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Dell - 15.6" Inspiron Notebook - 8 GB Memory - 1 TB Hard Drive - Silver Aluminum
Stunning, thin design A sleek, sub-1" thin forged aluminum design with diamond-cut beveled edges is just one of the premium features you'll find on the new Inspiron 15. It's easy on the eyes and feels great to hold. The backlit keyboard makes working in low-light environments much easier - it spoils you for anything less. And the edge-to-edge touch display uses Corning® Gorilla® NBT™ Glass to complete a truly breathtaking laptop.Crystal clear sound Waves MaxxAudio® Pro brings crisp, rich sound to your favorite music, movies and videos.
Excellent features for price point at this time
Customer Rating
5.0
Display
5.0
Performance
5.0
What's great about it: feature set
What's not so great: HDD performance
After several months of research, I finally purchased this Windows 8 laptop. I was looking for a laptop that met these specs:
- Intel i7 4th gen processor (for performance & good battery life)
- Intel 4400 or Nvidia discrete graphics
- USB ports -- preferred 4 USB 3 ports, must have USB 3 ports located toward the rear of the laptop where connected cables will be out of the way of a right handed mouse user
- HDMI out
- min 8GB memory, optional to 16GB or or more
- min 750 GB HDD (7200RPM preferred)
- GigE network port
- Wi-Fi (min 2x2 300Mps)
- touchscreen
- min 1920x1080 screen resolution
- IPS panel preferred
- backlit keyboard
- number pad preferred
- sub $1000 price
- available in store preferred -- so I could see and touch
- Intel 4400 or Nvidia discrete graphics
- USB ports -- preferred 4 USB 3 ports, must have USB 3 ports located toward the rear of the laptop where connected cables will be out of the way of a right handed mouse user
- HDMI out
- min 8GB memory, optional to 16GB or or more
- min 750 GB HDD (7200RPM preferred)
- GigE network port
- Wi-Fi (min 2x2 300Mps)
- touchscreen
- min 1920x1080 screen resolution
- IPS panel preferred
- backlit keyboard
- number pad preferred
- sub $1000 price
- available in store preferred -- so I could see and touch
Not a lot of choices in this space --- Samsung, Toshiba, and Lenovo (mail order only).
Toshiba Satellite P50, which is one of the two brands I normally buy, was ruled out because USB 3 ports were directly in the way of a right handed mouse user (have this now on my Win 7 Sony Vaio and will never do it again). Then I spotted this Dell.
Has only two physical i7 cores (4 virtual) -- trades off battery life against performance. This one has turbo processor mode to 2.7/2.8. Good trade off from what I have seen so far. Performance is more than adequate. Have not extensively tested battery life yet.
Came with Windows 8.0, and I installed and upgraded to Windows 8.1 right away. No problems with the upgrade. Added Start8 from StarDock.com to restore the Windows 7 style Start Menu and turn off Windows 8 Metro. Driver updates from Dell Support web site are needed to resolve a couple of issues and deliver good WiFi performance.
Running mine normally with GigE wired connection, second 1080p Asus monitor on HDMI, Microsoft Wireless Mouse 4000, and USB3.0 10 port hub from iDsonix with My Passport Ultra USB3 2Tb drive, Seagate FreeAgent 1.5TB USB2 drive, Sandisk USB3 Cruzer Extreme 64GB memory stick, and Samsung USB 2 DVD writer all connected via the Hub. Works like a champ.
Typically seeing about 50% memory usage.
Nice performance and turbo mode kicks in when needed. 5400 RPM 1TB HDD is the bottleneck, I knew this would be the case going into the purchase, and I'll eventually replace with a Samsung 840 Evo 1TB SSD when prices drop a little more.
Runs nice and cool without an extra fan needed underneath.
Good sound from built in speakers.
Very pleased with purchase so far.
This product is... Good sound quality, A touch pad that works great, Perfect for Business, Big screen size, easy to set up, lightning fast
About me... Budget Conscious, Parent with kids, Technology guru, Regularly process large video or graphics files, Number cruncher (10-key needed), Business Professional
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Dell - 15.6" Inspiron Notebook - 8 GB Memory - 1 TB Hard Drive - Silver Aluminum
Stunning, thin design A sleek, sub-1" thin forged aluminum design with diamond-cut beveled edges is just one of the premium features you'll find on the new Inspiron 15. It's easy on the eyes and feels great to hold. The backlit keyboard makes working in low-light environments much easier - it spoils you for anything less. And the edge-to-edge touch display uses Corning® Gorilla® NBT™ Glass to complete a truly breathtaking laptop.Crystal clear sound Waves MaxxAudio® Pro brings crisp, rich sound to your favorite music, movies and videos.
backlit of the keyboard doesn't work
I got my dell 7537 yesterday, but I cannot open the backlit. Why doesn't it work when I press 'f10' or 'fn+f10'. It should work in this way.
Is there any addition setup on this function? Is this a hardware bug of my laptop? Can I exchange it ?
Is there any addition setup on this function? Is this a hardware bug of my laptop? Can I exchange it ?
Mine works fine. On by default and pressing F10 cycles through off, on minimal, on max. (Note pressing Fn before F10 not needed.)
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