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DELL inspiron 8600 Satisfaction Reviews
Average Satisfaction
2.92 out of 4
Percent Freezing
32%
Percent Slow
66%
Percent Freezing
32%
Percent Slow
66%
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| 12/18/2009 11:04:05 AM | memory is 100 percent full....and i do not have much but pictures and some needed fles |
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| 11/9/2009 1:54:28 PM | Will not go to web site show no connection |
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| 8/24/2010 10:06:30 AM | I have just isntalled it , will have too waite to see how it works for me and my computer |
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| 10/28/2009 12:02:04 AM | Computer justs slows down in the middle and then will suddenly retu speedgularrn to re |
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| 1/12/2010 7:15:31 PM | have been using this pc daily no serious issues |
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| 11/4/2010 7:18:42 PM | It is a Dell and we are satisfed with exception of the speed. |
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| 11/27/2009 11:16:46 AM | Very reliable for a laptop and the graphics card still allows it to run a variety of computer games. |
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| 3/27/2010 9:36:20 PM | Needs more hard drive memory, was large at time of purchazse. Lock ups and instructions missiong only recently began occurring. |
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| 10/5/2010 3:17:46 PM | Excellent machine |
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| 9/1/2011 2:47:39 PM | When I upgraded the ram and uploaded Windows 7 onto this laptop it began to perform much better than before. |
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| 11/17/2010 2:14:11 PM | dont know about programs in it |
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| 7/16/2010 12:08:20 AM | this is my first laptop. |
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| 9/11/2011 9:11:14 AM | bargain Purchase |
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| 2/28/2010 6:26:21 AM | Sehr leise, hohe Zuverlässlichkeit |
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| 7/28/2010 8:10:09 PM | driver issues |
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| 5/5/2010 8:06:46 AM | recently installed a new hard drive |
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| 5/21/2009 4:57:53 PM | IE seems to just hang without the hard-drive light showing access or working. AOL Program (not AOL through IE) hangs also. |
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| 12/19/2011 11:13:47 AM | Nice LapTop |
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| 11/30/2009 4:44:08 AM | please i need dell inspiron 8600 pentium m vga drivers for my computer |
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| 6/25/2011 10:28:51 AM | Have not checked it out yet. |
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| 11/23/2009 12:21:29 AM | A new hard driver was isntalled 11/9/2009 after a virus locked up the original drive. |
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| 12/16/2009 11:26:41 PM | i had this computer 4 years and i would like to keep a long time |
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| 1/16/2010 3:28:23 PM | overall it performs pretty well. |
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| 9/6/2010 6:47:15 AM | NA |
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| 2/8/2010 12:00:16 PM | Before scan , very unsatified. |
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| 8/3/2009 4:19:04 PM | internet connection repeatedly lost. |
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| 9/4/2010 11:15:43 AM | SLOW AND MANY PROBLEMS TO REPORT TO MS. STALLS AT ANY TIME ,... |
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| 1/21/2010 7:16:09 PM | It won't wake up from sleep every once and a while. Other than that it's terribly slow. Accessing the HDD is a process that's frustrating. |
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| 5/24/2010 7:13:23 AM | I like this laptop.BUT i'm have runtime errors alot. |
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| 10/13/2009 9:53:30 PM | It's old and has some problems, but all things considered, it's been great. |
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| 4/10/2010 7:39:07 AM | slow boot up |
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| 8/29/2009 10:21:24 AM | Outlook express and internet are running very slow, with errors. Computer freezes up frequently. |
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| 11/28/2009 7:40:39 PM | This computer is five years old and though it still does the job it does seem a tad slower. |
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| 8/25/2010 5:27:01 PM | always is very slow |
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| 12/10/2009 11:33:53 PM | It is generally OK but getting near time to gat a new one as this is a bit slow |
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| 9/16/2011 4:22:34 PM | Just purchased the product and havent had time to evaluate performance improvements. |
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| 3/6/2012 11:42:51 AM | This old boat anchor has been a reliable (and STURDY!) workhorse for 8 years and keeps clipping along thanks to sites such as yours & ccleaner... |
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| 7/11/2009 8:00:17 AM | Built-in monitor does not work. Internet is very slow. Shutdown is very slow |
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| 1/11/2011 10:52:22 AM | Internet is slow, pograms load slow |
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| 12/15/2009 5:52:21 PM | My Laptop now 5 yrs old so not so fast. |
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| 10/26/2011 2:57:41 PM | it may be my changing internet provider that is a security issues |
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| 4/15/2012 1:00:41 PM | . |
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| 11/11/2009 7:34:14 AM | Slow to boot up but otherwise ok |
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| 5/20/2009 6:12:17 PM | it has been running very slow no matter what the connection |
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| 5/28/2011 11:07:02 PM | slow screen refresh while browsing |
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| 7/3/2009 8:18:52 PM | computer display, possibly the whole system, seems to have constant 2 to 5 second pauses . . . especially when two or three processes are running. did a clean re-install of xp and several problems locating and installing drivers and software for various devices on computer. Dell Inspiron 8600 |
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| 6/12/2009 9:50:57 PM | Mainly comcast (cable) connection problems.... |
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| 5/18/2011 12:39:59 PM | wirless want work |
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| 8/2/2009 7:12:32 PM | I have put in an extra RAM card that helped speed the processes. |
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| 5/8/2009 12:31:51 PM | It's a Dell Laptop, but runs rather slow on the internet... |
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| 10/17/2010 9:16:39 PM | was very satisfactory to begin with. Then became very slow to boot and much slower the longer its on. |
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| 7/16/2010 11:09:19 PM | Speed seems slow the last few weeks |
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| 7/17/2010 12:16:20 PM | it's an old laptop, works okay, slow, but the provider is slow too. |
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| 7/21/2010 9:54:55 PM | Locks up frequently requiring reboots. |
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| 8/7/2010 1:36:32 PM | It serve a very good tool for traveling. |
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| 8/5/2010 10:31:27 AM | have had for 6 years. and have had little trouble but it has become slow and unreliable at times in past year or so. |
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| 6/8/2011 8:15:15 PM | Very satisfied with my Dell, just using your service to see if I can improve performance or need a new laptop. |
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| 3/3/2012 9:55:22 PM | Recently replaced HD with one much larger. |
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| 5/12/2010 2:20:59 PM | older laptop |
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| 5/5/2010 8:44:10 PM | This laptop recieves numerous frequent memory loss messages at boot. |
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| 12/23/2009 6:51:40 PM | Reinstalled operating system |
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| 11/5/2009 9:02:13 PM | This computer woris Satisfactory. |
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| 4/29/2010 6:06:26 PM | it starts being old |
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| 7/19/2009 11:11:13 AM | It's a little slow, but not bad. |
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| 1/19/2011 12:29:50 PM | This computer runs like a slug even with high speed internet. I think it is a windows problem. |
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| 3/14/2011 8:47:40 PM | Been VERY RELIABLE |
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| 1/6/2011 2:03:13 PM | I hate DEll |
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| 1/28/2011 5:32:34 PM | Just slower with time and is slow running mulitiple apps |
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| 9/11/2010 10:04:49 PM | Did a clean install and wanted to check performance |
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| 10/15/2010 11:52:17 AM | It is good but it is 7 years old but faithful worker |
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| 11/18/2010 2:56:06 PM | Just runs slow and take a long time for screen to come up. |
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| 6/8/2010 3:49:26 PM | Unit slowing down over time |
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| 7/29/2010 12:37:38 PM | Occassional problems with MSN .. boots me out |
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| 4/20/2011 8:54:25 AM | panama error keeps coming up |
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| 11/5/2010 1:17:44 PM | It works at a usually moderate speed. |
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| 1/29/2010 9:07:57 AM | It is a five year old laptop that is still working for me, even though if I have the money I would buy a new one with more disk space and memory. |
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| 3/21/2010 2:35:29 PM | lately slow and getting frequent virus invsion alerts |
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| 10/16/2010 3:41:53 PM | computer is old dell inspion 8600 from 2003. i used it though college and now mainly used for surfing and paying bills. i have replaced the keyboard & the hard drive. i've had my ups and downs but over all the computer is fine, just wish the performance was a little better. |
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| 1/2/2011 8:32:41 PM | problem using wifi connection |
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| 3/28/2011 8:22:19 PM | getting old but still runs fair |
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| 11/12/2010 8:29:16 PM | I think it could run better. Sometimes apps get hung up or do not respond. |
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| 2/13/2010 5:39:08 PM | It's an old laptop |
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| 1/15/2010 6:16:22 PM | IT HAS JUST BEEN WORKED ON BY dELL WHO CLEARED THE hARD DISK AND RE INTALLED THE DRIVERS ETC.tHEY ADVISED ME TO PURCHASE YOUR PRODUCT. |
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| 7/14/2009 4:32:19 PM | since adding ram computer locks up |
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| 2/23/2010 12:52:32 PM | god bless u its very nice. |
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| 2/13/2010 4:17:32 PM | It is just slow, and takes a long time to start up. |
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| 12/20/2009 6:58:15 AM | n/a |
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| 12/19/2009 8:14:55 AM | Boot up time has continues to get worse, Once fully booted...then seems to run fine. |
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| 8/20/2010 9:11:55 PM | Cannot upgrade to internet explorer 8 because it conflicts with hotmail. |
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| 11/12/2009 11:21:45 PM | Was satisfied until it started running slow and having to be rebooted. Would like to be able to work from home but I think the DSL that is available where we live contributes to the slowness of the internet. |
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| 2/12/2010 1:03:23 AM | Initial scan after finally getting Personal Security virus off and setting various elements |
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| 11/22/2010 5:20:28 PM | slow pc with limited capable abillities |
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| 3/23/2010 11:25:10 PM | performance is very slow. it takes forever to bring up a web browser |
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| 1/25/2011 10:14:36 AM | slow, appears to have a lot of error problems |
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| 3/30/2011 11:11:53 PM | it always has to be rebooted, i get a blue screen |
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| 4/1/2011 12:03:30 AM | Slow and freeze-ups |
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| 1/29/2011 1:34:51 PM | slow slow slow slow slow |
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| 11/27/2010 9:29:29 PM | Have had continuous issues with laptop since I bought it. had to make continuous use of warranty until the warranty ran out. Now it is running very slowly. |
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| 3/29/2011 7:53:36 PM | I have lock ups on facebook and slow start ups and slow down in closings. |
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| 12/15/2009 3:34:18 PM | slow and crashes even after reformating and installation |
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| 12/13/2009 7:20:42 PM | running slow |
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| 3/8/2011 7:39:05 PM | Slow and freezes up. |
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| 11/14/2011 1:34:37 PM | none |
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| 1/9/2011 9:35:11 PM | ???????????(?????????) |
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| 8/3/2010 7:29:36 PM | There is still something wrong. Got the error message PitStop... it disappeared before I could write it down and it got reported to Microsoft. I also have a CiceroIUWnd.frame error???? |
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| 6/7/2010 11:09:36 AM | Start up seems to be too long, and I often find windows UNRESPONSIVE. |
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| 5/7/2011 7:14:31 PM | keeps locking up |
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| 1/19/2011 1:45:54 PM | its a dell with not much mem or processor, lost framework 1.1 and cant reinstall having some issues |
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| 9/11/2010 9:41:34 AM | older and slow |
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| 4/14/2010 9:16:07 AM | ??????????????????????????????????? |
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| 12/29/2010 2:57:09 PM | I GET FREQUENT POP-UPS OF A JPG. PROGRAM FROM UPWIN.CO |
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| 11/30/2009 8:59:01 PM | Old Unstable (on restarts) Slow |
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| 11/5/2009 8:15:01 PM | old and slow |
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| 11/5/2009 8:22:46 PM | slow to load has outlook restart issues |
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| 3/26/2010 11:41:23 PM | Some programs will not start up! Garmin's MapSourse for example. |
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| 5/14/2011 11:13:28 AM | havn't done any thing yet |
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| 12/26/2009 1:14:09 AM | Its an old dell so what can ya do |
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| 3/21/2010 11:14:03 PM | it takes forever to bring up a web browser |
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| 4/10/2010 3:40:57 AM | Er ist alt und langsam. |
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| 10/23/2010 4:24:58 PM | used to be good now very slow even though I just reformatted |
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| 12/6/2010 10:25:53 PM | pc is slow,freezes and connects to things I have not selected |
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| 6/28/2011 10:41:47 PM | It is old but can be used by children. I want it as fast and rliable as possible. |
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| 9/6/2011 2:28:11 PM | will be moving to Apple |
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| 6/11/2010 10:03:24 PM | having screen sramble problems |
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| 7/6/2011 8:07:38 PM | It is very slow on the internet |
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| 7/5/2011 1:28:09 AM | old |
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| 4/4/2011 11:22:25 AM | I know it is old but it seems so slow. |
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| 3/16/2011 10:35:27 PM | slow to download and kicks me out of programs |
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| 4/21/2010 4:44:13 PM | Schlechte performance |
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| 8/28/2011 12:20:59 PM | It is to slow booting up, too slow to get on the internet and just all around a seriously low performer. |
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| 11/6/2009 10:32:44 PM | Boot-up takes minutes. |
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| 11/10/2009 2:15:24 PM | Have not yet seen any results so no way to comment |
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| 11/7/2009 11:49:43 AM | Very slow start-up. |
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| 12/9/2010 10:27:07 PM | crashes |
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| 1/6/2010 7:36:54 AM | too slow after facebook apps and youtube wireless connection fails after microwave is used |
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| 8/25/2007 1:48:31 PM | I rhink the hard drive is going on this because I put in new memory and nothing changed or improved its performance. |
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| 9/1/2010 12:14:15 PM | very slow |
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| 4/8/2010 10:26:08 PM | slow boot. runs out of memory |
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| 8/25/2011 6:25:57 PM | I am assuming that most of my problems are user error because I used to be very satisfied with this computer. |
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| 11/20/2009 9:51:41 AM | itt works |
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| 11/10/2009 2:02:41 PM | Old Unstable (on restarts) Slow |
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| 11/28/2009 11:57:03 PM | This computer is five years old and though it still does the job it does seem a tad slower. |
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| 11/22/2009 3:43:36 PM | I think there is too much "clutter" thats been accumulated over the years that is slowing down performance. Can't seem to clan it up. Been using CCleaner, RegSeeker, Error Nuker, Defraggler utilities to run maintenance.. |
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| 8/30/2009 11:44:29 AM | errors |
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| 5/15/2010 7:09:27 AM | extremely slow after running facebook and youtube |
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| 9/3/2010 4:04:16 PM | old and slow. |
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| 7/13/2010 12:09:06 AM | missing files everywhere nothing will work... HELPPPPPPP |
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| 10/20/2009 9:51:20 PM | Very pleased with Dell |
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| 10/25/2011 8:05:46 PM | TO FULLY DESCRIBE MY LIKE/DISLIKE OF THIS COMPUTER, ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS "IT'S A DELL" I THINK THEY SHOULD CHANGE THE FIRST LETTER IN ITS NAME TO A "H". THIS WOULD FULLY EXPLAIN THAT WHICH ONE SHOULD EXPECT FROM IT. LOL |
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| 8/19/2011 1:17:22 AM | very slow |
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| 2/22/2012 2:26:29 PM | IE takes 100% of CPU when used |
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| 12/23/2010 8:42:29 AM | It's been a great computer since I bought it in 2004, Just reinstalled the operating system. |
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| 2/16/2010 11:11:18 AM | Provide the questionnaire after the repairs are made. I cannot judge your prodcuct until it has done something other than scan my PC. |
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| 3/7/2011 8:14:40 PM | need more momery |
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| 8/23/2010 7:13:54 PM | Used to run great. Barely operable now |
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| 7/7/2011 5:39:32 PM | very slow |
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| 7/27/2010 8:26:13 PM | I need online support NOW !!! |
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| 9/3/2011 9:42:17 AM | Extremely slow |
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| 9/26/2011 1:56:39 PM | almost impossible to boot 1hour to get on line. then it is impossibly slow. |
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| 10/8/2010 4:11:03 PM | Everything runs as slow as cold molasses |
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