Review: DELL INSPIRON 13

Dell Inspiron 13 pursues the Studio series

The all new Dell Inspiron 13 pursues the design course of the new-fangled Studio series, as well as the XPS M1330 and XPS M1530. This smooth looking laptop tenders a slot-loading optical drive, and contrasting most Dell laptops, is sold absolutely by Wal-Mart.


Design

Intend of the Inspiron 13 are extremely analogous to the XPS M1330, but with lustrous or matte black plastic replacing the brushed aluminum or silver decorated surfaces. Following the tendency of many other laptops on the market, it presents a lustrous highlighted screen cover and lots of lustrous surfaces. The palm-rest was missing with a textured plastic exterior that assists to decrease fingerprints, but the negative consequence is that the palm rests gather oils from your hand as an alternative.


Performance

This arrangement is by no means a multimedia powerhouse, sporting the foundation copy Intel Pentium Dual Core processor over the more extensively used Core 2 Duo. This processor presents a slower 533MHz FSB, and a great deal less system cache. That being the container, it still executed estimably. For a laptop that will be beleaguered towards students this presents more than adequate power to knob anything from iTunes to Microsoft Word. While gaming is out of the query that is not what this laptop was proposed for.


The Inspiron 13 tenders a 56Wh 6-cell battery which gives outstanding battery life for a resources oriented laptop. Most of the time with stumpy cost preconfigured units the producer skimps on the series size, and you see 2-3 hours of battery sprint life on a good day.


Overall

Fit and finish is extremely good, leaving you with a laptop that seems pretty solid in your hands. The display cover has a bit of flex with its slim plastic work of art, but it still emerges to guard the screen from stern impacts. Dell could have effortlessly fit an additional USB port, but as an alternative you are missing with one on both side of the laptop.


Pros

+ With a starting price of less than $700, this notebook is intended to be quite popular;
+ Build quality, Spot – on;
+ Good basic performer.
+ Great price
+ Good battery life


Cons

- Flexi plastics;
- Port selection is minimal.
- Only 2 Usb ports


Value For Money

Our Rating