Dell Inspiron 15 5000 Review

Introduction

The Dell Inspiron 15 is a great all-round, daily use laptop. It is great for web browser, Office documents, music, videos, photos, Skype and more. In addition, as it's Dell, you'll know you have got yourself a quality device.

Build Quality

This Dell laptop has great build quality. The plastics feel nice and are sturdy. In addition, Dell now uses a much better design for hinges compared to older laptops from 2010 - such as the 1545.
The keyboard as little, if any, flex - depending on how you type.

Keyboard

This laptop features a chiclet style keyboard, with a number pad. It is of high quality, and doesn't flex that much. The keyboard is of a decent size and is easy to switch to and from if you use larger keyboards elsewhere. It feels great to type on and I could type on it all day. This article was written using the laptop.

Trackpad

The trackpad is one of the worst parts of the laptop. The whole trackpad is a button. This results in clicks sometimes not being registered or accidental right clicks when you mean to left click. But, for the price, it is an alright trackpad.

Design

The laptop is very sleek. It has a glossy back display panel with an metal Dell logo. Considering it has a disc drive, it is a very thin laptop and is very easy to carry around.

Display

This is the hardest part to review, as various options are available. The model I own features a full HD (1920x1080) matte display. The display is of high quality and is very easy to see.

Performance

This laptop has great performance for those of us who don't play games (well, old ones work fine). It uses integrated Intel graphics. In addition, it isn't the best for video editing (my video editing is done a computer with a Xeon processor). For most tasks, it has brilliant performance. And loading websites is better than ever as this laptop supports Wireless AC - this means websites load quicker and less Youtube buffering, if your router supports it.

Software

This laptop comes with Windows 10, but probably supports Windows 7. It doesn't come with much bloatware. The most annoying piece of software installed is the McAffee Anti-Virus software - and no one likes that! It comes pre-installed with a trial of Microsoft Office and also features various Dell Support and Registration software.

Overall opinion

I would certainly recommend this laptop to anyone who is in need of a good priced laptop (mine cost £499). It's great for most things, and if you want to video edit or game this is great to use while your desktop is doing that job.

Specifications (may vary, of my system)

• Intel Core i5 Processor 2.3Ghz/2.8Ghz
• 8GB RAM
• 1TB (terrabyte) hard drive
• Intel Intergrated Graphics
• Full HD 1920x1080 matte display
• Wireless AC capable wireless card
• Full HD webcam and dual microphones
• Microsoft Windows 10