• Dell Inspiron M501R

    Dell Inspiron M501R

    Roydon Cerejo, Nov 03, 2010 1302 hrs IST

    Good build and aesthetics, but you can get much better performance at the same price

    Great aesthetics, solid build, WLED screen is bright and vibrant, full sized keyboard, four USB ports

    Mobile Phenom II X4 is not much faster than a Core i5, runs really hot, average battery life, no express card slot

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It was ironical to have dull looking and plasticky notebooks from Dell under its Inspiron series because despite its nomenclature there was nothing inspiring about it. After the refresh though, the new Inspirons live up to their name with a completely overhauled design and feel. We already covered the new Inspiron 14R a while back and now we look at the recently launched AMD powered Inspirons that fall under the new M501R brand name.

There are currently two CPU options available, a triple core Phenom II N850 and a Quad N930. Today we have the latter configuration, which is the full blown version with 4GB RAM, 500GB hard drive and an ATI Mobility Radeon HD550v with 1GB memory.

Previously AMD based laptops were notorious for burning your lap, which is why we stayed away from them. Also, the performance wasn't anything to write home about either. Let's see what's changed with the new Phenom II chips and if they are able to deliver better performance without stinging your thighs.  

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  • Driver disk

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,california, on Feb 11, 2011 09:14 PM
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N_raj
,HYD, on Feb 02, 2011 05:28 PM
Can U review on Dell XPS 15 ASAP...
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koli yogesh
,surat, on Jan 11, 2011 03:11 PM
wht is the price of this laptop? B'coz i have purchase this laptop
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AMD Fan
,Kolkata, on Jan 24, 2011 10:27 PM
38900 + 900 Delivery Charges
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,fh, on Jan 06, 2011 12:40 PM
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Satya
,Kolkata, on Nov 13, 2010 07:21 PM
This Phenom processor comes fully loaded, with an Anti-virus and a graphics card which is not present with Core i5 processor at the same point. Another thing about heat is that - I do agree that it gets hot but with a BIOS upgrade, things have got better and laptops do tend to get hot and are not mean't to be used literally, er, on the lap... Please keep your laptops on flat surfaces, ALWAYS!... You can skip it all you want to, but this is a very good product at the price point...
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Shashank Sangar
,delhi, on Nov 08, 2010 07:05 PM
please post a review on HP ENVY 14 beats edition and the new DELL XPS 14 and 15. desparetly waiting for the review.
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,mumbai, on Nov 08, 2010 11:56 AM
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Ketan
,Pune, on Nov 03, 2010 07:09 PM
Techtree whats with ur obsession of Dell and Apple laptops? There are lots of brands out there. How about giving a review for latest HP Pavilion DV6 Argento Blush and the ENVY series?.... Help out to discover the best. A quick review post would be deeply appreciated.
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Arjun
,Delhi, on Nov 03, 2010 06:36 PM
I strongly disagree with the reviewer here, all the OEMs are lining up for AMD's new Danube and Nile processors. They're known for good battery life and less heat. I7 / maybe faster but what cost ? Energy and heat , and that difference is very very slight.
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Alam
,Pune, on Nov 03, 2010 01:44 PM
I have this laptop from last 1 month, it is not "really hot" when I compared with my i7 720 cpu based laptop. I can work in AMD Phenom II X4, but with i7 720, I was really hard to work on 10 mintunes. my dislike about this laptop is Num-Keypad in keyboard. Otherwise profermance is good enough @41000 with 4 actually core than just 2->4 cores:-)
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