Pros: HDMI, excellent battery life and 7200 rpm hard drive

Cons: The body can slightly creak and is a quite bulky

Dell Inspiron M102z features an 11.6 inches screen display and runs in an AMD E-350 APU that combines the graphics and CPU in one small chip and is much faster compared to the conventional 10 in netbook based on the Atom CPU of Intel.

Because it is relatively large in size, the Inspiron M102z is much comfortable to use and provides a decent size of chiclet keyboard with bigger keys and palmrest. The keys have stiff and shallow feel but you will be able to get used to them after quite a while of using. It also has a good sized touch pad and is very responsive.

The Inspiron is quite bulky and weighs around 1.55 kg and gets thicker towards its back from where its battery is situated. It comes in Piano black, Fire Red and Lotus pink varieties. It has smooth and semi-glossy palmrest meaning it can feel a little stickly after typing on the netbook for extended period of time. When using it for a long time on the lap, warmth will be felt especially to the center where the RAM is found so make sure the air vent on the left is not blocked. The quality of its build is decent for inexpensive laptop but its screen is a little creaky when moving the lid up and down.

Around the Dell Inspirton M102z, you will be able to get three USB 2.0 ports, headphone and microphone ports, 10/100 Ethernet, HDMI, VGA and SD card slot. It is also equipped with webcam, 802.11n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. However, it does not come with USB 3.0 port such as MSI U270.

When it comes to the performance, the Inspiron M102z is quite impressive and is much faster than other laptop of its class. The M102z can be employed for video transcoding if you are dedicated and do not really mind about waiting a long time for results. The hard drive of the unit has 7200 rpm spin speed and recorded at 35.33 MB rates per second which is an impressive result.

With the integrated AMD Radeon High Definition 6310 graphics, it has more vigor than netbooks that use integrated Intel High Definition graphics. Its excellent battery life is also a remarkable feature that lasted 4 hour and 32 minutes where the power management is disabled, Wi-Fi is enabled and the screen brightness is maximized.

Overall, the Dell Inspiron has eye catching style and despite the lack of features, it does have some good points worthy of its price.