Inspiring Inspiron from Dell

Advantages: Good spec, reasonable price, great processor
Disadvantages: The piano black surface attracts dust and dirt.

...I purchased the Dell Inspiron 1545 laptop back in January for my daughter's birthday. I had a limited budget but wanted to get her something with decent enough spec for playing computer games should she wish to do this, and a large hard drive as she is a big fan of making videos on her digital camera and downloading music - two things which can eat up hard drive space. I did a fair bit of research before purchasing and decided I wanted to get the best spec I possibly could for my money and the Inspiron ticked all the boxes. I paid £399 in January 2009 in Currys for the laptop which was the absolute limit on my budget. The Dell I purchased has a dark blue coloured lid, however the rest of it is a shiny piano black which looks lovely. I would have preferred metal for the mousepad area - it feels sturdier and doesn't seem to attract...

rosebud2001 21.06.2009 · Read review
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Dell Inspiron 1545 - good entry level laptop

Advantages: Cheap, good brand, lots of features,
Disadvantages: Probably not powerful enough for games, bottom of the market now

...The Dell Inspiron 1545 is an easy to use entry level laptop. Unlike two years ago when I bought my previous laptop, you can now get a number of Dell computers (of which this is one) direct from high street retailers. This is good if you want it in a rush and want a nearby place to handle any issues, but has the disadvantage that you can't customise your laptop to your own requirements to the same extent that you can if you buy it direct from Dell (which takes several weeks). Because Dell are so good at allowing customisation, you need to be very careful when you buy that you actually get the one you need - they are not all the same, so you can't just go into a shop and say "Give me your Inspiron 1545" - you need to be sure that it e.g. has a suitable processor, enough memory and a big enough hard drive for your needs. At the time...

beckyXX 27.09.2009 (08.10.2009) · Read review
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Just Good nothing more Dell Inspiron 1545

Advantages: Some
Disadvantages: Some very loud ones

...I really rue the fact that I own this laptop. I got it way back in 2009 as a present from my sister. Although I am not a big fan of Laptops but there are times when I do require this handy version when I am mobile. I won?t say that there are no pluses for this Dell Inspiron 1545 Laptop but the negatives are so glaring that they caste too many shadows on the pluses. I agree that Bluetooth is a not big necessity but the webcam is. Let?s try an honest run on both its highs and lows and just bring out what it really boils down to. DELL INSPIRON 1545: OVERLAY: I personally think for a Laptop it is not necessary to sport a trendy and sexy look but it?s widely accepted that the look is the first thing that impresses people, especially young people. By default it comes with a glossy black finish without any contour design...

roktimdutta 27.01.2010 · Read review
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Dell Inspiron 17 - great while the battery lasts

Advantages: fast, easy to use, great screen
Disadvantages: battering life quite short

...I've recently purchased this Dell and on the whole I like it. It's smart, quick and reliable. The screen is a good size for watching movies etc and the picture quality and audio quality is good (better with headphones). It's let down on a couple of fronts: I find the battery life quite short and although i've only used it at home so far I can see this being a problem when I take it on a train journey and want to watch a film. and the other problem i'm having is when I'm scolling on website I seem to automatically change the size of the display which is mildly annoying (although i'm sure there is a way of turning that shortcut off. Lastly, I paid extra to have a blue laptop and opted for the darker blue colour, but it's so dark that in many lights it looks almost black anyway, in hindsight I would have opted for the powder blue...

wenttomow10 30.11.2009 · Read review
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The dell inspiron laptop is it a good buy!

Advantages: The look of the dell inspiron laptop seems more classy then other notepads. It is simplistic.
Disadvantages: Maybe Dell Have gone too simplistic with this model as the features are nothing to rave about

...The Dell inspiron laptop has an attractive classy look, it has a simplistic stream-line look. When I take it out its case I feel good about it because its not a big bulky embarassing computer thing. However, if your one for keeping everything clean and tidy and no smudges anywhere, then maybe you might be irritated by this laptop. With its glossy look smudges, smears and fingerprints stand out like a sore thumb. You feel like your constantly wiping it. You also have to watch what you wipe the laptop with as it is quite easy to scratch. A better idea for Dell would be to provide a cloth to clean it with, one they know wont damage your laptop. It would be a real bummer to scratch it while cleaning it. I also decided to get the colour black because there wasnt a lot of colours to choose from which I found quite dissapointing as...

coolchick2458 27.05.2009 · Read review
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fantastic dell

Advantages: good allround
Disadvantages: none i can think of

...The great thing about dell laptops is that they all look so good. This ones no exception, and as dell are the leading company in desktops and laptops then you get the great laptop with the piece of mind that its going to be great and that if breaks you'll have great customer service too. The only bad thing about dell is that you cant really buy them in shops, sure you can pick some up at pc world but if you want to get the best deals then you have to go online. However buying online from dell is really easy and you sometimes get free things, like speakers, and you nearly always get a better deal than you would if you bought a laptop in a store. I love the way this laptop looks, it has a kind of cube design too it, but this makes it look cool, and not like a box which you would think it would. Its mainly a silver frame with a black...

techno_man_37 24.11.2007 · Read review
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My Lovely lap top - Del Inspiron 1545

Advantages: Quick to set up and easy to use
Disadvantages: haven't found any

...My lovely hubby bought me a laptop for my 50th birthday. We have a pc which my daughter uses most of the time for homework/chatting on msn and my husband has a Dell laptop which we bicker over as we both want to use it in the evenings so a laptop as a birthday present seemed like a good idea - and I love it! I decided on a Dell Inspiron as my husband has the Inspiron 1525 and has been very happy with it. When I went onto the Dell website they were doing a special offer which ended that day - £100 off the basic price with Windows 7 included, so we decided to go ahead. The ordering process was really straight forward. It gives all the technical information about the computer - processor, video card, memory etc and you can just go ahead with the basic laptop as it comes. However, if you want to upgrade any part of the computer so...

kazkins 06.02.2010 · Read review
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Dell Inspiron 1545 - very reliable, ideal for a student

Advantages: Great Performance, Attractive cover, brilliant screen quality
Disadvantages: Smudges around keyboard, poor battery life

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pmorris9191 09.10.2009 · Read review
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well designed little dell that never gets hot

Advantages: cool and quite robust trackpad, good display,64-bit windows 7
Disadvantages: few connectors,dell drivers only, not realy for gameing (most models), finger print prone!

...We got the Dell insperon as a replacement for our trusty old Toshiba laptop we did want a red dell studio but budgetary reality kicked in and we went for this insperon 1545, here's my review for it. Laptop specifications improve all the time, so I wont go on to much about the spec and concentrate more on the laptop as a whole. Now if your new to laptops or computers in general i`ll give you a bit of buying advice. If you want to buy a dell laptop from there website DON'T buy the cheapest £299 model it`s a false economy, there isn't enough memory (just 1GB of ram) witch will mean that it wont be as quick as it could be moreover you will find that it will get slower as you start to fill it up with apps. ALWAYS buy the next model up if you are after a cheap laptop as you get a lot more for your money (as well as sufficient memory). build...

prosumer 02.12.2009 · Read review
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DELL BUSINESS: The worst customer service & you have no rights

Advantages: Product is fine but dont bother buying from them direct due to poor customer service/ norights
Disadvantages: Product is fine but dont bother buying from them direct due to poor customer service/ no rights

...I bought a few things from Dell for my small business. I realised one product was not compatible with the others when I looked at the email invoice (within 24hrs) so emailed them back straight away to say please can you not ship and can I swap for another product. On the Dell Business website top right hand corner 'view all' drop down menu of the site there is a link to a page where it says this is fine within 7 days although you have to pay £20 admin. I thought not great but its my fault and the other product was cheaper anyway so I could swallow the £20 charge happily. i then had a email response saying a sales rep will call to sort it out. Instead I actually got a curtesy call from despatch rep a few hours later to say they have shipped the product. I told him not to ship but he said its done now. So I called up the sale depo and was...

Oliforce 08.12.2009 · Read review
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