Dell Inspiron 1564: Mobile i3/i5 for the Masses
by Dustin Sklavos on March 3, 2010 11:01 PM EST- Posted in
- Laptops
Dell Inspiron 15 Battery Life
Dell shipped our Inspiron 15 review unit with their standard 6-cell, 48Wh battery and advertise it as being able to hit up to 3 hours and 43 minutes of running time. For our battery life testing, we set the screen's brightness to a measured 100 nits.
The running time of the Inspiron 15 isn't exactly breaking any records, but it's not a showstopper and Dell should be commended for at least a measure of truth in advertising. Leaving the computer idle at about 30% brightness in the software settings resulted in a battery life two minutes longer than what Dell advertises. When we put the computer to basic use, we get a touch over three hours, which is just about the bare minimum of what a modern notebook should be able to provide. When video playback enters the equation, however, battery life takes a swan dive, losing a full hour of running time. The Inspiron 15 is still managing two hours of useful life, though, just long enough to watch a movie before having to put the machine into standby.
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T2k - Thursday, March 4, 2010 - link
1. Well, I have seen both (current) displays and I found Acer's somewhat better + webcams were always great in the few Acers I've come across recently (in 2-3 years) whereas Dell's track record is rather spotty there...2. There's an i5-520M version of it, for $850 but I don't think it worth $100 at all - IMO you would be better off rather spending it on a small SSD for the system and moving the 500GB to an external case instead...
3. Acer is fully-featured, unlike this one which, as the writer said it, feels stripped down.
4. The new DX11 mobile ATI chip gives you full 8-channel audio over HDMI which is a big plus for HTPC use, even if occasional.
5. Of course, this new mobile chip will drive 13x76 resolution just fine even in new games.
KaarlisK - Thursday, March 4, 2010 - link
Why should that be an external case? Just replace the DVD drive with a caddy holding the SSD/HDD and move the DVD drive to the external case.kmmatney - Thursday, March 4, 2010 - link
I'm not a big fan of the 16:9 laptop screen. Seems like things have gone backwards when you have fewer vertical pixels that the old 1024 x 768 screens many years ago.JarredWalton - Thursday, March 4, 2010 - link
What I've heard is that it's all about maximizing the number of LCD panels you can get from the glass substrate... if you use 16:10 each panel is 10% larger, and the source substrate size has been optimized lately for 16:9 production.strikeback03 - Thursday, March 4, 2010 - link
Might be true, but it still sucks. Kinda like just about everything relating to laptop LCDs these days.shobazee - Thursday, July 22, 2010 - link
Dell Inspiron 17 inch with corei5 is the best laptop .. Dell's designers seem to understand the importance of user experience extending beyond simple metrics like system performance... I THINK IT IS A GREAT DEAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!anisurrups - Monday, June 15, 2020 - link
Your article is very important for every dell user