Taiwanese device. Check the control panel for the touchpad for a lesson in Engrish. Does anyone proofread anymore?

- No CD drive. I understand this is for cost issues, but if there's no CD drive, why do you pack CDs with the laptop? This doesn't make a lick of sense.

- HORRIBLE with a lot of non-Youtube FLVs. YouTube works fine, but other video sites may look choppy, skip, or may not play at all. Even with Firefox!

- Getting things back to Windows settings is a test of patience. The wireless card defaults to the Dell Wireless Utility. When it comes to stuff like this, I don't change what isn't broken. Getting Windows to handle the wireless card and telling Dell to bugger off is a royal pain and you may have to do it more than once.

- Comes pre-loaded with McAfee and Norton. If you don't ever open it, however, (I sure didn't) then you can easily get rid of those hogs through Add/Remove programs.

- This is NOT a very good gaming computer. You can play your Farmville and your other silly Facebook games on it, but good luck getting the next installment of Dream Day Wedding to work-the monitor flickers and flashes when a game is not compatible; this is NOT a computer for those with epilepsy.

- Two forces are at war to control the graphics-the system and the graphics card itself. Don't bother fumbling around with the resolution in the Windows Display settings. Do it directly through the graphics card-it will look nice and won't stretch out text.

- If you, like many other techies, use your laptop as an alarm clock, I suggest you invest in speakers. The speaker in this computer (which I have yet to locate) isn't very loud, so you won't hear your alarm unless you plug third party speakers into the headphone jack.

- Comes loaded with Viewpoint Media Player-known spyware that plays those noisy, annoying video ads in instant messaging programs. Fortunately, it's easily removed.

Maybe most of my cons are more along the lines of pet peeves instead of actual bad things, but for someone not as nuanced with these computers, they could be horrible pitfalls that lead to unnecessary stress, drama, and threats of a computer replacement.

Know what you're getting into before you buy this. If you don't, you'll instantly regret it.