- ATI RADEON Xpress1270 HyperMemory, Slim and compact design for business user
- 8X DVD +/- RW w/dbl layer write capability for DVD RW For DVD and CD Burning
- Wireless Internet access 802.11b/g, 4 USB Ports, 1 VGA Out, 1 HDMI Port, 1 iEEE 1394a FireWire Port, S-Video Out, 8 In 1 Media Card Reader
- AMD Turion 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile Processor TL- 60, Integrated 2.0 Mega Pixel Web Camera, Windows Vista Home Premium
- 4GB DDR2 SDRAM, 250GB Serial ATA hard drive for large video files
- It is 15.4" Widescreen with Truelife for Extansive application use
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 A user review |
| Review Date: August 31, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Edward Santiago, Killeen, Texas USA |
Ok, as an actual user of an Inspiron 1526, I can honestly say that this has been a great buy. This other review that is in this page is not a fair review because it is stating an opinion in general of Dell instead of writing about the actual product.
My Inspiron specks are a little different from the one advertised. Mine, which I had now for 4 days today (8/30/08) has an AMD Athlon X2 1.9 GHz processor with 2 GB of RAM (Insp. 1526 can be expandeble to 4 GB of RAM) with a 160 GB HD, a DVD RW, and Windows Vista Home Premium. This also includes 4 USB ports, Ethernet, Modem, Wireless network connection, IEEE and HDMI ports and 8-in-1 Media Card Reader for your digital camera. I did not include the Web Cam nor Microphone.
Right out of the box, this machine has performed very well. This is designed for the casual user in mind. The main reason for me to buy this laptop is for writing screenplays. I added Office 2007 and Movie Magic Screenwriter 6. Both work great in this machine.
The system has been stable so far. Video quality is great with the True Life Widescreen display with vivid colors. The speakers are not the greatest, they sound rather tiny, but you do have two headphone jacks (if you're watching a DVD with somebody) or you can add external speakers to this laptop.
The video card is a X1270 AMD Radeon. It can display 3D graphics, but this card is not a good option for any of the new games out there. If you want to play any of those games like Halo 2, Bioshock, etc., then this machine is not for you.
Now, this machine can play older games, published about 2004 like World of Warcraft, which I can play it at the normal screen resolution of 1200x800 in the ranges of 18 to 32 FPS, which is playable and it looks good. I also have Unreal Tournament 2004 which performs well enough to play it, and and Magic The Gathering Online V3 which is a newer game but it will not tax your video card.
Overall I'm very pleased with this. It is a solid machine that would be great for a writer, student, or casual user who can read e-mail, surf the web, write documents and play World of Warcraft and is on a budget. |
Best Laptop I've Ever Had
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| Review Date: February 9, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Mr. D. W. Jackson, Beijing |
| I apologise first of all because I didn't buy this from Amazon. I bought it from a dealer in Beijing's Computer Area for roughly the RMB equivalent of GBP600. After my last laptop, a BenQ JoyBook which should really have been called MiseryBook, this truly is a joy to use. It's fast: on a fast internet connection you can work almost as fast as you can think and that feels amazing. Compared to the Benq, the screen is really bright. Really bright. It looks totally cool in navy blue and silver. The keyboard (which was the reason I had vowed never to have a Dell again)is a real pleasure to use: I love it. I'm running Avira, Spybot, Spywareblaster, Malwarebytes, CCleaner, Stopzilla, Eusing Registry Cleaner, Ad-aware, Glary Utilities and Superdefrag and it runs really clean. Before I was always having to waste time getting rid of viruses. All in all, IMHO this is a just a wonderful machine to use. My only gripe is that all the documentation and software was in Chinese and Dell China/Hong Kong refused point blank to provide a duplicate in English despite my many efforts, although they could have done so had they wanted to. I did manage to download an English manual from their US website, but no thanks to them. Shameless. So I will never buy from them again since their's is a culture of contempt. What self-sabotaging incompetents they are. "One customer properly looked after is worth more than $10000 of advertising" - Jim Rohn |
I love you Amazon.com. Hell & Worst Buy not so much *Sigh*
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| Review Date: September 8, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Tennyson A. Brown, |
I bought this baby the same day I was going to get ripped off/tricked by someone into buying one of their old laptops. I figured why get an old one when can get a brand new one for the same price with more hard drive space.
When I opened the box I was pleasantly surprised to see my brand new jet black inspiron 1526 with all those wonderful specs, sans the video card (I don't play games on my laptop much anyway so not a problem.) It and Vista worked great, especially because every piece of hardware that I had (mouse, printer, digital camera, cell phone) all were compatible with Vista.
3 Months later I get an error code that will not allow me to log onto my computer. I figured the nice people at Dell would help. They gave me a hardy *BLANK* Off, go to the retailer that you purchased the laptop from for help. I go to Best Buy who wanted to back up my files for $90? ahmm how bout no. (Best buy didnt have a warranty option on the website when I purchased it) They sent it to get "repaired" under the dell warranty. Dell had it for a week, did a diagnostics check, sent it back to me with an A OK! Got home, STILL COULD NOT LOG ON!
I had to split the drive into 3 partitions, re-install Vista on a second partition, in order to access all my files. Then burn them on disks for safe keeping while I formatted the entire hard drive and reinstalled all the drivers myself and put back all my files.
2 Months later. Sitting listening ( the speakers aren't great at all. But plug some headphones in and turn it up you'll be partially deaf for a minute or so) to a CD in the laptop while browsing, BLIP system shuts down wont turn back on. Take it back to best buy. They send it out for another week. Diagnosis... Mother Board burned out (after 5 months). I'm hearing its a common problem with the 1526. Dell fixed that. I get my laptop back from Worst Buy WITHOUT my CD. My calls have not been returned by Hells repair people or Worst Buy.
I would give this laptop a low 3. A 2.9 if possible. When its good its good, but when its bad it REAL bad. |
Mediocre Laptop... Performs well when not needing repair
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| Review Date: September 13, 2009 |
| Reviewer: D. Noll, PA, USA |
I purchased the Dell 1526 from Best Buy and was quite happy for the first few months. The 1526 had great performance, snappy with Vista, and really nice display. Then the hard drive went bad and had to replace it. I thought okay, things happen, no biggie. Then a few months later my LCD screen goes black. It would only stay on if I had the brightness on the monitor turned down to almost nothing. If the brightness was increased all the way the screen would go black.
I think I have it narrowed down to the LCD screen inverter which I ordered on eBay for 16.30 including shipping. So hopefully that fixes the problem and the laptop will be fine from here on out.
Other then the above problems, the 1526 is a good performer. |
Like being stressed out? Then buy this Dell craptop...
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| Review Date: January 21, 2009 |
| Reviewer: shooter1998, phoenix, AZ |
| Highly unstable computer. Dell's customer service reps are totally ignorant and lied to me over and over again about my warranty. The reps all sounded like broken records. Stuck with a lemon now after years of good products and service from Dell. Dell Computer is not the high quality company it used to be and I'm betting it never will be again. Look for this company to go bankrupt along with any company that doesn't understand that poor treatment of customers leads to poor sales and eventually bankrupcy. |
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