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Advantages: Looks good. Battery life around 4 hours. Keeps your legs warm on cold days!
Disadvantages: Audio crackle. Gets too hot. Screen viewing angle restrictive. Slow to start.

...appears to be a common Dell laptop problem. I eventually found advice in a forum to disable band A on the wi-fi. This worked but it is a bodge. The audio isn't good even without the crackle but I was intending to return it before I found the work-around. I tried to use the on-line help Dell make such a fuss about but it wouldn't recognise my service tag number. On the Plus side, it is a good looking machine and the battery life is excellent. I was ...
...but I have to say I quite like it. I bought it to replace a dying Medion laptop I got from Woolworths. The Medion was a much nicer machine to use despite being cheap. It served me well for over two years of heavy use but it has developed a poor connection somewhere. Even with the fault I still prefer it to the Inspiron. ... Read review

Advantages: Fast, looks good; nice screen
Disadvantages: Dim screen in power-saving mode

...on the market - the Dell 1520/1525/1720 range are cheaper but don't look quite as good - though I'm sure they would have done a pretty good job too! The main attractions of the M1530: Fast processor - mine has the T5450 (1.66GHz) but better are available 2GB of RAM as standard 250GB storage - very handy but sure that won't seem like much in a couple of years! Very nice screen - high resolution Good graphics card (NVidia GeForce 8600M GT) Good ...
...weight for its specs Fingerprint reader - bit of a gimmick possibly, but makes logging on easy I opted for one of the standard black matt covers - I'd read that these attracted fingerprints but for some reason didn't believe it - THEY DO. On the other hand, if you're not too fussy about appearances, after a few months the marks don't appear too obvious (I suspect because they merge together). The laptop worked straight out of the box. Start-up ... Read review

Advantages: Speed, screen (1920x1200), takes 2 hard disks, solid build, looks, support.
Disadvantages: Sound, touchpad, weight.

This is a great laptop let down by a couple of things which could easily be remedied by Dell. Pros: Very fast with a great screen (I have a 2.5GHz Core 2 Duo with the 1920x1200 Ultrasharp screen option). Supports 2 hard disks. Looks good and feels as solid as a rock. Excellent full keyboard. Cons: Big and heavy - not really for carrying around. Sound - only one speaker so no stereo, and sound comes from underneath to the side, so sounds distant ...
...There is loads of room to make this much larger. As it is, I find I am constantly having problems with it as I am inadvertently hitting the 'scrolling' areas and the mouse stops responding as I am expecting it to. This is the worst touchpad I have used, but only because its usable area is so small. Update: OK I was wrong - the laptop has stereo sound. there are 2 small speakers at the front, but on the underside, so you have to be careful that they ... Read review

Advantages: Cheap in Price compared to other laptops
Disadvantages: Slightly bulky and heavy in weight

...their prices with the other Dell laptops out on market. I purchased the laptop at £339 with the same spec on the inspiron coming to a total of £529. The machine overall is excellent for the type of work I use it for, as it is very fast and quite simple to use with minimal functions. The downfall is that it is slightly bulky compared to all the other machines and can take up quite a bit of room as it is pretty thick aswell. I have had a few problems ... Read review

Advantages: Good Spec
Disadvantages: Prone to Overheating

When looking for my first laptop I was searching for an efficient and powerful computer. I believe the Inspiron 1520 fits that mould. The Laptop is fairly heavy but with its generously proportioned 15.4 inch screen that is to be expected. The specification is more than ample. I went for the T7500 processor which really shines on the many software packages I use. The graphics Nvidia 8600 GT graphics card,though not top of the range handles all but ...
...faulted however a massive problem lies with the fan. The fan appears not to work,the laptop will start to heat if used for over one hour which wcan cause discomfort if placed on the users lap. I also found that the charger supplied with the laptop is prone to overheating and mine has broken down twice However this is an efficient,powerful starter laptop. ... Read review