1520 Review

To my surprise I received my 1520 this morning. I had the 3-5 shipping and it wasn't supposed to be here until next week. Yay DHL! I'm just going to give a simple review until I really have time to sit and explore what the computer is capable of.

First, screen graininess. I see none. I have the glossy screen and I think it looks pretty good. Next, the headphone noise. I popped in a DVD just to test it out and I was amazed how good the sound was. No noise at all. I was using regular iPod headphones. It is not as heavy as I thought it would be. I thought the thickness of it would make it a lot heavier.

My only complaint so far is vista. I just don't think it's that great. The log in screen looks funny to me with just one little picture and the user's name. I prefer XP.

Overall I am very happy. If your computer hasn't gotten here yet, I wouldn't fret over whether or not to return it until you see it for yourself. I was having doubts, but I'm glad I didn't cancel. No graininess or noise.

Kinda short, but I will update with pics and a more detailed review later on this weekend.

 

Glad you're enjoying it!

 

When did you order it and what are the specs?

 

Congrats. Enjoy it! Like I am.

 

congrats !! btw ur mini review is kinda pretty similar to mine .check out http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=148584

 

i just saw the inspiron at a kiosk, and overall I was very happy. The keyboard was addictive, and the screen looked great.

No doubt, it was a lot thicker than I imagined, but the weight was fine. Some people on this website greatly exaggerated the latch. Yes, there was movement when it was closed. The quality of the machine was amazing, didnt look cheap at all.

My only question is whether the vostro will be like this as well?

 

Can't wait for the pics, can you please try some games on it(It be great if you could take some pictures of your playing a game or even better video).

Thanks for this, I never seen any videos or pictures of people playing games on there dell 1520.

 

I didn't really build it for gaming, but I can try. Maybe someone who built theirs specifically for gaming could show you You might get better results.

 

Finally got my Inspiron 1520 and i was impressed with it - fromt he built to its performance....

Dont like vista on it though, i would prefer XP of Linux on it....and im planning to have a partition on it so that i can have a dual-boot system...will it voids the warranty by the way if i do this?

My Specs:
Jet Black Color with A/V Communication Package (Webcam & earbuds)
2.0GHz, 4MB L2 Cache, 800 MHz FSB
2GB 667MHz dual-channel DDR2
15.4" Widescreen WXGA+ TFT Display with TrueLife(TM)
120GB (5400 RPM) SATA Hard Drive
8X max DVD+/-RW Combination Drive with double layer write capability
NVIDIA(R) GeForce TM 8600M GT with 256MB DDR2 dedicated graphic memory
Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945 Dual Band 802.11a/g 54Mbps Wireless Mini Card
9-Cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery

 

O nice linux is cool

 

Sure you could. What's stopping you?

 

Mind to ask why i coudn't install XP on 1520?

 

you can put xp on the 1520. you just need to know what you're doing

 

Thanks...

All i want to do is get rid of vista since its not that good when it comes to networking thing....im checking if i can install win2003 server also on this but noe sure if the device drivers on my 1520 will also be available for win2003 and same thing with Linux...anybody who tried this on inspirion 1520 with VISTA as the deafult OS?WinXP will sure be one of the OS that i will be installing in replacement with VISTA. Any inputs or recommendations is highly appreciated.

 

If your worried about linux and its drivers try a live cd first and see if everything works with that before actaully installing the whole thing.