Dell Inspiron 1720

I have just bought one of these to replace my rather dead, and always quite unreliable Acer laptop. I have been using my new Dell for around 3 weeks now and can only say its great! To start with the screen - it's a very crisp and stunning picture at all times, which I have noticed both when watching films and looking at pictures, but in particular when working on documents or webpages with quite a lot of writing - I no longer have to squint because everything is so much sharper. The sound is also very nice - although little of my laptop usage needs sound, those occasions that I do want to watch a dvd or listen to a cd it is nice to have not only a ...  Read the complete review

I bought my own Dell inspiron 1720 7-8 months ago and I must say, I LOVE it. My brother also has a Dell Inspiron 9400. Our whole family loves Dell. It has an elegant and fast look, despite the large housing. It is very strong, since it is made from high quality aluminium. I must admit that Dell is probably one of the best companies in making laptops. The first big advantage of the inspiron 1720 is that it has an extra numeric keypad. This was also one of the points which made me choose a dell, cause a lot of other laptops doesn't have such an onboard keypad. The Intel Core 2 Duo T7100 / 1.8 Ghz processor in combination with the 2 GB Ram, runs really fast. It ...  Read the complete review

The dell inspiron looks great, performs great and best of all it's a dell. Dell are no doubt the best when it comes to laptops and computers, the only bad thing I can think of about dell, is that you can only buy online. This can be a bit frustrating because when you want to get a laptop you want to see it before and try it before you buy. Also you don't want to wait a week or longer before it arrives so you can go on it. However it being a dell, you get great customer support, and you know its built to last. This inspiron 1720 looks fantastic. Basically it looks like any other dell inspiron, but a lot of design work went into these and it really ...  Read the complete review

I'll have to be careful here. I'm sure my laptop knows what I'm up to. As soon as I'm finished typing this it'll crash. Never the less, here we go. Overall, this is a nice bit of kit. Looks good, fast, nice and heavy and doesn't feel too plasticy. I've had it now for just over a year and up until very recently it's behaved like a schoolboy on the promise of a visit to the Cadbury Factory. However: be aware of the problem that I am know experiencing. SMART status failure. Apparently this means that at some point in the very near future my hard drive is going to flick me the v and depart for parts unknown. I've done a little squaffling around in forums and am led to ...  Read the complete review

I have had my 1720 for about 18 months and love it. I can't say its been entirely trouble free; just out of the 12 month warranty, the hard-drive died, a little annoying at 13 months after delivery! I did manage to source and fit a replacement but don't expect this to be trouble free, re-installing was a bit of a headache. The Dell website and telephony support was a little disappointing, I found searching forums far more usefull and informative. One good feature I discovered during the refit, was a spare HDD slot, could prove very usefull in the future but it was something I didn't know I had. Bear in mind that there are special Dell fittings on the hard drive, if you ...  Read the complete review