Dell Laptop Reviews for Home and Business

Dell Laptop Reviews

Shopping for a laptop is like car shopping; if you make a bad decision you are pretty much committed to it for the next three to five years.  I’m a fan of Dell if you steer clear of their less than desirable line of products.  Fortunately, we’ve spent some time playing around creating our own Dell laptop reviews so you don’t have to.  We have four priorities when looking for a laptop:

• Does it feel cheap? Move on…
• Does the track pad work well? Way too many people have RSS and carpal tunnel syndrome due to bad ergonomics and or hardware.  Make sure the laptop works well or at the very least buy an external mouse.
• Does it come with a Solid State Drive with 256 gigs or better? SSD’s are necessary for laptops.  The laptop gets knocked around and you are guaranteed to lose your standard SATA drive.  SSD do not have this problem.   They have no moving parts.
• Is it 8 Gigs of RAM or greater? Every iteration of operating systems requires more RAM.  Do yourself a favor and upgrade the RAM using Kingston.com.  NOTE:  The smaller lines like the XPS 13  sometimes solder RAM on.  Check with the manufacturer or get the proper amount before committing to a purchase.

The rest of the specs depend on your work situation.  Here’s a nice narrowed down list of laptop options.  All contain solid web reviews.

The Road Warrior – Dell XPS 13 – 9350

• 13” screen, small, very light and beautiful design.
  ***I think I would prefer the 15″ but I have not got my hands on it.***
• Intel HD Graphics
• No touch display. Don’t bother.
• 256 gig SSD
• 4 cell battery
• 6^th generation i3 or better processor
• 4 Gig – Make sure it’s possible to upgrade
• Backlit keyboard
• Webcam
• Works with 3rd party replication or docking stations so you can connect to a big monitor and external keyboard (view Dell dock AKA replicator below)
• Windows 10 Home (need to upgrade for corporate use)
  Best XPS price seen $760 ( and as low as $570 w/ discounts)
  It can be viewed at Costco.  Costco has a good Warranty.  I’m not sure about price.

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XPS 13 and Latitude E5570

Resources:

XPS 15 Non-Touch
$1,399.99

XPS 13 Non-Touch
$1,099.99

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Latitude Docking Station

The Corporate Laptop – Dell Latitude E5570

• 15” screen, a little more bulky but definitely not a nuisance
• Intel HD Graphics
• No touch display. Don’t bother.
• 500 gig SSD
• 6 cell battery
• 6^th generation i3 or better processor
• 8 Gig
• Backlit keyboard
• Webcam
• Windows 10 Pro
• Docking Station – See Picture

Best price seen ($540 w/ discount)

The 2 in 1 – Dell Inspiron 13 -7352

• 13” screen, very light and great design
• 2 in 1… Can be set to tablet mode.  Note:  The 15”is not practical.  You’re better off getting a Latitude for that size.
• Intel HD Graphics
• No touch display. Don’t bother.
• 500 gig SSD
• 3 cell battery
• 5^th generation i5 or better processor
• 8 Gig – Make sure it’s possible to upgrade
• Backlit keyboard
• Webcam
• Windows 10 Home (need to upgrade for corporate use)
  ***picture can be found as our cover pic or first pic of this blog***

Best Price $700 ($500 w/ discounts)

Dell Laptop Reviews Resources:

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2473725,00.asp

Dell Laptop Reviews Additional Notes:

Inspiron 13 7000 2 in 1 $705

Inspiron 15 7000 2 in 1 $830 on display @Costco

Dell Laptop Reviews Summary

Hopefully, this decreased this time consuming tasks to under 30 minutes.  The next item is how to set it up for us or your favorite tech to your liking.  Please read our post on Windows 10 support for more information.

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