Dell Inspiron 1501 laptop

For as long as we can remember Dell had a stance that it would never release a computer that didn’t have an Intel chip inside. But just as you can now run Windows on a Mac, you’ll find that Dell is offering its first AMD chips in the form of the Inspiron 1501 notebook.

It’s not just the use of the AMD chip that makes this a bargain machine. Dell has designed this machine specifically for the budget sector, so you won’t find too many frills. For instance, the build quality isn’t that great. Sure, it gets the job done but there is a definite flex to the chassis when you push it. Ideally, we’d like a bit more robustness in our notebooks.

For the average user, this makes a great computer.   It is not a power house, but most people do not require a $5000 laptop.   The owner of this will be using it for school.   They are able to use the wireless connection with ease, access Microsoft Word, and do a bit of web editing. 

I would give the build quality a 7.5 out of ten.   It feels a little plasticy, but durable.

Lots of USB Ports (2 in back & 2 on right hand side) so we can plug in anything we want. I was surprised to find that it had a media card slot that functions for SD and MMC. I would love to see XD and CF support, but I will not turn down this computer.

This machine has everything you need in a laptop that is for light use. I purchased machine during the holidays to replace my wife's kitchen receipe/email machine that gave up the ghost after many years. It has a large bright and crisp screen. Very vibrant. It is very fast as well. Our internet based email opens up instantly without any hesitation. The lay out is very easy to sort out and the unit is really good looking as well. There is dell inspiron 1501 battery minimal software on board, but that is OK since I already own what I need. Like I said it is for light use. You may interested to know that this is our 4th Dell. I find the machines remarkably reliable and, if you need customer service, don't worry. They are second to none. They are always very helpful and knowledgable and can walk you through any issue you may have. You can not beat the value of this laptop and believe me...I have looked!

2 months after purchase my DVD drive broke, 5 months my hardrive was replaced with a refirbished Toshiba. I felt as if I had received a lemon. Dell reported to me I had to have 3 components go bad before I could have the laptop replaced. Technical support was helping fix my computer when it was having problems opening pages. I was on the phone for 5 hours with a technition when it froze. I was told a inspiron 1501 battery relpacement of the hard drive would be sent. Replacement took 2 weeks to arrive. I purchased a 2 year warrenty with in home repair technition. I was insructed that the harddrive and DVD player was an easy istallation and did not require a visit from a technition. Poor customer service is another reason I would not recommend buying a Dell.

This dell 1501, is an inspiron.
Inspirons are of a really good design and made to a great standard, there has now been so much different models of inspiron made, so it must be a good laptop.
This particular dell inspiron 1521 battery is great for anyone who needs an good running laptop, with lots of memory and just something to last them through college, university or just someone who wants a good laptop.

It features AMD Turion 64 X2 mobile technology TK-53 / 1.7 Ghz processor, and has a 1 gb of ram installed. However like with a lot of dells this can be upgraded to a maximum of 2 gb, which is great if you do need a lot more memory on your laptop.

The minimum for most laptops seems to be a 80 gb hard drive. However this dell has a great 120 gb Serial ATA-150 - 5400 rpm hard drive built in. its great to see dell has gone a bit further for their customers and instead of just giving them a basic 80gb hard drive have given them a 120 gb hard drive instead.

My husband purchased a Dell 1501 battery for me for my birthday a couple of years ago. He was given a color choice and selected pink for me when he purchased the laptop online. Well, he waited and waited and waited till my birthday had come and gone and he had no gift for me! It turns out that the Dell factory was having trouble with painting the color on the laptops and there was a huge delay by several months. My husband decided to cancel my order and we went to Wal-Mart and purchased my Dell there with just the gray color on the top of the laptop. They weren't having trouble with the gray color but they were with certain colors like the pink, blue, white, etc. Also, another small problem that we ran into was that Vista was the only operating system they sold on the Inspiron's. The laptop has been wonderful to have for the last two years, I keep it on most of the day and it has never given me any problems. Also, the keyboard is the perfect size and I got the larger 17" screen and it is perfect for when I use Photoshop. I plan to get another Dell when I need a laptop in the future!

The Dell’s dimensions are 14" x 10.45" x 1.44". It weighs 6.19 lbs. with the standard six-cell battery installed. We started our configuration process from the Everyday Performance model for the 1501, which includes a 1.7 GHz Turion X2 TK-53 CPU (you can bump up to the 1.8 GHz TL-56 for $60, and to the 2.0 GHz TL-60 for $100). It comes equipped with Windows Vista Home Basic, but for $29 you can upgrade to Windows Vista Home Premium (the better to take advantage of multimedia capabilities) CANON NB-5L battery. Included is 1 GB of DDR2 533 MHz RAM, which you can double for $150. An 80 GB hard disk is stock, but you can go with a 120 GB model instead for $55. A 24X CD burner/DVD combo drive is included, but it’s probably worth switching to the 8X CD/DVD burner with dual-layer capability for $40. You can also add an integrated Sond Blaster Audigy HD Software Edition for $25 (again, probably worth it for those with multimedia needs).

Graphics are integrated, so you won’t want to use it for anything more than watching DVDs or editing digital images but the screen is pleasingly bright and clear fujifilm np-80 battery. You won’t find too many extras included, Wi-Fi supports 802.11g but the Ethernet is a standard 10/100 Base-T offering. The DVD rewriter supports dual-formats but not dual-layer.