We measured between The hard drive is fairly quiet at Depending on which application we used, we could either hear the hum of the hard drive or the fan. During undemanding office applications surfing , the fan remained on the lowest level and was pleasantly quiet. The Blu-Ray drive is pretty audible at Under load, we measured above 40 dB. The Inspiron is definitely noticeable at those levels but still remains within acceptable limits.
Temperatures are fairly well controlled during idle. The right side remains the coolest at At the underside of the laptop we measured During the stress test , temperatures at the top near the fan reached A stress test forces the processor and the graphics cards into full-power mode for an extended period of time over one hour. The cooling system has to maintain its efficiency to prevent the notebook from throttling performance in order to avoid overheating. During the first five minutes, Turbo Boost was able to keep the processor at the maximum of 2.
A subsequently run 3DMark 06 test showed the performance of the Inspiron at the same level as during a cold start. No temperature-based throttling could be observed. Dell heavily promotes the speakers in the Inspiron 15R. The sound quality is definitely above average. Maximum volume is very high and the speakers never sound distorted.
Unfortunately, there is no subwoofer in the Inspiron, so bass is severely lacking. While we can't recommend the Dell for audiophiles for that reason, for movie night or a presentation the system is perfectly usable.
Power consumption with the display turned to the lowest setting, power-saver profile enabled, and WLAN turned off is around 10 watts - a very good value for a quadcore-multimedia notebook with dedicated GPU. Turning on WLAN, increasing display brightness, and switching the profile to high performance increases power consumption to a still very good 1 4. Under load , we measured between 43 and 83 watts , depending on utilization.
The laptop only reached the maximum during the stress test with the CPU in Turbo Boost mode and as we mentioned earlier, this mode only lasts for about 10 min. The power adapter is rated at 90 watts and seems adequately sized. Dell ships the notebook with a 6-cell lithium-ion battery rated at 48 Wh.
To determine the maximum run time during idle, we deactivated the WLAN, turned the display brightness all the way down, and enabled the power-saver profile. Our Inspiron manged to run for 4 hours and 45 minutes. To determine battery life using a more realistic scenario, we subjected the test candidate to our WLAN-surf-test. Those wanting to watch a movie better check the feature length first: a DVD shouldn't be longer than 1 hour and 41 minutes, a Blu-ray 1 hour and 25 minutes.
When we ran our load test using Battery Eater Classic, which renders an animated 3D-scene and places a heavy load on the processor and the graphics card, we recorded a run time of 1 hour. Charging the battery takes about 3 hours and 20 minutes. Although the processor is able to supply full power while the laptop is on battery, 3DMark 06 showed a drop from to points, indicating that the graphics subsystem is running at reduced capacity.
The Inspiron 15R Special Edition is designed to appeal predominately to the p erformance-oriented crowd. Dell spruced up the chassis with aluminum components and installed more powerful hardware to differentiate the model from the standard edition. The Inspiron-series was completely redesigned. The models now have generously rounded corners and sport a timeless grey-black chassis. Build quality of the base unit and the display lid is good, although we noticed uneven gaps on the sides of the notebook.
Features and port selection are above average. A Blu-ray optical drive, four USB 3. The input devices allow using the laptop for extended periods of time without any issues. The keyboard, which provides good feedback , is also used in the Vostro notebooks. The touchpad is adequately sized and has very decent mouse buttons.
Since it is very bright and none-glare, it can be used in bright conditions. The generous viewing angles make using the laptop easier and allow several people to watch a Blu-ray movie. The contrast ratio is quite impressive. The Intel quad-core processor and the middle-class graphics card supplied by AMD allow decent performance and satisfy most use-case scenarios. Most current games can be played successfully in medium or sometimes even high quality mode. We were quite impressed with the very quiet and fast 1 TB hard disc drive.
The notebook remains mostly silent but gets quite warm under load. Manufacturers seem to pay more and more attention to the sound quality of their notebooks. Skullcandy provides the speakers for the Inspiron. The sound is indeed very impressive, albeit lacking bass.
The Inspiron 15R Special Edition is a multimedia-notebook that manages to leave a very good impression in those areas where it really matters: a great display , well-designed input devices , and plenty of performance. Those not needing a long battery life should take a look at this great all-around performer retailing for about Euro. Dell not changing the name of the new models and making things confusing for the customer.
Aluminum accent panels for the chassis, a more powerful graphics card and a better display all help differentiate the SE models from the standard. Maintenance A big cover on the bottom allows easy access to the hard drive and the memory modules. Warranty The standard 1-year warranty includes in-home service free of charge.
Keyboard The keyboard is different from the predecessor's: while the design is similar, the numeric keypad is missing. Find out more about how we test laptops.
Dan Ackerman. The Good Decent performance and design for a reasonable price; excellent battery life. Not as customizable as previous Dells; too many built-in advertising pitches. Dell's updated Inspiron line has a slightly revamped design, but more importantly still offers workhorse performance for a minimal investment. Annual power consumption cost. Multimedia multitasking test in seconds Shorter bars indicate better performance.
HP Pavilion dm Lenovo Ideapad Y Dell Inspiron 15R Dell Inspiron 14R Gateway NV59C09u The deal is further sweetened by the fact the display panel is high quality and has many other features outside of the resolution to like about it. Contrast ratios are also good and colors are true so movies look great and text appears crisp and well defined.
The viewing angles are quite wide, you can stand off to the side and colors hold. However, as this is not an IPS quality screen: When you view the screen from a high or a low angle the colors will either wash out or invert once a large enough angle is reached.
There are certainly better Keyboard and Touchpad The large size of this laptop allows for a very spacious keyboard, unfortunately Dell did not see fit to include a number pad even though it was in the previous generation of the Inspiron 15R. That complaint aside, the usability of the keyboard is good. The key travel is somewhat shallow but that allows for fast touch typists to easily register key strokes.
The keyboard is firm; there is no flex or mushy areas to contend with. The U. Dell spruced up the chassis with aluminum components and installed more powerful hardware to differentiate the model from the standard edition. The Dell Inspiron 15R Special Edition is pretty chunky for a inch laptop, but it packs some very powerful components, a Blu-ray player and a Full HD screen to show off your movies at their La finitura a nido d'ape Prodotto sicuramente prestante, tuttavia non dotato di uno stile particolare, unisce prestazioni multimediali di tutto rispetto senza tuttavia eccellere in brillantezza in ambito video ludico, ottimo monitor, lettore bluray, e Impianto audio, non Reviewers Liked Attractive design with customizable lids Skullcandy speakers Good graphics performance Fairly fast boot time.
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