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Dell Inspiron 1520 Laptop Review

post #1 of 7
7/29/07 at 7:11am
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The build quality is amazing!

The 1520 is a lot more heavy and a little bigger than the HP dv4000.

The 1440x900 LCD has a very good vision angle. A lot better than dv4000's LCD.

I haven't really tested battery life, but I think it should give you at least 2 hours.

The 1520 remains cool, and when playing games like COD2 or GRAW2 it does not get that hot. The HP dv4000 gets really hot even when just surfing the net, it also turns itself off with some games because it overheats too much.

What I hate: Half of the time it makes a noise that I can't describe (english is not my first language). I can tell you that it can irritate you pretty easy. Intel Processors seem to be the ones to blame (CD and C2D) but I'm not sure.

What I hate even more: When using my earphones, I can ALWAYS hear that damn noise, it makes me crazy! The audio quality is way better than the dv4000's one, it sounds great (not with the internal speakers, of course), but that noise, I hate it!

I'm not good making reviews, but if you have any questions just ask and I'll try to help you.
LL
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post #2 of 7
8/3/07 at 12:58pm
Did you play some??? BF2, BF2142, FEAR?
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post #3 of 7
8/3/07 at 4:16pm
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I have played GRAW2, COD2 and SimCity 4 with Rush Hour.

GRAW2 performed poorly on Vista, so I installed XP and it did a lot better. I played on medium settings and everything was smoth.

COD2 does perform very well under Vista. I play COD2 on the highest settings, excpet for anti-aliasing (I have it in 2x instead of 4x because in 4x I can see the HUD but everhing else is grey, like fog)

SimCity 4 RH performs very well under Vista. I play on high-highest settings and I get some lags every once in a while.
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post #4 of 7
9/25/07 at 10:16pm
Do you carry it around alot?
(Usually never home, and just trying to see how it is carrying it around all day)
IE:Will it feel like its going to break easily? etc.
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post #5 of 7
9/26/07 at 2:03pm
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Do I carry it around alot?
YES...I take it to school 5 days a week!

Will it feel like its going to break easily?
Not at all. I think it is pretty solid.
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post #6 of 7
10/1/07 at 4:15pm
I've been searching for the hrd drive standard for this laptop and only came up with "serial ATA." Does this laptop use SATA 3.0 Gb/s or SATA150? I'd like to buy and use the drive as an external then install it in the laptop when I get it, but I cant do that without knowing which standard it is.
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post #7 of 7
10/1/07 at 10:02pm
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This is the hd that came with my Inspiron 1520: http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.js...&reqPage=Model
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