- Conclusion Get the lowdown
- Features How it compares
- Performance Real world benchmarks
- Differences Technical showdown
- Reviews Word on the street
- Competition Others to consider
- Discussion Answers and opinions
Dell Inspiron mini duo
- 10.1"
- 1.5 GHz Dual core
- 2 GB DDR3
- 320 GB HDD
#2 in DDR3 netbooks laptops
Released June, 2011
Conclusion Check out the Dell Inspiron mini duo
First reviewed December, 2011
Features Key features of the Dell Inspiron mini duo
1.5 GHz
Rated 80% by by Mud-Ducky--semi-Cheesehead (Dec, 2011)The keyboard is great and the mouse pad works better than anyone elses version that I have found.
screen size
10.1"
15.6"
15.6"
Inspiron mini duo by Brittany (Feb, 2012)There is absolutely NO lag when I am drawing on the screen (although I did have to tweak the tablet and pen settings).
Inspiron mini duo by Mud-Ducky--semi-Cheesehead (Dec, 2011)The screen is beautifly clear and the switch to a tablet works well.
screen resolution
Inspiron mini duo by hellobeautiful65 (Sep, 2012)It has no write-to-text features and is basically only useful if you have to poke the screen for some random reason.
cpu speed
| 0 GHz | 2.3 GHz  | 3 GHz |
Inspiron mini duo by Encyclops (Oct, 2011)I didn't get it expecting lightning speed, but I haven't noticed it being much slower than my 17" laptop that has twice the RAM and a faster processor.
memory
| 0 GB | 4 GB  | 8 GB |
Performance Real world tests of Dell Inspiron mini duo
battery life
3 hour
12 hour
6.5 hour
Inspiron mini duo by Tauan (Jun, 2012)Avoid it, battery life is bad, charging issues after 1 year, it loses charge in less than 1 hour.
Inspiron mini duo by John-N.-Schear--cxxi121 (Aug, 2011)When it's time to go to the doctor and wait for what seems like forever I have my handy laptop and can use it for about 3 hours since my docs office has wireless.
Our analysis How does it stack up against its top 10 competitors
pros
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1.3 MP -
Dual core -
320 GB -
26 mm -
155 ppi -
1366 x 768 -
1,537 g -
300 Mbit/s (802.11n)
cons
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DDR3 -
3 hour
Reviews Word on the street
 |   Rated by 19 users at amazon.com Rated 80% by by Lorri-Davis (Sep, 2011) Rated 100% by by MadDogFL62 (Oct, 2011) |
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Screen
Dell Inspiron mini duo 10.1", 1.5 GHz, 2 GB, 320 GB HDD | Rated 20% by by hellobeautiful65 (Sep, 2012)The touch screen feature is cute, but completely useless.
Dell Inspiron mini duo 10.1", 1.5 GHz, 2 GB, 320 GB HDD | Rated 20% by by Quentin0352Dell is too busy employing people in India with scripts for me to EVER touch their stuff again.
Dell Inspiron mini duo 10.1", 1.5 GHz, 2 GB, 320 GB HDD | Rated 20% by by Quentin0352Then it starts to update the recoverey partition from Dell and it did a blue screen of death near the end after the program had given a lot of warnings about not to power down or etc or it would risk damaging the system and etc.Ok, call that award winning service in India yet again.
Battery
Dell Inspiron mini duo 10.1", 1.5 GHz, 2 GB, 320 GB HDD | Rated 80% by by Mud-Ducky--semi-Cheesehead (Dec, 2011)I have no issues with battery power, it lasts close to 4 hours, which is plenty.
Dell Inspiron mini duo 10.1", 1.5 GHz, 2 GB, 320 GB HDD | Rated 80% by by Lorri-Davis (Sep, 2011)I had an HP mini with a battery usage ability of NINE (9) hours!
Dell Inspiron mini duo 10.1", 1.5 GHz, 2 GB, 320 GB HDD | Rated 100% by by Roxie (Nov, 2011)I get 2-3 hours depending on what I am doing.
Dock
Dell Inspiron mini duo 10.1", 1.5 GHz, 2 GB, 320 GB HDD | Rated 100% by by Encyclops (Oct, 2011)The dock is really great.
Dell Inspiron mini duo 10.1", 1.5 GHz, 2 GB, 320 GB HDD | Rated 80% by by John-N.-Schear--cxxi121 (Aug, 2011)When the Duo is added to the Dock it makes a fine pair.
Dell Inspiron mini duo 10.1", 1.5 GHz, 2 GB, 320 GB HDD | Rated 100% by by Encyclops (Oct, 2011)It's nice to be able to put the netbook into the dock at night and just let it charge.
Operating system
Dell Inspiron mini duo 10.1", 1.5 GHz, 2 GB, 320 GB HDD | Rated 20% by by Quentin0352Well maybe they would send me the OS disks to reinstall the OS that way?
Dell Inspiron mini duo 10.1", 1.5 GHz, 2 GB, 320 GB HDD | Rated 20% by by Quentin0352Several hard power downs and it finally booted to the BIOS to say it couldn't find an operating system!?!? Ok, hard boot down yet again to try and it manages to come up fine.
Dell Inspiron mini duo 10.1", 1.5 GHz, 2 GB, 320 GB HDD | Rated 20% by by Quentin0352Well, we need to repair th operating system, the one it said it couldn't find at one point and you get after the BIOS boots that I pointed out it was showing major issues with.
Life
Dell Inspiron mini duo 10.1", 1.5 GHz, 2 GB, 320 GB HDD | Rated 100% by by MadDogFL62 (Oct, 2011)CONS: while the floating tablet keypad idea is cool, it is small - a stylus was suggested in many of the reviews - I opted for a bluetooth keyboard and mouse that work while docked, in a tablet mode, or while in a netbook mode (mouse only for netbook), battery good for only 3 to 4 hours depending on use.
Competition What else you should consider
 | 1 | Sony VAIO E Series Most CPU cores Sony VAIO E Series vs Dell Inspiron mini duo |
 | 2 | Nokia Booklet 3G Longest battery life Nokia Booklet 3G vs Dell Inspiron mini duo |
 | 3 | ASUS ZENBOOK UX32VD Good CPU benchmark score ASUS ZENBOOK UX32VD vs Dell Inspiron mini duo |
 | 4 | Apple MacBook Air 3th Gen Really fast internal storage Apple MacBook Air 3th Gen vs Dell Inspiron mini duo |
 | 5 | HP TouchSmart tm2-2150us 2-way tie: Has a touch screen HP TouchSmart tm2-2150us vs Dell Inspiron mini duo |
 | 6 | HP tx2 - 1020us 2-way tie: Has a touch screen HP tx2 - 1020us vs Dell Inspiron mini duo |
 | 7 | Samsung RV510-A03 2-way tie: Biggest screen Samsung RV510-A03 vs Dell Inspiron mini duo |
 | 8 | Dell XPS 15Z/2.3G/8G/750/W7HP Fastest processor XPS 15Z/2.3G/8G/750/W7HP vs Inspiron mini duo |
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Editions Editions of the Dell Inspiron mini duo
| Price | Edition | RAM type | Thickness | Touch screen | Manufacturer code | Compare | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | | DDR3 | 26 mm | None | iD-4495FNT | | ||||
 | | DDR3-1333 | 92 mm | Capacitive | iMD-3487FNT | | ||||
 | | DDR3-1333 | 91 mm | Capacitive | ID-3487FBR | | ||||
