Dell Inspiron 1720 Laptop Review
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The Dell Inspiron 1720 is a
17" desktop replacement targeted towards younger consumers,
most of whom are in school. This notebook competes against
such notebooks as the HP dv9500t and Toshiba P200/P205. The
1720 offers a wide range of hardware configurations, as well
as 8 different color options to be customized exactly as you
want it. Processors range from the T5250 all the way up to
the T7700, RAM from 1GB to 4GB, HD from 120GB to 500GB (250GB
x 2), display resolutions starting at WXGA+ up to WUXGA, and
color ranging from jet black to sunshine yellow.
Our review model came with the following options, bringing
the price up to $2,438 as configured from a base of $899.
* Windows Vista Home Premium
(32-bit)
* Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T7500 (2.20GHz, 4MB L2, 800MHz
FSB)
* Mobile Intel P965 Express Chipset
* Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN (802.11a/g/n)
* 2GB PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM (maximum capacity 4GB)
* 320GB Total Space (160GB x 2, option no longer offered at
the time of this writing)
* 8x DVD (+/-R double layer) drive
* 17.0" diagonal widescreen TrueLife TFT LCD display
at 1920x1200 (WUXGA, Glossy)
* 256MB nVidia GeForce Go 8600M GT
* 2.0 megapixel webcam
* Bluetooth version 2.0 plus Enhanced Data Rate (EDR)
* ExpressCard slot (ExpressCard/34 and Express Card/54)
* 5-in-1 media card reader
* VGA out
* Mic/Headphone connectors
* IEEE-1394 (FireWire)
* Five USB 2.0 ports
* Dimensions (WxDxH Front/H Rear): 15.5" x 11.5"
x 1.7"
* Weight: 7.62 Advertised, 8lbs 13.2oz actual w/ 9-cell battery
* 90W (19V x 4.62A) 100-240V AC adapter (1lb 1.4oz)
* 9-cell (85Wh) Lithium Ion battery (1lb 1oz)
* 1-Year Standard Limited Warranty
Build and Design
Gone are the white bumpers
of old, replaced with a solid shimmering silver paint, giving
the body of the Dell 1720 a much cleaner and refined look.
The body still allows some user configuration with its custom
top cover paint options, including jet black, alpine white,
espresso brown, ruby red, midnight blue, spring green, flamingo
pink, and sunshine yellow. The high level of personalization
can even go as far as a color matched Logitech mouse as an
added $29 option during checkout.
The cleaner look and feel is
matched with an even stronger and more durable chassis. During
testing no plastic creaks or squeaks could be heard, with
flex only apparent in the plastic painted screen cover. The
entire bottom shell is a metal alloy which gives the laptop
a strong footprint on your desk, and is gives enough strength
to resist bending if you hold the laptop by the edge of the
palm rest walking around the room. The only downside to the
chassis was the metal HD bay cover had some movement, and
would make clacking sound if tapped with your finger, or placed
on an uneven desk. Overlooking that fact, the underbody is
strong enough to hurt your knuckles if you try to punch it
without giving up as much as a millimeter of flex in the process.
One concern worth mentioning
with the custom paint process is long term durability. The
review model we received had a paint defect out of the box
on the upper right hand cover of the LCD cover. The rubbery
texture paint was already peeling; exposing the glossy espresso
brown paint underneath. Since this peeling was visible straight
out of the box, long-term day to day use inside various cases
or backpacks might show more extreme peeling. Hopefully the
paint issue was fixed in production, as our review model has
an early May build date.
(Read more at http://www.notebookreview.com)
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