The Dell Inspiron 1150 notebook is very user-friendly, cost effective and smart looking system which is considered as an ideal mobile solution for low-budget users with essential computing requirements. It offers an average feature set, good performance, and excellent battery life at a very affordable cost. Dell Inspiron 1150 is an upgraded version of the previous Inspiron 1100 series notebook.

The dimensions of the 1150 are 1.8 h x 13 w x 10.8 d inches and an approximate weight of 7.28 pounds. The specification of the Inspiron 1150 is 15-inch XGA display screen having 1024 x 768 pixel resolution, 2.6 GHz Mobile Pentium 4-M, 256 MB DDR SDRAM, 30 GB 4200 rpm hard drive, and DVD/CD-RW combo drives. The Operating System provided with 1150 is Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition and modem types featured are Fax/Modem with modem speed of 56Kbps.

Dell 1150 also features the Dell TrueMobile 802.11g wireless solution and the Intel 82855 GME graphics chipset. The networking is supported by Ethernet and Fast Ethernet, and the offered software is Productivity Pack including WordPerfect. The interface type featured is Hi-speed USB, Display/Video Network, Modem, Audio, and microphone, and interface provided are VGA, phone-line, Ethernet 10 Base-T/100 Base-TX, and line-out/headphones, and input. Also, the connectors provided are 4 pin USB Type A, 15 pin HDD-Sub (HD-15), RJ-45, RL-11, mini-phone stereo 3.5mm, and mini-phone 3.5mm.

A Keyboard and a touchpad are the two input devices featured in 1150. The battery technology used is Lithium ion offering a battery life of 4 hours. The power device form factor is external and power device nominal voltage is AC 120/230 V. A security lock slot and an optional cable lock are some of the miscellaneous features offered by Inspiron 1150.