Dell Inspiron 1525 Color Notebook Review

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Appearance of mold, machine design and specifications of the screen size

The parameters measured in the Dell Inspiron 1525 notebook machine with a high roof as the main colors of white light, and on this basis, the design of highly blue-green moire with Chinese characteristics, and wave texture. Need to say is that as the surface of the high light notebook Inspiron 1525 notebook mold surface of the corresponding anti-wear treatment, despite the adoption of the actual test will still be sharp objects in a collision with the traces left behind, but relatively ordinary piano painted earlier for the coating products, the machine can have better wear resistance.

Home series with other brands of notebooks than Dell Inspiron 1525 in the design of the appearance of a "straight edge at right angle" type, but with its surface coating of fine those who still can provide a better grip handle. Located in the center of the screen lid round "DELL" Logo can also be good for the large roof surface to provide transitional bring monotonous. Because the nature of resistance in the larger Inspiron 1525 notebook cover, so pushing down the center of its roof, when there will be some depression, and open the LCD screen will have a corresponding water wave conditions.

Screen lid locking-free design

Dell Inspiron 1525 laptop screen cover fastening method using a non-locking design, and in the upper left corner of the screen frame built with a powerful magnet to be used to aid fastening. In order to facilitate fastening the cover to close opened, the machine edge of the screen cover has a silver strip designed to form a good bulge opened with "hands."

15.4-inch glossy widescreen LCD

Monitor ID at the "LPLDF00" logo shows the machine LCD panel from LG hands

As noted earlier, Inspiron 1525 notebook cover from its large screen using a 15.4-inch wide mirror LCD screen, which can provide the standard resolution of 1440 x 900, through the Everest software testing we found Inspiron 1525 notebook display ID at LPLDF00 logo shows the aircraft are equipped with the LCD panel as the LG brand.

The 15.4-inch Inspiron 1525 notebook LCD display the bigger size of its machine, 356.87mm x 256.03mm x 37.59mm dimensions of the machine as it requires the user to prepare a dedicated laptop bag. Also the power adapter with bare metal 2.88kg and 3.28kg weight but also to many like the design of this notebook users with a certain female challenge.

Part of the screen frame and shaft design

Part of the screen using a common frame of metallic silver as the main colors, combined in order to prevent the screen lid closed or subject to external shocks friction between the screen and keyboard keycap caused damage, so the frame around the screen at the machine located at the six corresponding The gray rubber gasket. Bottom border of the screen at the "DELL" mirror effect also makes the whole screen part of the Logo looks more lively.

Border of the screen under the "DELL" Logo

In addition, on the border of the screen Inspiron 1525 built a 1.3-megapixel camera on its side with the breakdown of a matrix microphone. Users can rely on these two devices through the Internet to the corresponding audio and video communication. In addition the left side of the camera status indicators can also be a good camera to help users understand the current usage, to avoid malicious people to turn the camera on the system.

Screen frame at 1.3 megapixel camera with built-in microphone matrix

Need to say is Dell Inspiron 1525 notebook camera on the system after a period of time will have a fever situation, which also want Dell products in the future to improve this problem.

Open the laptop screen effect

As the 15.4 inches screen support, Inspiron 1525 notebook with a traditional two-stage screen hinge, which makes the notebook screen to cover the maximum opening angle of 170 degrees, and close to 30 degrees when the damping can be lost on their own force and close the screen lid.

Maximum open angle of 170 degrees

But in the fast opening and closing the screen lid of the test, the editors found in laptop screen hinge cover part of the damping force is relatively soft, open to the appropriate point in time have some sway.

Some details of the base design of the keyboard

Dell Inspiron 1525 notebook base part of the body using the same frame with the silver screen as the main colors of paint, and this silver has been extended to the surface part of its keyboard. Silver keyboard keycap surface printed with screen printing technology, the black characters, and special function keys are printed using light blue for the basic functionality required to enable the user to clear.

Laptop keyboard base part of the design

The keyboard keys from the control properly, and will not be used with the main keyboard keys for a certain interval, can effectively prevent the rapid entry of misuse when the situation. And reasonable efforts to make key processes and the resilience of this Dell Inspiron 1525 notebook can also feel in the percussion-based notebooks with comparable business.

Keyboard keycap surface details

It is worth mentioning that, Dell Inspiron 1525 laptop keyboard key distribution is very reasonable and common functions, similar to the left Ctrl key is located in the distribution of Fn in the entry can occur inadvertently when as little as possible, whereas with more traditional desktop keyboard closer to the distribution method is also very beneficial to the user reduce the time to get started on the laptop keyboard.

Keyboard surface at the top of Dell Inspiron 1525 notebook in the action column has a speaker unit, but this set of speakers for audio playback unit is more general, common with most other notebooks, and there is no obvious advantage compared to speak of.

Input status indicators

At first glance, Inspiron 1525 notebook is only the surface of the keyboard there are two square design mechanical buttons, respectively, for the machine's power switch button and Media Center shortcut keys, additional keys can enhance not only the surface of the press feel depressed, you can also prevent dimly lit situations arise misuse situation. Two mechanical buttons located in the middle of a set of input status indicators to address "NumLock", "caps lock" and "ScrLock" three states for display.

Touch Multimedia buttons

In fact more multimedia function keys are located in the upper right corner of the keyboard base, this group of media playback and volume control for the shortcut keys are designed to touch, when in the activated form of light blue with breathing indicator.Relative to the previous mechanical buttons, Inspiron 1525 notebook touch keys are used to further prevent mechanical failure caused the trouble.

Notebook palm rest around

Wide body size brought the same wide keyboard palm rest, the square-style design that users can easily work during the entry will be placed on both hands for keyboard entry to avoid prolonged fatigue brought. But the silver paint would create in the long-term use Diaoqi concerns.

The left palm rest of the system status indicator

Design on the left edge of the palm rest of the system status indicator to 5 for "external power", "hard state", "Dell INSPIRON 1525 battery ", "wireless network" and "Bluetooth Status" in the appropriate display, and the edge of the palm rest The distribution can also make the aircraft on the screen when fastening the top cover to the laptop user the current working status. But to say that, because of Inspiron 1525 notebook will be printed in the status lights indicate the edge of the side of the palm rest, so regular use will be difficult to see the light of the position corresponding to the display.

Built-in touchpad mouse

Built-in touchpad mouse using the seamless processing, to avoid a lot of brand products in the case of dust. Accurate positioning of the mouse sensor area, but because the surface material is too delicate, so wet, when the user would slide the finger may be jerky. Left and right mouse buttons of the key process longer and the intensity of rebound control is very properly compared to the common crisp-type press the mouse button to have a better feel.

System expansion interface, simple Dell INSPIRON 1525 battery and disconnect the bottom

Even more interesting is that in the laptop connected to an external mouse when the system can automatically screen built-in touchpad mouse, to ensure that the external mouse connected in the office applications, built-in touchpad mouse, the keyboard will not affect the general entry. Where the design can be described as unique, but also fully reflects the product of human design depth.

Dell Inspiron 1525 notebook

Introduced earlier, because editors received this Dell Inspiron 1525 notebook with a version of its high, so the laptop and ancillary equipment in the interface configuration is perfect. Although compared to the minimum configuration version will be similar to the drive and HDMI high-definition video output interface has been cut, but most of its interface and a reasonable distribution method will be fully preserved.

Built-in Blu-ray drive with double-headed design

Taking into account a lot of the majority of users right to operate the mouse, the Inspiron 1525 only distributed in the right side of the body 2 USB2.0 ports, S-Video video output terminal that can read Blu-ray DVD burner, ExpressCard/54 plug slot and wireless network switch button. Fewer cables and equipment-based interface, can give the user a greater range of my right arm.

Notebook interface to the body the right distribution system expansion

In contrast, the left side of the machine body distribution of laptop locks, power port, two USB2.0 ports, D-Sub video output port, RJ45 Ethernet port, RJ11 telephone line interface, HDMI high definition video output interface and IEEE1394 interface. In addition, the hard drive is also designed to pull some of this.

With two headphone jacks for audio input and output interfaces

As the Dell inspiron 1525 battery with the cooling air outlet causes the rear, so the rear of the body distribution Inspiron 1525 does not extend to any system interface, but in front of the body design of a machine with two headphone jacks for audio input and output interfaces and multi- reader. Aircraft provided by the system from the expansion interface can be found in the multimedia output side will have better compatibility, and the use of Blu-ray drive also allows users to enjoy at any time Blu-ray HD video. But here also said that, due to price so many choices of low-equipped version of the 1525 notebook of a friend will find drive and HDMI high-definition video output interface may be omitted.

Body to the bottom of the notebook design and simple disassembly

The use of pull-type design hard

Inspiron 1525 notebook with a solid body at the bottom of ABS plastic as the main material, taking into account future upgrades notebook computers to upgrade the corresponding expansion of the reserved area, and all are concentrated in an extended position below the cover, but the machine The hard bit is a similar expansion of business notebooks as many pull-type design, this will enable the laptop hard drive replacement easier.

3 built-in MINI PCI-E devices

And general product different is that Dell Inspiron 1525 notebook which provide three MINI PCI-E slot, and edit high received this laptop with only built-in version of the 1525 Intel 4965AGN, has also built Intel Turbo Memory Turbo Memory module and the Broadcom BCM70010 hardware HD video decoding module. Need to say is that in the three MINI PCI-E slot position, the aircraft set aside a total of 5 antennas, of which three functions for a MIMO wireless network module, while the other two are facing 3G network module prepared.

Laptop initiative Radiator

Inspiron 1525 notebook cooling as part of the aircraft using a copper heat pipe relative to the Northbridge chipset and the processor series and quickly imported into the heat sink, and then blow the heat from the main fan body.

Standard lithium-ion battery

Dell Inspiron 1525 notebook comes standard with a 11.1V 7658mAh 85Wh 9-cell lithium-ion Dell inspiron 1525 battery, the Dell inspiron 1525 battery from the parameters of a more general point of view of the large capacity laptop battery a lot. Also because of its large capacity, connected to this piece of notebook batteries in 1525, it will form part of the notebook body to the tail protruding. As Dell has been the practice, in the bottom of the laptop battery designed specifically for the 3G wireless network and prepare the SIM card slot.

Dell Inspiron 1525 notebook hardware configuration and testing instructions

Editor received this Dell Inspiron 1525 notebook with a standard Intel Centrino mobile platform, its equipped with an Intel Core 2 Duo T7250 processor, with 800MHz front side bus frequency and 2MB of L2 cache; chipset aspects of machine Northbridge Intel GM965 + ICH8M South Bridge with a way with the 4965AGN wireless module of the standard Centrino platform. Other aspects of the machine comes standard with 2GB DDR2 667 system memory and 250GB SerialATA hard drive.

Summary of hardware configuration information

The test software for the overall performance, respectively, show the chip performance, processor, hard drive subsystems, and battery life for the following choice.

Machine performance testing: Vista performance evaluation tools, PCMark 05 machine performance testing tools;

Display chip performance test: 3DMark03, 05,06 graphics chip performance testing tool;

Processor performance test: Super PI, CINEBench R10 processor performance test tools, high-definition video test;

Disk subsystem performance test: HD Tach hard drive subsystem performance testing tools;

Battery endurance test: the lowest power consumption mode notebook BatteryMark.

Physical characteristics, the selection of the national standard for the notebook's infrared thermometer to measure temperature of various parts of the body.

Cooling capacity test machine and the final trial summary

For a well-designed notebook also has a cooling capacity will be in a good performance, after all, the impact of high temperature will be more serious users.Series of test methods: at room temperature of 26 environment gives stand 30 minutes after the first laptop to run PCMark05 1 hour infrared thermometer for temperature testing.

Hard disk performance and Dell inspiron 1526 battery life tests

As a high version of the Dell Inspiron 1525 notebook comes standard with a Samsung-branded 250GB SerialATA 2.5-inch hard drive. By previous test experience, the Samsung brand of hard drive performance and stability in real terms is still quite an advantage. From the front of the comprehensive performance tests we have seen, Dell Inspiron 1525 notebook hard drive subsystem in an integrated project evaluation has a high score.

HD Tach hard disk performance tests

By HD Tach tests we see that the hard drive burst transfer rate remained at a 101.0MB / s, but the average transfer rate has reached a high of 48.1MB / s level.However, in order to read the curve, but this Samsung 10GB and 130GB in a time of great volatility. However, the average for its high transmission capacity considerations, better able to reduce the hard disk when using the system daily delays.

Battery life test

In the previous evaluation, we introduced the appearance of the notebook's standard battery using a 11.1V 7658mAh 85Wh 9-cell lithium-ion batteries. The battery life test, edit selection BatteryMark for. Battery Mark test principle is to use the built-in four engines to simulate actual operating conditions to consume your battery.The four engines are the Graphics engine, Processor engine, Disk engine and Think engine. Test using one of the Life Test mode.

BatteryMark battery life test

Although we do not have the luxury that a considerable volume of laptop battery life to have the ability to show how, but thanks to its standard high-capacity lithium-ion battery the machine up to 5 hours 28 minutes of battery life, and such results for 15-inch laptop is already a very rare. But to say that, for low-notebook will be equipped with the standard version of the 1525 general capacity 6-cell lithium-ion battery. For this product, its battery life will drop to a level about 3 hours.

Keyboard surface and the bottom of the body temperature diagram

Temperature diagram we can see through the machine part of the keyboard surface temperature has a very good addition to the high temperature part of the mouse touch pad reached 38 , the rest are kept at a temperature below 35 . This temperature performance will not give the user the inconvenience of daily use.

Cooling air outlet temperature diagram

Body temperature tends to the bottom of it is covered with hard drive and processor in the part of the revision, under which part of the plate covered with hard drives at the temperature reached 43 , while the part near the radiator temperature for 38 . Another 45 temperature of cooling air outlet of the heat that the notebook is only the target processor and Northbridge chip.

Summary

Price-wise, Dell Inspiron 1525 notebook is a wide price line of products. Although no specific prices, but the editors received this 1525 notebook, its price has more than 10,000 yuan. But according to a recent offer on the Dell website, but we can see the machine in order to show people the price of 3999 yuan, although the configuration and editing of this performance has varied, but at least can explain the Dell Inspiron 1525 notebook can have a good configuration flexibility.

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