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Is this laptop a good deal?

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Freedom.Forever
Freedom.Forever Original post #1
Mar 27, 2012 at 7:38 AM
Dell Inspiron 15R Laptop Intel® Core™ i5-2430QM 2.40GHz
15.6 screen
8 gb RAM
500 gb hdd
1 gb Nvidia 525m graphic card
2Xusb 3.0 ports
ONE year dell india warranty.
dell backpack
dell HDMI cable


all this for 38.4k


friends please tell is this a good deal?
saswat23
Mar 27, 2012 at 8:20 AM
Yes, its a great deal. But AFAIK you could get An ASUS model with such specs at this price with 750GB HDD. But as this deal is from DELL, so its great.
dashing.sujay
Mar 27, 2012 at 8:34 AM
Nothing spectacular, but fine. If you like Inspiron, then you can go for it.
aroraanant
Mar 27, 2012 at 9:21 AM
Better go for Asus K Series K53SV-SX520D.
It is far better than Inspiron
Freedom.Forever
Mar 28, 2012 at 2:39 PM
I also put a great effort in getting over my hate for dell inspiron 15 (mainly its keyboard flex) asus has poor ASS in my locality and has the same kb flex too.
I bought the laptop yesterday from ebay, waiting for the laptop!!

will upload photos as soon as I get the laptop and will post a review after some testing.

link: www.ebay.in/itm/DELL-QUEEN-5110-i5-...5R-ALL-COLOURS-CORE-king-laptop-/120880912838

best of all, I will also be getting a TRANSCEND 32GB USB 3.0 pendrive free. (eBay.in : How to Win Free Gifts - Want It, Get It!)
C
Mar 28, 2012 at 5:17 PM
I also put a great effort in getting over my hate for dell inspiron 15 (mainly its keyboard flex) asus has poor ASS in my locality and has the same kb flex too.
I bought the laptop yesterday from ebay, waiting for the laptop!!

will upload photos as soon as I get the laptop and will post a review after some testing.

link: DELL QUEEN 5110 i5 1GB NVIDIA /8GB/750GB 15R ALL COLOURS CORE king of laptop | eBay

best of all, I will also be getting a TRANSCEND 32GB USB 3.0 pendrive free. (eBay.in : How to Win Free Gifts - Want It, Get It!)


Does it support multi touch gestures??
Freedom.Forever
Mar 28, 2012 at 8:34 PM
actually multi touch gesture is software (drivers) based.
dashing.sujay
Mar 29, 2012 at 1:22 PM
^The hardware has to support it too.
Neo
Neo #9
Mar 29, 2012 at 2:54 PM
I also put a great effort in getting over my hate for dell inspiron 15 (mainly its keyboard flex) asus has poor ASS in my locality and has the same kb flex too.
I bought the laptop yesterday from ebay, waiting for the laptop!!

will upload photos as soon as I get the laptop and will post a review after some testing.

link: www.ebay.in/itm/DELL-QUEEN-5110-i5-...5R-ALL-COLOURS-CORE-king-laptop-/120880912838

best of all, I will also be getting a TRANSCEND 32GB USB 3.0 pendrive free. (eBay.in : How to Win Free Gifts - Want It, Get It!)

Nice deal dude. :beer: Congrats.

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Neo
Neo #10
Mar 29, 2012 at 2:54 PM
Does it support multi touch gestures??

Yes. It supports multi touch gestures.

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doomgiver
doomgiver #11
Mar 29, 2012 at 9:01 PM
Dell Inspiron 15R Laptop Intel® Core™ i5-2430QM 2.40GHz
15.6 screen
8 gb RAM << lolwut?
500 gb hdd
1 gb Nvidia 525m graphic card << lolwut?
2Xusb 3.0 ports
ONE year dell india warranty.
dell backpack
dell HDMI cable


all this for 38.4k


friends please tell is this a good deal?

8 gb of ram??? ask them to reduce, if possible.
also, upgrade that gpu. its not very good.

speak to a rep. he will listen, and might even customize it to your specs.
dashing.sujay
Mar 29, 2012 at 10:09 PM
Inspiron doesn't carry better GPU than 525M.
doomgiver
doomgiver #13
Mar 29, 2012 at 10:28 PM
thats too bad :(
i think the old ones had upgradable cpu, ram, hdd, monitor, and the gpu's too. in short, everything except for the mobo was potentially upgradable
O
Mar 30, 2012 at 12:07 AM
graphic card's really bad. dell has very bad graphics except for alienware.
dashing.sujay
Mar 30, 2012 at 1:29 AM
thats too bad :(
i think the old ones had upgradable cpu, ram, hdd, monitor, and the gpu's too. in short, everything except for the mobo was potentially upgradable

IIRC customizing inspiron was a story of long long ago. But it never had a high end GPU or better than this.

graphic card's really bad. dell has very bad graphics except for alienware.

Then why didn't you bought alienware instead of envy ? If you call 525M really bad, I guess only 580M would satisfy you, nothing on the earth to drive you crazy yet.