Dell Inspiron 1525

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Dell Inspiron 1525

Rohan Naravane, Feb 29, 2008 1807 hrs IST

Dell's multimedia monster goes easy on your wallet...

2 GB of memory, HDMI port, sharp display, good bundle, decent performance-to-price ratio

A bit heavy, touchpad not very accurate

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Design and Construction

The Inspiron 1525 is available in many colorful tops. The model we received had a black top with grey designer strips -- catchy. Below the lid, we have an array of status LEDs. Next to these are two headphone jacks, a microphone jack, and a memory card reader.

Two headphone ports -- two people can be entertained at the same time!

To the right is the Expresscard slot (which houses the Dell Media Remote), the CD/DVD writer, an S-video port, and two USB ports. Below the Expresscard slot is a switch to turn on the wireless. Push it further and it activates the Wi-Fi catcher.

The Inspiron has a standard tray-type optical drive, whereas the XPS 1530 has a slot-in drive

With this, you can make the laptop scan for wireless networks even without turning the laptop on. It indicates this by means of an LED next to the switch.

Since our model came with a 9-cell battery, you can see it protruding; a standard 6-cell battery will fit right into the casing.

On the left are the power port, two more USB ports, a VGA port, the modem and Ethernet ports, an HDMI port, and a FireWire port.