The internet networking has worked well and is fairly fast. It has been infected with malware at least twice. It has recovered well and AVG software has helped keep it going. Windows 7 has been very easy to use for a non-techie.
It came with Windows Home Premium with Media Center installed. It only has a 250 GB hard drive, but in 4 years I've only accumulated 100 GB worth of stuff.
The webcam works well. The microphones are pretty good. The speakers are pretty loud but not very deep sounding.The sound carries well. The CD ROM/DVD drive is dependably and fast. although it does drain the battery and heat things up.
The keyboard is very compact and I make typos with my clunky typing easily. I am finally upgrading to a LENOVO T530 that has a far superior keyboard and even a keyboard light. But I'm not going to compare the two machines here, as that wouldn't be fair to my old faithful friend that I'm writing this review on.
I can't think of any more negative things to say. This is a good solid sturdy internally and externally,basic computer with most features that people want or use.
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Be VERY careful before you buy this so you're not frustrated, hassled and disappointed like I am. I just bought this yesterday, and had it overnighted. I was SO excited! I thought I was getting the diamond pattern shell case (that was featured in the picture they finally took down, b/c it was wrong), the Dell Inspiron N4030-223B3D. "B" for black "3D" for 3D pattern on the shell case. INSTEAD, I received another random black Dell, with a shiny shell top that gets fingerprints all over it. It just reads "Dell Inspiron N4030" on the bottom; very generic. I don't know what anything is included inside w/o turning it on. It looks cheap and basic. I don't know if it has dual core Pentium, and all of the other good things in the one I thought I was buying, or it's some discontinued Walmart special for high school kids these mom and pop computer 3rd party sellers picked up to resell. So, def sending it back. Bought it from a third party seller, not this Oliver guy, but still, Amazon fulfills these orders, so they could have sent the wrong item too, so just BUYER BEWARE overall! And Amazon, do a better job of representing the actual items in pictures you are selling. Don't buy this w/o contacting the third party seller first, unless you don't care which one they send you, I guess.Update: I returned mine to the other 3rd party seller and sent this Oliver seller THREE emails asking if he was selling the one stated at the top of this page, so I could buy his instead. After waiting 4 days, he cannot be bothered to write me back to let me know, so, obv very shady sitch all around. I think Oliver and Sunshine should list in their personal item description what the shell case looks like that they are selling to make sure you get the right one listed here. Most likely they are selling this cheaper one from the Microsoft Store that comes in a brown cardboard box, that is only a super basic N4030 Dell Inspirion and NOT the nicer, fuller-featured N4030-223B3D. Amazon really dropped the ball on this item's sale all-around. Basically, if you email the seller before you ask to buy it to confirm it is indeed the same laptop they are advertising here, and they don't/won't email you back, then don't buy it from that seller, the way that I am not going to give this Oliver guy my business now b/c he can't be professional enough to return an email. I finally found it on ebay and just bought it there. Way to go, Amazon and 3rd party sellers! Nice customer service.
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