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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Review of Dell Inspiron 1545 Laptop

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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Dell Inspiron 1545 - very reliable, ideal for a student

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

...I bought this laptop from PC World in August and I am now at university. Since coming to university, I have used the laptop everyday for a wide range of tasks - and yes, I believe it has performed very well each time. Performance Both Startup, and shutdown are very speedy, ideal when you are in a hurry - as many students are! Once the logged in, the desktop appears rather quickly even though I have large programs such as Adobe Dreamweaver installed. When I bought Norton 360, I was worried that this would slow my laptop down too much since this is a large program, known for slowing down computers. But when I installed it, it bearly seemed to affect the laptop at all - even though I have it running constantly in the background! Casing The casing (or shell) looked very nice and shiny when I first bought it. The problem is that...

pmorris9191 09.10.2009 · Read review
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Dell Inspiron 1545 - tried and tested for 6 months

Advantages: Easy to use, perfect for storing vast amounts of data, very big hard drive!
Disadvantages: No webcam, poor battery life when watching films/episodes

...After using the Dell Inspiron 1545 for 6 months, I would definitely recommend it as it is a reliable, easy to use and fast laptop. The main features of the laptop are summarised in the list below: Windows Vista (Home Premium) Intel Core 2 Duo T580 250 GB Hard Drive 3GB Memory 15.6" Widescreen CD/DVD Re-writer Wireless 3 USB connections Lithium ion battery I bought this laptop from PC world for £399 and have used it daily for six months. I usually use it for watching films and find that the resolution is very clear and of a high quality. I regularly burn CD/DVDs and have not experienced any problems since purchasing this item. Also, I use this laptop for Internet use everyday and believe it is very convenient as it has a wireless connection and so can be used anywhere in the house or garden. In addition, the laptop...

supergirl20 26.07.2009 · 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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Review of Dell Inspiron 1545 Laptop

Dell Inspiron 1520

Advantages: Good looking and nice price
Disadvantages: bulky

...with DVD=R double layer write capacity *MONITOR? 15.4" widescreen WXGA (1280x800) TFT display with Truelife Wireless card (built in) Intel® 3945 802.11a/g Mini-card *OPERATING SYSTEM?Windows Vista Prices vary but Pc world sell it for around £500 but shop around as it can be found cheaper elsewhere *CONCLUSION* The basic spec. model is good for the average surfer and gamer, having enough guts to accommodate for this. For the more adventurous computer geek, (er..sorry..I mean person) then the higher spec models are worth the extra money. *DOWNFALLS* If I had to give a negative on this product then I would have to say that it is a bit on the heavy side, but if you don't intend to cart it around tucked under your armpit all day long then this should not be a problem....

blissman70 16.04.2008 · Read review
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Review of Dell Inspiron 1520

great little pc

Advantages: easy to clean
Disadvantages: no number keypad

...I know nothing about PC's but wanted a laptop for use around the house and for the kids - I was not really bothered about shopping around and ended up in PC World - I knew I needed one that was fast enough for the kids to play their games on and for me to surf the net I didn't want to spend over £400 and would prefer to spend a lot less but the cheaper pc's on offer were flimsy and having had experience of laptop keypad buttons coming off on our old laptop I wanted to make sure that my new pc was more solid especially with kids who like to bash the bottons for some reason anyhow, I looked at one dell laptop and it was lovely, I like to have the seperate number keypad at the side but the downside with that pc was the finish of the case, it was in lovely colours but it had a matt finish that I just knew would annoy me because I...

posy1 06.06.2009 · Read review
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The Dell Inspiron

Advantages: Scroll-wheel touchad, wide screen, LOADS of memory
Disadvantages: Overheating is a problem

...I got hold of this laptop last year, after my boyfriend spilt coke over his previous laptop and then claimed on his insurance for a new one. The company sent him a certain amount of Curry's/Comet vouchers so he could select his own, and we picked this one. I'm not a computer expert, and he knows a lot more than me and I know he would've have pick one with rubbish specifications. It had lots of internal memory, which is what I think initially attracted him to it. I won't go into many more of the specs because I don't really understand, and they can be found easily on any website anyway. The reason why I selected this laptop however, was because it looked nice. It's a wide screen laptop, and as the bottom half with the keyboard obviously is the same length of the screen, it means that the keyboard itself is a lot bigger than most other...

Stephoohla 14.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Dell Inspiron 1525

Dell Inspiron 1520 Reviewed

Advantages: Well Built, Most of I/O Ports as standard, good screen
Disadvantages: Weight, Position of USB Ports

...The keyboard is silver in colour with touchpad however there is no mouse scroll ball but i hardly used it on my previous dell. LCD As I have got 15.4'' Truelife screen, the results are amazing added with excellent graphics quality of NVedia card. Sound I found the sound to be quite good and loud so if u wana play games or listen music it won't disappoint you. WiFi + Bluetooth can be easily configured It has got two USB Ports on the right side and also the DVD drive is on the right Two USB slots on the back along with S-Video out and VGA out port Battery inlet is on the back left. WiFi On/Off Button on left and Card readers on left along with Audio Sockets (Line In/Line Out) On the weight side it is bit heavy approx 2.8 - 3 Kg, so if you are the one who use laptop on Bed, on Lap, it will feel bit bulky. Touchpad is...

amitahuja 04.01.2008 (07.01.2008) · Read review
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Review of Dell Inspiron 1520

Inspiration from the inspiron

Advantages: great graphics, comes with fab standard specifications
Disadvantages: can be pricey

...Ok where to start with this beauty? Well i'll kick off with a little bit about the ordering process as I believe this to be all part of the laptop as if you are already aware or not when you buy a dell computer, you pretty much choose the whole thing to be built to your choice, which if you aks me means that the order process is all part of this pc!! Now I've had my dell inspiron 1520 for nearly a year ( i'm even writing this review using it!) and even though you can order it to your specification, this model wasn't changed much from the basic spec so it gives a good insight into standard etc. First off, upon ringing through to order my dell laptop, I already knew exactly what I wanted after doing reserach on the net and knew straight off that I didn't want any of the other 'extras' they offer to bump up their sales. With this in...

frankiecesca 22.09.2007 (16.05.2008) · Read review
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