A First Look @ the Dell Inspiron 1520 notebook

Well as i said in my previous post i decided to go Dell this time and purchased a Dell Inspiron 1520 with the following specifications:

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor T5450 (1.66 GHz, 667 MHz FSB, 2 MB L2-cache)
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium - English1 Year Base Warranty - Collect & Return
Jet Black Colour with Matte Finish with camera15.4"
Wide Screen WXGA (1280 x 800) Display with TrueLife™
2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x1024]
160GB (5400RPM) SATA Hard Drive
Integrated Intel® Graphic Media Accelerator X3100
Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW D
rive including SoftwarePrimary
6-cell Lithium-Ion Battery (56 WHr)

Dell payment/delivery process and even the courrier company were excellent and everything worked out smoothly.

First impressions taking out the notebook from the packaging was that a) it was a bit heavy i think it is approximately 2.5 kilos b) it seemed compoud and well build and it actually has the looks!!

As can be seen from the below photo the screen is a TrueLife and all the graphics are powered by Integrated Intel® Graphic Media Accelerator X3100 which is not a games graphics card but everyone agrees that Intel did a good job with this version of intergrated cards.


Now TrueLife means that probably taking this laptop out and working under the sun may create some problems with reflected background enviroment images. Still in an indoor enviroment the screen is amazing with nice levels of light and brightness.

The keyboard is really well build and has a nice feeling when you are typing. The silver inside frame is bright and looks great but as other people had already metnioned it may be affected over time and freaquent use.

In terms of ports and accessibilty with mobile devices it has more than enough as can be seen from the below pictures i.e 5 usb ports are really good. The wireless one touch connection slide button on the left side of the notebook is really helpful and easy to use. The speakers suprisingly are placed at the botom of the front side of the notebook but the sound is excellent!

Overall i must admit i am impressed with this notebook, it seems to suit my needs as i mentioned in my previous post. It is also a very very quite machine. Additional bonus the technical support of Dell which as in the case of Toshiba is great and covers lots of countries.
''A laptop with no substantial technical support is a disaster waiting to happen"

p.s Window Vista gave me already a blue screen but it was about time to get my hands in the new operating system whatever that means for my nervous system!!