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Dell Inspiron 1525

26 May, 2008, 1:32 pm IST | Jayesh Mansukhani | Notebooks Notebooks




The 1525 comes with variety of options in terms of CPU, storage and system memory. While our system was togged out with 2GB of RAM, a 160GB HDD, and a T7250 (2.0 GHz) processor, one does have the option of getting a T8100/8300 Penryn processor along with 250 GB of storage and more RAM for a better computing experience. The only downside is that the graphics cannot be upgraded and is restricted to Intel GMA X3100 graphical subsystem.

In the benchmark tests, the 1525 performed adequately. It achieved an average PCMark score of 4050 and on 3DMark it hovered around 650 with an occasional spike to 700. These are decent scores. With regard to the battery life, since we had a 9-cell 85 watt battery, we got a very healthy 4 hours with max battery conservation, and around 4 hours under full performance.

Conclusion
The Inspiron 1525 is a true VFM notebook. It offers solid build, plenty of features, good connectivity options, and great battery life, and is matched by what can easily be termed as the industry’s best after-sales/support network and a very competitive price. A glance at Dell’s website showed our test configuration to cost around Rs 41,000 + taxes. To sum up, the 1525 offers so much value in its price range that other manufacturers can only watch and hope to emulate the feat.

Tags: Dell , Inspiron

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