written by aekola on 03/03/2006
Good Points
Works well when I have enough power to turn it on.
Bad Points
Battery and power cord
General Comments
I've had this laptop maybe 3 or 4 years. After one year of owning the Inspiron 2650 the power cord got really messed up and twisted on the inside and so the wires were frayed. I wasn't able to find a new cord on Dell's site so I had to buy it from some other website. That lasted me about another year. But then where I inserted the cord I guess got loose. We tried to get it fixed at a local place. That was a bad idea and waste of money. Within a month it was loose again and we had to send it in. It lasted a few months but then I began getting the same warning signs that I had gotten before with the other problems. I left it on too long, I guess(not even 12hrs), and it started buzzing and some hot liquid/plastic stuff started coming out of either the cord or where I put in the cord. I can turn it on but the power will probably run out in less than 5 minutes and I can't charge it. I don't recommend this laptop. I'm staying away from Dell.