Dell Inspiron 15

Dell Inspiron 15 (7537) ($ 1,149 as tested) is a high-end ultrabook with a premium aluminum and glass construction. Worth considering if you need a separate graphics for creating multimedia or mediocre gameplay. While it is a stable system of power users, it does not do enough to distinguish itself from the pack.

Design and Features
The Inspiron 15 (7537) is made of aluminum and Corning Gorilla Glass NBT, which makes for a very slim 15.6-inch laptop. 0.9 by 15 by 10 inches (HWD), the system is similar in size to rivals such as Acer Aspire V5-573PG-9610 and Asus N550JV-DB72T. At £ 5.61, it's slightly lighter than the 5.68-pound Asus system. However, the Acer V5-573PG-9610 is noticeably lighter (4.85 pounds).

I / O ports are plentiful, including an Ethernet port, an HDMI port, a headset jack, an SD card reader, and four USB 3.0 ports. For wireless connectivity You get 802.11 b / g / n 2.4GHz (at 5GHz) Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.0.

Display has a 1920-by-1, 080 resolution, which means you'll be able to view 1080p video natively, as well as edit high-resolution pictures easily. That is much better than 1366-by-768 resolution N550JV Asus, but pales in comparison to our premium ultrabook Editors' Choice, the Samsung Ativ Book 9 Plus, which packs a 3,200-by-1, 800 screens QuadHD + resolution on a 13.3-inch laptop. Screen The Inspiron 15 is very thin, thanks to aluminum and Gorilla Glass construction, but it is not as solid-feeling as the Samsung Book 9 Plus or the Acer Aspire V7-582P-6673. Some screen bounce can be a drag if you're a consistent user touch-screen.

While the numeric keypad is a plus, its inclusion means that some keys like Enter and Backspace is a shorter and more cramped than a standard laptop keyboard. I often found myself hitting the Number Lock key instead of Backspace, and the 4 key on the keypad when I meant to press Enter. This is not insurmountable, but takes some getting used to.

Our review unit shipped with a 1TB hard drive with 8GB cache solid state drives (SSD). SSD cache supplements help system boot up a quick 14-15 seconds, and come out from sleep less. The hard drive has plenty of free space, because there are some preloaded apps. I like the fact that Dell includes a one year subscription to LiveSafe McAfee Internet Security Suite with the system. This corresponds to a one-year warranty on the laptop.