The Dell Inspiron 1501 is a 15.4" widescreen notebook now available with the AMD Sempron, Turion or Turion X2 processor. The dell inspiron 1501 battery has a subset of the Intel based Inspiron e1505 features and carries the same basic design and build as that popular laptop. Unfortunately, Dell cut features on the Inspiron 1501 but didn't cut its price a whole lot relative to the e1505. Unless you really want an AMD processor, it's hard to recommend this machine over the only slightly more expensive and better e1505.
In terms of design, the 1501 is identical to the Dell Inspiron E1505 battery. Both measure 14 x 10.4 x 1.4 inches and have speakers integrated into the front bezel, air vents flanking the left and right sides of the chassis, large touchpads with built-in scroll areas (that make for easy Web page navigation), 80GB hard drives, and non-offensive, silver-and-white color schemes. Although the 1501 weighs slightly less (6.4 pounds vs. 6.2 pounds), the lack of dedicated CD/DVD controls is a glaring omission, even in a budget mainstream machine. When we wanted to raise or lower the volume of a DVD or skip chapters, we had to use the software's far less intuitive controls.
The 15.4-inch widescreen produced strong colors when playing a DVD, but the viewing angles were tight on our TrueLife anti-glare display. Staying centered in front of the screen is the only way to truly enjoy the visuals, so watching a movie with a friend may be out of the question.
At a closer look, one can see that Dell somewhat skimped on ports. E.g a firewire port or a S-Video out are missing. Furthermore, an optical sound out (S/PDIF) would be sometimes useful. However, the 4 USB 2.0 have to be rated positively as well as the order of the ports.
This computer does not deserve to be called a computer. Ours had to have the fan replaced, the battery replaced, the power supply replaced, DVD runs like a mack truck engine, the extended hp pavilion zd7000 battery we bought did not have an extended life, the computer shuts off randomly, it looses files and the hard drive crashes and has to be reloaded, screen goes black and tiny boxes with multi colored dots appear on the screen, maintenance programming completed and it still does not work correctly. Last time we called for service no one returned our call. I tried 6 times. Then went online to request maintenance....funny thing....never heard from anyone but I did receive a survey to complete describing my experience with the recent maintenance request.....completed it and then nothing. Still stuck with the same worthless computer that is out of warranty. Imagine that. Stay away from this Dell computer.
Decked out in silver, white, and dark gray, the dell 1501 battery won't be mistaken for a business notebook, but its looks are suitably understated for the meeting room. The laptop measures 1.4x14x10.5 inches and weighs 6.2 pounds, straddling the line between travel companion and stay-at-home desktop replacement. It has a sturdy build, too, and feels like it could take a few knocks.
The 15.4-inch WXGA (1,280x800-resolution) display, which uses Dell's contrast-improving TrueLife technology, is definitely a highlight. Text was sharp, and DVDs and Vista's Aero interface looked great. An integrated ATI Radeon Xpress 1150 adapter that shares up to 256MB of system memory powers the graphics. Casual gamers won't be disappointed with this chip.
Cheap Quite tough Good toshiba satellite m30 series battery life Little bloatware Good and fast support Reliable performance (did not crash even once) Good keyboard and touchpad Cold...Weak CPU, no dedicated video card option No FireWire port (you can buy ExpressCard to FireWire adapter) No...The Inspiron 1501 is a low-cost version of the top selling Inspiron 6400/e1505 series to keep budget-minded.
To meet your PC needs, the Dell Inspiron 1501 can be built with a range of AMD processors, including Sempron, TurionTM 64 and TurionTM 64 X2 series chips. The AMD TurionTM 64 X2 offers dual-core technology which can provide substantial improvements over dell xps m1730 battery single-core counterpart.
