Buying a Dell Laptop?

Question

I'm no expert on computers. I'm looking to buy this Dell Inspiron Laptop because its the most affordable one that I can find. It starts at $499 and there are a number of upgrades that you can add to it. (http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/inspnnb_1525?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs) I'm just wondering what I should get and what I should avoid to get the best deal. I'm a just a student so I don't need anything too fancy, just something to type, and play music and videos for the most part. Thank you for your help.

Answer 1

I use a Dell Inspiron 1501 as my laptop for school and I am semi happy with it. I use an auxiliary fan that plugs into a USB port to assist in keeping the battery and the case cool, well worth the $15 investment. The more school programs I add to it (Office, Adobe, ITunes, Etc) the slower it becomes. I regularly use a Reg Edit program as well as all the required maintenance Dell asks for.

I would not choose anything less than a Dual Core processor as well as 2 gig or more of Ram with a 250 gig hard drive, more hard drive space is needed if you get into videos, 500 gig would be about right for major video watching.

Hope this helps!

Answer 2

Then you should keep it stock just have least 2gb ram to keep things smooth and maybe a good amout of HDD space for music least 200gb

Answer 3

In my opinion, I would buy a MAC book.  Mac Books are perfect for media, students, and anything else your interested in. Its great for fast web browsing and is very unlikely to get a virus, and you do not even have to download any virus detector program. Also, right now if you buy a MAC you get a free Ipod Touch(till sept. 15)

A great thing about mac is that you can run windows on it with a program called BootCamp. So you can have two in one! :)

I have a mac and sometimes when it does not support a certain program I just go to my Windows and download or open whatever I need on it. Than switch back to my mac when I want.

Mac Books also have a built in camera with a lot of affects. Fun :)

But when it gets down to school work it has just what you need.

Bottom line-

Fun. Handy. Useful. Easy to use.

Answer 4

That's the computer I have.  With shipping and handling and tax I ended up spending $569 on it.  It is a good computer.  I am also a student and it works for me.

Answer 5

that laptop is nice and dell support has been wonder full to my family. My sister received  a new laptop when the damage was her fault. I little something to consider is if you want this computer to last a few years i would get a bigger hard drive and more ram. If you upgrade these key components your laptop will last about 5 years and will still be a good computer.