Dell Inspiron I15

Dell Inspiron I15

specifications

Dell Inspiron I15 (

Inspiron I15 series

)

processor

Intel Core 2 Duo T6400

2 x 2GHz (

Intel Core 2 Duo

)

graphics adapter

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD

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15.60 inches 16:9, 1366 x 768 pixels, glossy: yes

Weight

2.6 kg ( = 91.71 oz / 5.73 pounds), AC adapter: 0 g ( = 0 oz / 0 pounds)

Price

€500

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Dell Inspiron I15

Average score:

55%

- Poor

average of

2

Scores (from

2

Reviews)

Price: 80%, performance: 80%, features: -%, display: 80%, mobility: 50%, workmanship: -%, ergonomics: -%, emissions: -%

Reviews for the Dell Inspiron I15

50%

Dell I15-156B

Source:

CNet

A decent netbook configuration with an Intel Atom CPU, 1GB of RAM, Windows XP, and a big enough hard drive costs about $499, or the same as this basic 15-inch Dell Inspiron I15-156B laptop sized and Portability gets you a dual-core Intel CPU (but no official Core 2 Duo), 3GB of RAM, a 160GB hard drive, Windows Vista, and something alien for netbook users - a DVD burner. For another US$150 Dollars you can swap for Dell's similar Inspiron I15-157B, which doubles the HDD and has a faster Core 2 Duo T6400 CPU. At under $500, the Dell Inspiron I15-156B offers few frills but is about as cheap as a dual-core laptop.50, performance 80, display 80 single test, available online, medium, as of 05/02/2009

Valuation:

total score

: 50% Power: 80% Display: 80%

60%

Dell I15-157B

Source:

CNet

This retail version of Dell's base 15-inch Inspiron, the I15-157B, is a textbook mainstream budget computer, but it lacks some of the extras you'll find in other similarly priced laptops.

3 out of 5, good price, poor mobility

Individual review, available online, medium, date: 01/29/2009

Valuation:

total score

: 60% Price: 80% Mobility: 50%

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Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD

: Onboard (shared memory) GPU in the GM45, GE45 and GS45 chipset (Montevina). Significantly faster than the old GMA X3100 thanks to two more shaders and a higher core clock. Still not recommended for gamers (not DirectX 10 games or only playable with very low settings). The integrated video processor is capable of decoding HD videos (AVC/VC-2/MPEG2), eg for smooth Blu-Ray playback with slow CPUs.

Only some 3D games with very low requirements are playable with these cards.

» You can find more information in our

Comparison of mobile graphics cards

and the corresponding

benchmark list

.

Intel Core 2 Duo

: This is the Core Duo and Core Solo successor with a longer pipeline and 5-20% more speed without more power consumption. Complementing the Core Duo design is a fourth decoder, a reinforced SSE unit and an additional arithmetic logic unit (ALUMINIUM).

The Core 2 Duo for laptops is identical to the desktop Core 2 Duo processors, but the notebook processors work with lower voltages (0.95 to 1188 volts) and a lower front side bus clock (1066 vs 667 MHz). Performance The same clocked notebooks is 20-25% lower than desktop PCs due to the lower frontside bus clock and the slower hard disks.

T6400

: Entry-level dual-core processor based on the Penryn core with only 2 MB level 2 cache and low clock speed.»You can find more information in our

Comparison of mobile processors

.

15.60"

:

15-16 inches is a standard display size for laptops and offers the widest variety of products.

» You can find out how fine a display is in our

DPI list

.

2.6kg

:

This weight is representative of typical 14-16 inch laptops.

Dell

: Dell Inc. is a multinational technology company that designs, manufactures, sells, and supports personal computers and other computer-related products. Headquartered in Texas, Dell employs more than 82,700 people worldwide as of 2009. In 2006, Dell purchased computer hardware manufacturer Alienware Dell sells its laptops directly to consumers in various countries and each laptop is customized based on a selection of options. In 2014, Dell laptops had a global market share of 12.3% and in 2016 it was 14%.

55%

: Such a bad rating is rare. There are hardly any notebooks that are rated worse.

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