Dell Inspiron 15

Introduction


Dell recently issued tebarunya notebook equipped with screens of 15 inches. Dell Inspiron 15 issued to the market where the middle class who are in need of a notebook with an affordable price, but performance is quite good.



Design


Do not imagine that the design of the Inspiron 15 is similar to upper-class notebook designs because of the Inspiron 15 made of plastic material as a whole and not the usual metal materials contained in the upper-class notebook. In addition, there is no common multimedia buttons found above the keyboard and LED status lights on the Inspiron 15. The outside and the inside of the Inspiron 15 made of plastic material that looks shiny because of the easy dirty fingerprints. Inspiron 15 issued in several color choices and we have black


The interior of the Inspiron 15 also is black and looks shiny. The materials used to make the keyboard and touchpad feels solid when we use it. Under the screen there are two speakers that are shaped like lines which are not visible if you do not pay attention to details.
Comes with dimensions of 14.7 x 9.6 x 1.5 inches with a weight of 5.8 pounds, the Inspiron 15 is not light for a notebook. Inspiron 15 is more suitable be used as a notebook to complete your office work at home.



Keyboard and Touchpad


Keyboard Inspiron 15 is large and easy to use without the need to suppress it in deeply. When we conduct tests using 10 finger typing, we are able to type 81 words a minute. Keyboard Inspiron 15 is quite comfortable as we used in a long time.

Below there is a touchpad keyoard sized 1.8 x 3.0 inches that comes with these two key pieces underneath. Touchpad feels quite sensitive when we use equally well with both the button below touchpad that does not make a sound when we press.




Ports and Webcam


Inspiron 15 is equipped with a total of three USB 3.0 ports, VGA, Ethernet, headphone and microphone hole, ExpressCard/34 slot, and card reader 7-in-1. Headphone and microphone hole and the card reader located on the front of the Inspiron 15.

Unfortunately, the Inspiron 15 is not equipped with an HDMI port which is usually found on notebooks with 15-inch screen as the Inspiron 15. To add an HDMI port on the Inspiron 15, you have to order it specially, and you must add a fee of $ 25.




Display and Audio

Inspiron 15 is equipped with screens of 15 inches with a 16:9 screen aspect ratio which is suitable for watching DVDs because there is no black line below and above the screen. Screen Inspiron 15 looks bright and very well used, to replace the LED backlight technology which can illuminate the screen with very bright you have to pay the upgrade for $ 25.



Inspiron 15 using a screen resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels which are also widely used 15-inch notebook sail another. When we look at the screen at certain angles the screen looks not so good. The screen looks reflective of annoying when we do not see the screen on the front.



When we play a DVD with the title of Heroes on DVD optical reader located on the Inspiron 15 and then we mempecepat DVD, DVD optical reader takes a few seconds only then can play it back.



Under the screen there is a line-shaped speakers which can not make a sound that great when we set it at maximum volume levels.


Performance


Inspiron 15 is equipped with Intel Core 2 Duo processor with a configuration 2.0-GHz Intel Pentium Dual Core T4200 CPU and 3GB of RAM that can activate Windows Vista within 47 seconds.



In PCMark Vantage tests Inspiron 15 get value for 2.627 points to 768 points below the value where the average notebook class. Inspiron 15 using the hard drive of 250GB at speeds 5.400 rpm, when we tried to move 4.97GB of data from various files and folders, Inspiron 15 may do so with an average speed of 18.8 MBps.

To do convert video duration 5 minutes 5 seconds with MPEG-4 format into AVI format, Inspiron 15 takes 29 minutes 10 seconds which is quite long for a notebook. When we do a ZIP folder 4.97GB size, the Inspiron 15 may do so within 10 minutes.


When we try multitasking with programs like Internet Explorer to open with multiple tabs and stream videos from Hulu.com as well as opening other programs such as Dell DataSafe, Control Panel, and downloaded Skype, the Inspiron 15 may do well despite us.




Graphics Cards


Inspiron 15 using Intel GMA X4500HD graphics cards that have a value of 767 points on 3DMark06 test, which is 2.500 point lower than the average notebook class. When we played the game with heavy graphics such as Far Cry 2 with a resolution of 1024 x 768 pixel screen, the screen can only display frame with a speed of 5 fps. At screen resolution 1366 x 768 pixel screen can only display graphics with the speed of 3fps.



You can only use the Inspiron 15 for playing games it's just that the screen looks less good when we play the game.



Battery Endurance and Wi-Fi


Inspiron 15 is equipped with six-cell battery that can last up to 3 hours 12 married on trial LAPTOP Battery Test (browsing via Wi-Fi).
For business Wi-Fi connectivity, the Inspiron 15 is equipped with Wi-Fi 802.11g that can deliver data at speeds 19.0 Mbps and 17.7 Mbps at a distance of 15 feet and 50 feet from our router. Sayangnga Inspiron 15 is not equipped with Bluetooth connectivity.

Dell Dock


Just like any other Dell laptop, the Inspiron 15 also is equipped with Dell Dock. The function is equivalent to the Dell Dock Apple Dock which contained icons at the top of the screen Inspiron 15. Icons can be used as shortcuts to access your favorite menu. This icon can be replaced in accordance with your wishes.



Dell DataSafe



Melengkap teleh Dell Inspiron 15 with Dell DataSafe Local Backup, which allows you to make backups of your data up to 2GB using Dell DataSafe Online. If you subscribe, you can get a larger backup capacity again (10GB / $ 29 per year and 100GB / $ 59 per year).


Software and Warranty



Complement Dell Inspiron 15 with Dell Dock and Dell DataSafe. Not only that, Dell also had to include software such as McAfee Security Center (Free trial for 30 days), Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 (free trial for 60 days), PowerPoint 2007 viewer, PowerDVD DX, Roxio Creator DE, Windows Live Essentials, and Yahoo Toolbar. Inspiron 15 has been equipped dengn full warranty for 1 year.


Upgrade Options

Dell Inspiron 15 sold starting at $ 349, to do the customization you can order it at www.dell.com. Unit Inspiron 15 that we tested using a Pentium Dual-Core processor, you can also use the Intel Celeron or Intel Core 2 Duo (with added money of $ 200).



To upgrade the OS Windows Vista Basic to Windows Vista Home Premium OS you have to spend money for $ 30. To upgrade the RAM was increased to 3 GB and 4 GB of 2GB standard configuration, you have to spend money of $ 50 and $ 75.

To upgrade from 60GB to 500GB hard drive you have to spend money of $ 125. To replace the graphics card to ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330, you have to spend money sebesarr $ 100. To replace the optical reader to be Blu-ray DVD you must add money for $ 150. To replace the battery of four six-cell battery cells into nine cells and you have to spend money for $ 30 and $ 75. To add Bluetooth connectivity you need to add money for $ 20. To add webcam 1.3-megapixel camera you'll need to add money for $ 25.


Closing Remarks


With prices starting at $ 349, Dell Inspiron 15 is a notebook with a very affordable price. Our suggestions you can buy Dell Inspiron 15 versions cost $ 499 like ours because they are good enough to help solve your daily work.

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