Pink Laptop: Dell Inspiron 1420

Dell Inspiron 1420 laptop is a 14-inch laptop with various choice of colors. If you like pink laptop, Dell Inspiron series will be great choice for you -- every model of laptop in the Inspiron series are available in pink color.
With the starting price of $649, Dell Inspiron 1420 has the baseline specification as follows:

- Intel Pentium Dual Core T2370 Processor
- 1 GB DDR2 memory
- 120 GB SATA Hard Drive
- Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100

With Dell, we always have the flexibility to customize / upgrade the specs of the laptop -- everything from Intel's latest Centrino Duo processors to blu-ray drives. For the review of Inspiron 1420 in this article, we are referring to a machine with a Centrino Duo Processor, a discrete graphic chip, and a mobile broad brand from Sprint. This configuration drive the price from the baseline $819 to nearly $1700. The specification of the configured unit of Dell Inspiron 1420 is as follows:

- Processor: 2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T7300
- RAM: 2GB, 667MHz DDR2
- Hard Drive: 160 GB
- Graphic Card: Nvidia GeForce 8400M GS

One of the most obvious improvement of Dell Inspiron 1420 compare with the previous generation, is improvement on the boxy and bulky chassis.

The new 14-inch laptop has become a trend for not only the Dell laptop but also for other popular laptop brand such as Levono and Sony. The Dell Inspiron 1420 laptop with 14-inch wide screen is a new addition to the existing 15 and 17 inch in the Inspiron series. It gives a well balance between usability and portability.

Compare to the previous version of Dell laptop, there are great improvement in the design of the Inspiron 1420. It offers rounded and softer edges with thinner lid, and more choices of colors with fingerprint proof lid. The new design of the laptop is one of the large breakthrough of Inspiron 1420.

In terms of performance, the review unit of Inspiron 1420 that features a 2 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo processor and a 2GB RAM has shown a steadily good performance that is able to easily handle various mutitasking such as word processing, web surfing, media playing and so forth. These are the basic tasks that avarage users perform on regular basis, and Dell Inspiron 1420 has proven to be able to handle them smoothly.

In terms of battery life, Dell Inspiron is one the best among all 14-inch laptops. The review unit which has a nine-cell battery ($50 upgrade) last for 3.5 hours in the battery drain test by CNet. In normal use for casual daily task, we will expect it to last even longer.

Conclusion: Dell Inspiron 1420, the new line of Inspiron product is looking good with its new design and various choice of colors. If you are a gamer who's looking for good gaming laptops, this laptop is not the best fit for you. But for those who are looking for a laptop with pretty outlook and decent performance, Dell Inspiron 1420 will most probably be suitable for you as it has a stylish design and highly configurable specs to match your requirement in terms of performance.