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    Anyone have a Inspiron 15R/ M5010R notebook? (AMD version)

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by billabong08, Sep 22, 2010.

  1. billabong08

    billabong08 Notebook Consultant

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    Well I am considering to buy a Inspiron 15R/ M5010R notebook. I found a killer deal on Dell Outlet for one.

    What do you all think about the AMD processor?
    The Dell people said its almost identical to the i3.
    They said its kinda like Pepsi vs. Coke when comparing them.

    Notebook specs:
    Dell Inspiron M5010R
    Processor- AMD Athlon™ dual-core processor P320 II 2.1GHz
    15.6" LED screen
    3GB- 1333 DDR3 RAM
    320GB HDD (5400rpm)
    6cell battery
    OS-Windows 7 Home Premium(64-bit)

    Is this a decent notebook?
     
    billabong08, Sep 22, 2010
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    chaugh Notebook Consultant

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    hm.. i dont know much about AMD processors, but according to notebook check its comparable to a T7100/T5670, which i wouldnt say is comparable to a i3.

    ram, HD is standard, what is the GPU?

    If its really really cheap, go for it, but its not going to be a gaming laptop or anything haha
     
    chaugh, Sep 22, 2010
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  3. billabong08

    billabong08 Notebook Consultant

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    I bought it today.
    I got it from Dell Outlet for $290 shipped!
     
    billabong08, Sep 22, 2010
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    tvdang7 Notebook Evangelist

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    my gf bought it as well. Should be a great 300 dollar laptop
     
    tvdang7, Sep 23, 2010
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  5. billabong08

    billabong08 Notebook Consultant

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    Yeah its an awesome deal!
    I am glad she got a good deal too!
    I ordered a pink one for my GF.
     
    billabong08, Sep 23, 2010
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    haha same here.
     
    tvdang7, Sep 23, 2010
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    That's a good deal price wise but whoever told you it's like Pepsi and Coke is wayyyyy off base. i3 is clocked higher, faster per clock, and uses less power.
     
    afireinside, Sep 23, 2010
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    tvdang7 Notebook Evangelist

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    just updating the laptop came 2 days early and my GF loves it. Shes playing sims on it. cpu is pretty snappy for a laptop amd cpu.
     
    tvdang7, Sep 30, 2010
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    billabong08 Notebook Consultant

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    Mine came in 2 days ago!
    My GF loves it!

    Mine only had a tiny (I mean super tiny) thin scatch on the back of the screen.
    Looks like a hair is on it.

    Pictures:
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/dell-inspiron-dell-studio/521579-dell-inspiron-1564-vs-dell-inspiron-15r-m5010r.html

    My only problem was that crappy McAfee antivirus that comes on it.
    Yesterday it was going like SUPER slow and kept freezing up!
    So I tried to figure it out. Then I saw everytime it froze was when McAfee was trying to do an update.
    I updated everything because it was behind on a few updates.
    Running like a champ now. (I hope it stays like that lol.)
     
    billabong08, Sep 30, 2010
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    kylechanb Notebook Consultant

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    I bought 3 from Dell outlet! One pink one black and one green. The only problem is the pink one's LCD shows a little bit of pink and green's LCD shows a little bit of greenish yellow. The black one looks fine when compare to the other two. Does this happen to any of you?

    Other than that everything is quite nice!
     
    kylechanb, Oct 1, 2010
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  11. billabong08

    billabong08 Notebook Consultant

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    What do you mean? The actual screen when lite up is pink or greenish yellow?
    Ours looks normal.
     
    billabong08, Oct 1, 2010
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    Yea when it lite up. I think it's just minor thing. I wonder if the LCD color will slightly affected by cover lid color.

    I compare 3 of them together and seems LCD of the green one look the best while the pink one kinda washed out. Going to send the pink one back to dell and get a replacement.
     
    kylechanb, Oct 2, 2010
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