The Dell Inspiron B130: Wouldn't Trade It

No doubt many of you will say my little Dell Inspiron is not the best laptop on the market. (Could I convince you, perhaps?) Nonetheless, it is one of the few treasures I own that I cannot do without. The battery holds out fairly well and it's very travel friendly--a necessity in my line of work. And honestly you can't beat Dell's convenience with the build-it-yourself program and delivery to your front door.

This, just to let you know, is a very personal review of Dell's Notebook so pardon the cute stuff which I tend to use instead of all those technical terms. But hang in there and I'll let you know the wonders of it all.

Originally I decided to buy this contraption known as a laptop simply because I don't work well with desk tops. Those big heavy things are clumsy looking, to say the least. Furthermore, one is pretty much isolated in the office or wherever your desktop might reside. And though isolation from people can be quite enjoyable for me (although not for long), to be cut off from nature is not my cup of licorice root tea.

I'm a freelance writer and inspiration hits me usually when I'm outside early in the morning--it's a little difficult to haul that desktop out there.

Another reason I purchased the Dell Inspiron: My son Layne and I travel quite a bit which might sound strange since I'm a stay-at-home mom and Layne is home-schooled. However, my oh-so-moody teenage son is a working actor. It goes without saying then that we drive to studios and location spots (some of them not so ideal and a hundred miles away from home). The boy actually attends a virtual school online and uses Microsoft Word for all his note-taking. I bought him his own Inspiron B130 and received a hefty discount from Dell in the process.

Without the laptop he'd probably be a few weeks behind in school with not much of a chance to catch up. The Inspiron is pretty light so he just pops it into his backpack along with his books, and wardrobe and off we go. We made sure it had a wireless card inside and Verizon helped with a PC card so we could access the internet (if Wi-Fi was unavailable) no matter where we might roam. And let me assure you we have done quite the roaming.

If I could change one thing on my beloved laptop I would have given it the ability to burn CDs. But I heard rumors that the music industry really frowns upon such a practice. Nevertheless, that would have been a nice feature.

In conclusion, this computer user wouldn't trade her Dell Inspiron B130 for anything. It's by my side or in my briefcase, has privilege to all my manuscripts and guards my personal history faithfully-or something to that affect.