CaptainEd

Unfortunately, I don't have room for a monitor. I normally live on a boat, which was nearly destroyed by Irma, and am currently renting a room while it's being repaired. That's the main reason I'm concerned about having a decent display.

CaptainEd

I will check out the auction site...I wasn't aware of that, even after spending a good bit of time on their site!

CaptainEd

The units I'm eyeing are either 16 or 32gb. Costco has a great deal on a few models, one is an Inspiron 15-5000 with and i-7 8th gen and 32gb but they have skipped the SSD in favor of 1 or 2tb (5400 rpm) spinning drives. Another is an Inspiron 15-7000 i7-7700 with 16gb, 128gb SSD and 1tb HD. All at $999. I guess I could add an SSD later....

halraiser

Got one for my wife and she hates it. It is flaky on getting her email and they seem to want to force Mcafee on everyone.

Ghery Loc: Olympia, WA

I'm replying on an Inspiron 15 5000 Series (with a Core i5 processor) and it works just fine. No complaints at all (other than the space bar sometimes ignores me and other times puts in two spaces even though I hit it once).

10MPlayer Loc: California

I've been using a Dell XPS-15 laptop for about a year now. It has a higher resolution display than what you're looking at. It comes with 4k resolution while yours would have HD resolution. I can't speak for the Inspirion from experience but I can say that Dell's customer support is great. My machine had a problem with the main board. It was a power supply problem. I shipped it in and they replaced the main board no questions asked. Later I had a problem with a driver update. The tech spent a couple of hours with me over 2 or 3 different days and eventually fixed the problems. Since then it's been great. No issues.

I agree with the post above about the I5 vs I7. If you can at all afford it get the better processor. Some things it's just not worth it to cheap out on. You'll probably regret it as long as you have it if you don't spend the few extra dollars on an up to date processor.

mikegreenwald Loc: Illinois

I have used those laptops. They're fine. Remember they have multiple models though, and you need at least 8G live memory for reasonable speed in post processing.

N4646W

I was surprised when I got my Dell Inspiron 1520. It replaced my old Sony which was great. The Sony spent most of its dormant life on the cab floor of my construction truck and took the beating and kept on ticking. Well so far, the Dell has done the same. Life is not easy for a laptop that has to deal with a contractor, and it doesn't even have the minimal memory to run Win 7 64 bit, but can still do 3d cad and process photo's. Maybe some day I'll get a memory upgrade.

Ron

Mustanger Loc: Grants Pass, Oregon USA

We have 2 Inspiron laptops with the I7 & 8G Ram they are a few years old now...we bought at Costco and their Concierge service is WONDERFUL! We had a problem with my wife's laptop that Dell gave up on fixing & was giving us the runaround! Costco has a private direct line & stayed on the line with us for hours until Dell was forced to give her a new whole replacement Laptop! Costco sells a LOT of Dells & they have pull getting Dell's attention. I highly recommend them for all electronic purchases if possible...it is free too!

Both our Dell Laptops have one annoying habit that may or may not still exist...if you leave your cursor in any position on the document you are writing and happen to pause a few seconds to think or compose a thought IT STARTS TYPING OVER WHERE YOU LEFT THE ARROW CURSOR!!!! I am not talking about the flashing one here on UHH....just the arrow cursor you move around with your touchpad. It happens on all sites & all writing programs I have found. Most annoying to look up to a paragraph of garbled overwritten out of sequence nonsense! They have never fixed that for us and even her replacement still does it. I got to talk directly with the design engineer & the Costco Concierge in a conference call for the Inspiron 5000 & he said it doesn't do that but all 3 I have owned do! Defintely check on that! Type a few sentences then let the arrow cursor sit for 30 seconds or so & then start typing & see where it comes out. Other than that I love the Dell Inspiron....I grade Dell Support a D+ with Costco's help....and an F with out it.

aellman Loc: Boston MA

I have had a Dell Inspiron for 6 years. Still going strong. >Alan

aellman Loc: Boston MA

I believe that the INSERT key will toggle you out of the over-writing problem.

NJFrank Loc: New Jersey

I literally got one delivered this morning. Intel core i7-7700HQ
1TB HD+ 128GB,SSD
NVIDIA GeForce HTC 1050To 4GB
15.6 Display
Inspiring 15
$980.00 from Best Buys.
I got it through a Corporate program so not sure if that price is for just any one

DebAnn Loc: Toronto

I had a Dell Inspiron older model for many years and never had a problem with it.

Reinaldokool Loc: San Rafael, CA

I have a Dell Inspiron I7, 13.4 in screen, only 256gb SSD with 8gb RAM. I do not use it for a lot of post processing, but it has made three trips with me to Mexico and one to Death Valley. I have done some minor PP with it.

On the basis of my experience with this laptop, I purchased a much more advanced Dell desktop that I love. Dell has gone from cobbling together standard parts from any vendor to doing some really advanced engineering of their own.