Okay, I had an inspiron 9300 a few years back, the build quality was exceptional, it was a great laptop, great speakers, nice keyboard, subwoofer, magnesium alloy construction.
DUAL COOLING SLOTS, a 6800 go video card which in those days was top of the line aside from the gtx.
The design was silver and white which was reminiscent of some apple laptops prior to this model of inspiron. Many didnt like the design and the white trim as they say. I was neither opposed to it or extremely fond of it but I thought it looked nice.
MORE IMPORTANTLY: the laptop had separate cooling for the laptop itself and separate cooling for the video card which kept the laptop very cool and allowed the inspiron to have a powerful graphics card.
Construction was superior...no flexing of the body and no flexing of the lcd panel, you could NOT press against the back of the lcd panel and make dimples on the front of the lcd screen. It was a very durable laptop. It was about 9 pounds and some would call it large and heavy but as I am not one to fall for those terms at that time I compared the size and weight to other 17 inch laptops and it could hardly be called big or heavy. I have to wonder what kind of weaklings cannot carry a 9 pound laptop??
The inspiron 9300's construction was second only to the legendary IBM thinkpads of that time before lenovo ruined the legendary IBM reputation with poor quality releases.
DELL has taken a page from Lenovo's book, Toshiba's, Sonly's and Acer's by making the Inspiron a cheap and flimsy design with lots of color choices so it really looks neat oh boy!!! I can choose my own color, how frickin stylish!! I can get a lime green cover or red or lemon blah blah blah.
Dont get me wrong, the redesigned INSPIRON 1720 looks nice and does include a numeric keypad........ WHAT THE REDESIGNED INSPIRON DOESNT INCLUDE IS GOOD QUALITY AND DURABILITY....
GONE IS THE MAGNESIUM ALLOY FRAME..... the laptop FLEXES ALL OVER THE BODY AND YOU GET HUGE DIMPLES WHEN PRESSING AGAINST THE BACK OF THE LCD LID.
GONE IS THE SEPARATE COOLING FAN/VENT for a graphics card The lack of which results in less favorable video card options and higher temps in the laptop chassis which is now quite noticeably warmer. At a time when the VISTA operating system requires more power from your graphics card.........DELL only offers weaker versions than offered on the previous INSPIRON design.
THE END RESULT?? A frilly colored laptop that previous dell Inspiron 9300/9400/E1705 owners will frown upon.......it costs the same yet comes in a flimsy chassis that is warmer with graphics that can only be called POOR compared to the older designs 7900 go card. There is Only ONE COOLING VENT/FAN on the new 1720
I had hoped that the new inspiron would be an improvement with its new design only to be disappointed when seeing it out in stores..... Well thank god I can pick a nice color right?
The last inspiron also offered custom colors in snap on covers which I might ad were very nice looking and added even more protection to the LCD LID. No snap on covers this time.
WHATS MY POINT??? DONT BUY THE NEW INSPIRONS..... their poor construction, cheap plastics and colorful color draw are no better than the laptops other companies make. In fact the toshibas and some new hp's can be had for less money with more powerful graphics options, slightly better construction than the Inspiron 1720 and aruably a nicer design and finish with more performance too.
Now some would say yeah!! but you can get a custom color on your laptop lid ( there are something like 10 or more? to choose from). Well if those kind of gimmicks and cheap flimsy laptop designs dont bother you then you'll love the new inspiron though again, Toshiba's new designs are far better than dells Inspiron redesign ( typical cheaper, more flimsy construction but glossy elegant finish, better graphics cards and better LCD screen and better price which begs the question why go with the new dell inspiron redesing over something like the toshiba satellite 305 series or 205 series?
Some would also say that dell did this so people like me would pay more than twice the price of the old inspiron (1500) dollars for an XPS 17 inch laptop??? UMMMM NOPE NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
INSTEAD I will be buying from HP or TOSHIBA or SONY.
THANKS FOR THE STEP BACKWARDS DELL I WILL SHOP ELSEWHERE FOR MY 9300 REPLACEMENT!!!
DUAL COOLING SLOTS, a 6800 go video card which in those days was top of the line aside from the gtx.
The design was silver and white which was reminiscent of some apple laptops prior to this model of inspiron. Many didnt like the design and the white trim as they say. I was neither opposed to it or extremely fond of it but I thought it looked nice.
MORE IMPORTANTLY: the laptop had separate cooling for the laptop itself and separate cooling for the video card which kept the laptop very cool and allowed the inspiron to have a powerful graphics card.
Construction was superior...no flexing of the body and no flexing of the lcd panel, you could NOT press against the back of the lcd panel and make dimples on the front of the lcd screen. It was a very durable laptop. It was about 9 pounds and some would call it large and heavy but as I am not one to fall for those terms at that time I compared the size and weight to other 17 inch laptops and it could hardly be called big or heavy. I have to wonder what kind of weaklings cannot carry a 9 pound laptop??
The inspiron 9300's construction was second only to the legendary IBM thinkpads of that time before lenovo ruined the legendary IBM reputation with poor quality releases.
DELL has taken a page from Lenovo's book, Toshiba's, Sonly's and Acer's by making the Inspiron a cheap and flimsy design with lots of color choices so it really looks neat oh boy!!! I can choose my own color, how frickin stylish!! I can get a lime green cover or red or lemon blah blah blah.
Dont get me wrong, the redesigned INSPIRON 1720 looks nice and does include a numeric keypad........ WHAT THE REDESIGNED INSPIRON DOESNT INCLUDE IS GOOD QUALITY AND DURABILITY....
GONE IS THE MAGNESIUM ALLOY FRAME..... the laptop FLEXES ALL OVER THE BODY AND YOU GET HUGE DIMPLES WHEN PRESSING AGAINST THE BACK OF THE LCD LID.
GONE IS THE SEPARATE COOLING FAN/VENT for a graphics card The lack of which results in less favorable video card options and higher temps in the laptop chassis which is now quite noticeably warmer. At a time when the VISTA operating system requires more power from your graphics card.........DELL only offers weaker versions than offered on the previous INSPIRON design.
THE END RESULT?? A frilly colored laptop that previous dell Inspiron 9300/9400/E1705 owners will frown upon.......it costs the same yet comes in a flimsy chassis that is warmer with graphics that can only be called POOR compared to the older designs 7900 go card. There is Only ONE COOLING VENT/FAN on the new 1720
I had hoped that the new inspiron would be an improvement with its new design only to be disappointed when seeing it out in stores..... Well thank god I can pick a nice color right?
The last inspiron also offered custom colors in snap on covers which I might ad were very nice looking and added even more protection to the LCD LID. No snap on covers this time.
WHATS MY POINT??? DONT BUY THE NEW INSPIRONS..... their poor construction, cheap plastics and colorful color draw are no better than the laptops other companies make. In fact the toshibas and some new hp's can be had for less money with more powerful graphics options, slightly better construction than the Inspiron 1720 and aruably a nicer design and finish with more performance too.
Now some would say yeah!! but you can get a custom color on your laptop lid ( there are something like 10 or more? to choose from). Well if those kind of gimmicks and cheap flimsy laptop designs dont bother you then you'll love the new inspiron though again, Toshiba's new designs are far better than dells Inspiron redesign ( typical cheaper, more flimsy construction but glossy elegant finish, better graphics cards and better LCD screen and better price which begs the question why go with the new dell inspiron redesing over something like the toshiba satellite 305 series or 205 series?
Some would also say that dell did this so people like me would pay more than twice the price of the old inspiron (1500) dollars for an XPS 17 inch laptop??? UMMMM NOPE NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
INSTEAD I will be buying from HP or TOSHIBA or SONY.
THANKS FOR THE STEP BACKWARDS DELL I WILL SHOP ELSEWHERE FOR MY 9300 REPLACEMENT!!!
