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    News - Dell launches affordable Inspiron 15 notebook

    Dell has taken the wraps off a well-equipped 15in laptop that costs just $50 more than its limited 12in netbook.
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    Re: News - Dell launches affordable Inspiron 15 notebook

    I'm sure this is what I have seen at PC world recently as I had no idea what the hell it was.. and that doesn't often happen
    http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/sto...&category_oid=

    Quite basic, blu ray should be alright as I believe it has X4500HD graphics but it will no doubt want a a fair chunk of your ram and a lot of the CPU as well. It did have HDMI out from memory though so not bad all round. Not sure it's worth it over the studio 15 if that holds it's ~£400 price tag though (which has already slipped to £430 for the HD3450 version I'm noticing).

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    Re: News - Dell launches affordable Inspiron 15 notebook

    Do you now what the processor on the £429 studio is like? Its just that it isn't C2D so I'm unsure about it.

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    Re: News - Dell launches affordable Inspiron 15 notebook

    <useless info> Was on one of these yesterday trying to remove nail glue from the space bar, women... </useless info>

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    Re: News - Dell launches affordable Inspiron 15 notebook

    Pentium dual core.. core 2.. it's all the same.

    Bit less cache, that's about it afaik.

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    Re: News - Dell launches affordable Inspiron 15 notebook

    Thats what I thought, I just seem to remember someone on here saying dual core was pants compared to C2D, Cheers Mike

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    Re: News - Dell launches affordable Inspiron 15 notebook

    Quote Originally Posted by samcross View Post
    Thats what I thought, I just seem to remember someone on here saying dual core was pants compared to C2D, Cheers Mike
    C2D is dual core...

    Core2 is the better architecture though (i.e. over pentium)
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    Re: News - Dell launches affordable Inspiron 15 notebook

    Quote Originally Posted by TAKTAK View Post
    C2D is dual core...

    Core2 is the better architecture though (i.e. over pentium)
    That depends which Pentium

    The "Pentium Dual Core" that you see in notebooks and desktops are simply Core 2 Duo's with half the cache and (often) a slower FSB.

    The real old "netburst" Pentium's - i.e. Pentium D's - are the old architecture and the horrible hot things we should never speak of again!

    Basically, anything Intel that you find these days in a Dell notebook is all based on the Core 2 architecture, regardless of whether it's called a Core 2 Duo, Pentium Dual Core, or "Fuzzy Wuzzy"

    This Dell has also been in PCWorld for at least a month now. I'm pretty sure it also lacks a HDMI - i.e. its a backward step from the 1525 - as they are probably trying to differentiate more between the Inspiron and Studio lines.

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    Re: News - Dell launches affordable Inspiron 15 notebook

    Quote Originally Posted by tickedon View Post
    That depends which Pentium

    The "Pentium Dual Core" that you see in notebooks and desktops are simply Core 2 Duo's with half the cache and (often) a slower FSB.

    The real old "netburst" Pentium's - i.e. Pentium D's - are the old architecture and the horrible hot things we should never speak of again!

    Basically, anything Intel that you find these days in a Dell notebook is all based on the Core 2 architecture, regardless of whether it's called a Core 2 Duo, Pentium Dual Core, or "Fuzzy Wuzzy"
    aah, didn't know that

    and where can i get me a fuzzy wuzzy?
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    Re: News - Dell launches affordable Inspiron 15 notebook

    heh.. could have sworn it had HDMI but you're right it doesn't. &#163;400.. 'avin a larf!

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