Pacific Blue Dell :) (Dell Inspiron 1545)

Member Name: stace12344

Product:	Dell Inspiron 1545
Date:	15/10/09 (117 review reads)
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Advantages: Colours

Disadvantages: Glossy Look shows finger marrks, Battery

I purchased my first laptop just after christmas 2008. I basically went into Currys unsure of what I wanted & without much knowledge on laptops in general. I was advised to go with the Dell Inspiron 1545 and I must say I have been very impressed with it.

I bought my laptop for £399 in Currys, excellent value for money in my opinion. The Laptop was for a sale price due to it being Boxing day and had previously been on sale £500.

- Appearance

The laptop has a "high gloss " lid which looks very nice however, can be fairly annoying as it shows finger prints and constanly requires cleaning. My laptop is "pacific blue" I could have also chose black or pink. The lid of the laptop is plain with just a "Dell" logo. Opening the lid there is a nice sized screen (15.6 inch) a black keyboard & two stickers stating that it is Windows Vista & has a Core 2 Duo processer. The laptop has a glossy look inside too, which gets covered in finger prints very easily. (A cloth would have been useful). The laptop is fairly light weight and not too big to carry around (for meetings etc).

- Basics

The 1545 Inspiron laptop has a dual core processor.

Intel Celeron Dual Core T3000 (1.8GHz, 800MHz FSB, 1MB L2 Cache)
3GB 800MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [1x2048 + 1x1024]
500GB (5400RPM) Serial ATA Hard Drive
DVD +/- RW Drive (read/write CD & DVD)
Intel Integrated GMA 4500MHD

In addition there are headphone and microphone slots, three USB ports and an ethernet port.

Windows Vista is installed on the laptop which I found very confusing to use at first and fairly difficult to get used to. Anti-Virus software was half price in Currys at the time: McAfee for £39.99. This was already installed onto the laptop and run out after six months.

Setting up the laptop was very easy. We already have another laptop set up to the internet so had no problems with the wireless. Since having the laptop I have experienced no problems with it what so ever. I use it almost every day and it never fails to load etc. One small critisism is that the battery life is fairly short, if you are able to keep the laptop plugged in then this is not a problem however, my laptop lasts approximately two hours before the battery dies. A warning light comes on when the laptop has around 22% left, this deteriates until a red light comes on the laptop and within a few minutes the laptop will shut down & will restore any data which may have been lost the next time it is charged.

Summary: Good, reliable Laptop

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