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dell inspiron 1545 156 inch jet black laptop up to 4 hours 34 minutes of battery life ms home and student software included windows 7 home premium
Dell Inspiron 1545 15.6-Inch Jet Black Laptop - Up to 4 Hours 34 Minutes of Battery Life, MS Home and Student Software Included (Windows 7 Home Premium)
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List Price: $689.99
Our Price: $885.00
Availability: N/A
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Average Customer Rating:   
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Batteries Included: 1
Binding: Personal Computers
Brand: Dell
Color: Jet Black
CPU Manufacturer: Intel
CPU Speed: 2.1
CPU Type: Intel Pentium Dual-Core
Display Size: 15.6
EAN: 0884116037279
Feature: 2.1GHz Intel Pentium Dual Core T4300 Processor
Hard Disk Size: 250
Label: Dell Marketing USA, LP
Manufacturer: Dell Marketing USA, LP
Model: i1545-5399JBK
Publisher: Dell Marketing USA, LP
Studio: Dell Marketing USA, LP
System Memory Size: 4
System Memory Type: SDRAM
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Features
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2.1GHz Intel Pentium Dual Core T4300 Processor
4GB Memory
250GB Hard Drive, DVD±R/RW Optical Drive
15.6" Display, Integrated Intel 4500 MHD Media Accelerator Graphics
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit), *Up to 4 Hours 34 Minutes of Battery Life
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Editorial Reviews:
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Meet the Inspiron 15 — a 15.6-Inch laptop computer for your everyday needs. With an attractive, stylish design and mobile technology, this laptop features everything you want for everyday computing. The Inspiron 15 offers a modern black palmrest. Not to mention Intel Core 2 Duo processors, a Dell Dock and optional facial recognition software, all at a value within reach. *Based on Dell Lab testing. Battery life varies by configuration, operating conditions and other factors. Maximum battery capacity decreases with time and use.
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Great Value
Comment: If you have the money a MacIntosh is nice and will last you five years before becoming out dated, if you haven't got that kind of cash, buying a new one of these every year would be about the same price! Love the size and the operating system. Comes with a built in camera for video chat and a DVD/CD player. The battery lasts me about 4 hours. I like the screen, watching DVD's the picture is sharp. About the only downside is, if you go with Windows operating systems, it's important to buy the protection software you will need to keep out hackers. Don't open attachments from people you don't know!
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Summary: Excellent.
Comment: This was a great purchase. Everything went OK, The product was perfectly sealed and brand new, absolutely a great deal.
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Summary: Buy this over a netbook it is worth the extra $150. Great General Use laptop. Long Lasting if taken care of!
Comment: I was looking for a laptop for my wife and I to use to replace our last laptop which was a Dell Inspiron 8100 (yes I know it would seem that this would be a later model but the odometer must have clicked over on their model numbering system). That laptop was 9 years old. Still original screen and keyboard. I did replace the hard drive with a larger one and had to replace the batteries once along with the screen hinge. Other than that my first Inspiron lasted well past its predicted life. The cost of that laptop - $2500.
The year is now 2010 and I was able to pick this laptop up from Dell for $549 with a bonus of 4GB ram. It has a dual core intel chip. It is easily as powerful as my current desktop. I reinstalled the Windows 7 operating system right out of the box wiping out all of the Dell factory added software. Usually those programs are just clutter. In 30 minutes I was firing Windows 7 up on the new Inspiron.
We have had it for about a week and we are very pleased with the purchase. I'll just quickly go over a few of the positives, some of the items that could have been made better and some features that I didn't think about when ordering the laptop that I would have liked to add but didn't.
This laptop is the base model of base models in the laptop world. Make sure whatever laptop you get it has a great cpu and plenty of memory. The hard drive you can change later, the rest you can not. For this price point the CPU and memory is fantastic. No issues running multiple applications. It will work great for Photo editing software, internet browsing and watching online movies or playing music.
The network card included is a 54mb/s speed (G) however there was a choice to get the faster N network card which I opted not to get. Two days after I got the laptop my router broke and I bought a new N network router. Now my laptop is stuck at the slower speed. *BUT SLOWER IS PLENTY FAST FOR ANYTHING YOU WANT TO DO HERE* If you don't need the cutting edge speed then stick with the G option. A note about N - there is no standard yet for this speed. This means that devices could be incompatible with newer Routers if the standar is finalized differently than it exists now.
I chose the 9-cell battery over the standard 6 cell. I am big on getting alot of time out of a charge in a laptop. It is nice to not have to plug it in for 6 hours. Which is about what I am getting at the moment. This will decrease over time so the higher starting point will make the mid life range of the battery probably be in 4 hour range. Note though that the 9 cell battery uses a modified battery cover and extends from the back of the laptop with 3 extra batteries.
The screen is bright and clear. It is not full high def but close to half high def. (The resolution is not the official 720p half high def but in fact just slightly higher.) Being a base laptop with an economy price the need for anything more expensive will really outdo the other components and I find it is unnecessary for my purposes.
The look is simple which is my preference. The insides of the laptop around the keboard and screen are Jet Black (and attract fingerprints) the outside of mine is flat black with a silver Dell logo. This also attracts greasy fingerprints. You will have to just not let this bother you and clean it with a soft cotton cloth every once in a while. Its a a budget laptop with great looks and clean lines.
So the good - inexpensive, good option for a longer life batter, clear bright screen.
The annoying (I wouldn't call it bad - because it is a budget laptop). Probably to make these next few items better the cost of the laptop would increase.
The pointer - a pad in this model. We loose the fingertip pointer on the keyboard which I used almost exclusively in my old laptop. They cleaned up the touch pad and made it look integral to the remainder of the case of the laptop. There are no edges for crumbs to get caught in. There are two buttons below it for right and left clicking. This is adequate for the laptop of this price range. However the annoying part comes in that it is touch. Typing and a brief graze with a thumb will relocate your pointer. Annoying but you get used to it. The last annoying thing about it is that it is very difficult to select a larger portion of text. This can probably be fixed by adjusting the pointer setting in Windows. I just haven't gotten to that yet.
Since we didn't get a high def screen there is no high def output. I wanted to connect this to my tv to view some Hulu.com shows but there was nothing to accomplish this. There is a single VGA out to connect to a External Monitor or a Project but no dongle as in the Inspiron 8100 that just gave us an S VIDEO out. A sign of the times I guess.
Ok so I guess not too many annoying things. More better than worse with the best feature being the price making this laptop reachable by most budgets. Spend the extra $150 bucks and get this laptop over a Mini (netbook).
I would buy this from dell directly. Shipping may take longer however you can often find deals like I did for money off the price along with an upgrade to 4GB memory. It ships with Windows 7 64bit and this OS is plenty worth it, a large improvement over Vista. Brings me back to the Windows XP times.
I give this 4 starts not 5 because of the lack of the fingertip pointer, no external video connection to connect to the TV's of today. I would get 4 and a half probably. I hope this one will last me another at least 5 years.
One other note before I go - Dell laptops are fragile. If you take care of them, don't carry them by the screen, close them with not in use and just be overall gentle with their use and placing them down. Keep it in a padded bag and it should serve you well. To get the best life out of the battery, use the battery! Plug it in to charge it to 100% and then unplug it. Use it until it has as close as you feel comfortable to 0% - I usually use it to around 15% and then plug it back in overnight.
Hope you enjoy. (see my other reviews and support future reviews by visiting [...])
Sean
Sean's Review
sean@seansreview.com
Customer Rating:
Summary: lemon of a laptop!
Comment: The Dell laptop has been a hassle. The cursor jumps around on the page while typing making regular use very frustrating and time consuming! I contacted Dell during the warranty period and they sent a new key pad however, this has not fixed the problem. In addition the wireless system is weak. We have 5 other wireless laptops in the house but my Dell is the only one that is constantly not finding the signal or going offline. I would not recommend this product.
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Summary: I agree, Dell is Unethical
Comment: I also have had issues with Dell and the Inspiron 1545. Firstly, there is a known issue with the cursor randomly jumping to a different spot while typing. At first I thought it was an issue with MS Word, but then it began happening anywhere I was typing outside of Word such as Gmail or even writting a review for Amazon. Researching the issue online, I found I was not alone with this problem. Trying to get support from Dell was a joke. They give you the run around until you give up. Then, about 3 months after I bought it, the touchpad stopped working. I only paid $649.00 for the machine, so I expected mid-level performance, but needless to say I was disappointed with my first Dell laptop. I own 2 Dell desktops that I have had no issues with. However, I will not be buying another Dell laptop.
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