Dell Inspiron 1525 (N0552506)

After my Acer Travelmate 291LCi worked for years wast time for a laptop that is a little again keep up with the current time, especially being able to use a laptop on battery weather played along with this new acquisition. Appearance The appearance of the Inspiron 1525 is adaptable, at least the top cover. This can be ordered in various colors and patterns. Dell has there very nice names like "Commotion pattern with custom high-gloss finish" and "Spring green with satin finish." Unfortunately, I had no choice in the look and I have to-next-to-ugliest. Namely the "Chill" version with high-gloss finish. In the middle of the cover can be found on a white circle, which of course also equipped with a silver edge. Finished in silver sheen Dell logo The bottom of the laptop is made ​​of dark gray / black. In addition, since the battery pack and a number of ventilation to see grids. Nothing special about this side so. The left side of the laptop has the following connections: - 2 x USB - 1x HDMI - 1x Modem - 1x RJ45 - 1x mini-FireWire - 1x D-Sub - 1 x Security lock slot - 1x power supply The right side contains the following connections: - 2 x USB - 1x PS / 2 - ExpressCard - DVD-RW front The back has no connections here, there is the 6-cell battery. If chosen for a 9-cell battery protrudes a portion of it here. The front of the laptop contains variety of LEDs, which are designed (in order from left to right): power led, hard drive activity LED, battery LED, WiFi LED, Bluetooth led. When we fold open the laptop, you immediately notice that there is no click-system or other system that is holding the top section in place. The laptop can be opened directly without additional action. The strength of this I doubt especially after some use, but for now feel the laptop still tightly closed to. The front also contains a number of speaker / headphone / microphone plugs. The beauty of this is that there are two available for any headphones and / or speakers so you can experience. In pairs stereo sound The front also contains an 8 in 1 card reader with support for Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, MMC, SD and XD picture card. Only when we unfold the laptop itself shows the true beauty of this laptop. The laptop is sleek finished in a nice silver color. The keys of the keyboard, the touchpad and hotkeys are beautiful silver finish. The touchpad is finished with a second scroll numerous places, this works very well. Below the touchpad are obviously the two (mouse) buttons. There are also two "real" buttons, one button for power plays. This is finished in a shiny silver color. The other button is a home button which suggests that you start the browser but actually start dell support program. hotkey does not work through a tactile button, but a kind of touchpad-like effect. When you press these hot keys, there is a blue LED light below the button, indicating that the button is actually pressed. When releasing the hotkey the LED fades slowly, which gives a cool effect. When starting the laptop we even get the "knight-rider" like to see at the hotkeys effect. Configuration Dell Inspiron 1525 - 15.4-inch WXGA widescreen display - Intel T2370 (1.73 GHz) - 2GB DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz (2x1Gb) - 160GB S-ATA 5400rpm - Intel GMA X3100 - DVD + /-RW - Dell Wireless 1395 - Dell Wireless 355 Bluetooth 2.0 Module - Windows Vista Basic Screen The Dell Inspiron 1525 is equipped with a 15.4 inch WXGA widescreen display which by default has a resolution of 1280 by 800 pixels. This screen is to expand to a WXGA + widescreen display that has a resolution of 1440 by 900 pixels. In order from Here I have not decided. Also there on the screen, the so-called True Life on. It claims a vivid picture, brighter colors, sharper contrast, larger angle and reduced eyestrain. In the "real" is the first thing you notice that the screen is especially shinier. Only when the screen is put, you can see the effect of TrueLife justice to. So it is really good dark black, the screen looks very sharp and the horizonal perspective I feel quite large (compared to my old Acer Travelmate 291LCi). The vertical angle is my feeling less large, treed discoloration (especially noticeable with black backgrounds) which quickly. Additionally, it has no noticeable backlight bleeding, which is really a big plus for this very bright screen. Hardware The hardware of this laptop is not startling. However, is that for me is not high interest, the laptop is mainly for surfing and some developing. Besides the aforementioned 15.4 inch WXGA widescreen notebook has the Intel T2370 processor with a clock speed of 1.73 GHz. This processor is covered by the Intel Pentium Dual-Core series. This processor has 1MB L2 cache on board. For memory is chosen for a total of 2GB. This total is made ​​up of two memory banks of DDR2 SDRAM with the speed of 667MHz. This means that all available memory banks in use. For my goal with this laptop is 2GB enough. Unfortunately, there is still a portion of the memory is used for the onboard video adapter. Additionally there is a 160GB S-ATA disk. This drive does its work at 5400rpm, not the fastest drive, but well enough for me to use. , he has been mentioned before, the onboard video card in the form of the Intel GMA X3100. This video card supports TL (Tranfsform and Lighting), up to 128 shaders and 384MB of memory. This memory is removed from memory. The speed of the display core and core render these graphics depends on the chipset, running at 333MHz and the GM965 on 500MHz, but the GL960 runs on 320MHz and 400MHz. With the latest drivers, this card supports DirectX 10.0 and Shader Model 3.0. , the DVD burner has a speed of 8x and can meet. both DVD-R and DVD + R There is not much exciting about this DVD to tell. Burner The WLAN is provided by the Dell Wireless 1395 chip. This supports the IEEE 802.11b and IEEE 802.11g standards. There may also be selected for an Intel WLAN chip, but the Dell 1395 for me. Finally, the laptop includes a 355 Bleutooth 2.0 module. This is not standard, but is optional. Battery The battery of the Dell Inspiron is a 6-cell version, the 6-cell battery, the laptop about 3 hours. Obviously, hereby publishes what exactly you are doing in those three hours. Dell also offers an opportunity to deliver the laptop with a 9-cell battery here, you pay about 80 euros extra for. Note that the 9-cell battery protrudes from the back. Software Unfortunately, Dell also generous with its bundled software. Of course, Microsoft Works, or any other useless burning software, Office 2007 trial, dell support center and much more. Personally, I prefer to receive a Windows installation as bare as possible, so clean up the laptop a first step after completing the Windows Vista installation. As mentioned above, the laptop comes with Windows Vista Basic. As a result, various Windows Vista-specific applications not included. Thus, the Aero interface is not present, Windows Mobility Center, Media Center happen, Backup and some multimedia applications. To find the specific differences Microsoft has a comparison page set. To date, I am still not against these limitations approached. Performance The performance of this laptop are not so important to me, after all, need only have to browse the Internet a bit reasonable and to be developing. Windows Vista score falls mainly on the onboard video card. To look at how the laptop performs further, I have the basic version of 3DMark06 downloaded and installed. The score is as follows: Conclusion The laptop is not great in terms of performance, but for my purpose well enough. The basic limitations of Windows Vista are not noticeable in daily use. So I've experienced so far, partly due to the large screen and the beautiful silver finish. Laptop as very pleasant One drawback of the laptop is the noise, the fan strikes fairly rapidly and thereby make some noise. So you can not stand here, I recommend this laptop off. Did you have any problems with it, it is a great laptop for not too much money. The other reviews of my hand here but can be found.