New Dell Inspiron 15 5000 Gaming Laptop

[Confusizzled]

I'm searching for a programming laptop and I'm pretty interested in the New Dell Inspiron 15 5000 gaming laptop. Specifically this configuration http://www.dell.com/en-ca/shop/dell-laptops-netbooks-and-tablets/new-inspiron-15-5000-gaming-intel/spd/inspiron-15-5577-gaming-laptop/ni155577_btsb_s405e. 

It's got 512 GB PCIE SSD, 16 GB of RAM, and i7 7700 HQ and the price seems pretty darn good.

Anyone have any info regarding the screen, cooling, and typing experience? The dell page gives you so little info. Or if anyone is from Canada specifically around the GTA does anyone know if there's a store that sells this so I can test it in person? 

[Ryois]

6 minutes ago, Confusizzled said:

I'm searching for a programming laptop and I'm pretty interested in the New Dell Inspiron 15 5000 gaming laptop. Specifically this configuration http://www.dell.com/en-ca/shop/dell-laptops-netbooks-and-tablets/new-inspiron-15-5000-gaming-intel/spd/inspiron-15-5577-gaming-laptop/ni155577_btsb_s405e. 

It's got 512 GB PCIE SSD, 16 GB of RAM, and i7 7700 HQ and the price seems pretty darn good.

Anyone have any info regarding the screen, cooling, and typing experience? The dell page gives you so little info. Or if anyone is from Canada specifically around the GTA does anyone know if there's a store that sells this so I can test it in person? 

For programming, I would get a Dell Business ultrabook http://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/dell-laptops-and-notebooks/xps-15/spd/xps-15-9560-laptop/smx15w10p2c1608

[Confusizzled]

16 minutes ago, Ryois said:

For programming, I would get a Dell Business ultrabook http://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/dell-laptops-and-notebooks/xps-15/spd/xps-15-9560-laptop/smx15w10p2c1608

Yea that's way out of my budget tho, 1500 CAD is my max

[ApolloX75]

From what I have heard from a couple friends who bought the Inspiron you're looking at the only issues they had were superficial.

 

Key things complained about were the screen being somewhat washed out and hard to see at angles and somewhat flimsy chassis build. Otherwise they seem to be a very solid laptop especially for the price of them.

 

If you're looking to see one up close Best Buy usually keeps them on display.

[Confusizzled]

7 minutes ago, ApolloX75 said:

From what I have heard from a couple friends who bought the Inspiron you're looking at the only issues they had were superficial.

 

Key things complained about were the screen being somewhat washed out and hard to see at angles and somewhat flimsy chassis build. Otherwise they seem to be a very solid laptop especially for the price of them.

 

If you're looking to see one up close Best Buy usually keeps them on display.

Awesome i'll prbly check out a best buy close by then. Yeah I heard the panel was TN panel so it makes sense why it would be hard to see at different angles.

[genexis_x]

The 5000 Gaming has a bad display and slightly worse quality compared to 7000 Gaming

[Imglidinhere]

4 hours ago, Confusizzled said:

Awesome i'll prbly check out a best buy close by then. Yeah I heard the panel was TN panel so it makes sense why it would be hard to see at different angles.

The 5577 is the same chassis as the older 7559 that Linus reviewed (and that I own for that matter). It's identical, just has updated hardware. The screen was pretty poor, but I've seen worse, so upgrading that might be in your best interests if you want a better experience.

 

To say that the issues with the laptop are superficial, you can't be more right. For the money, it's faaar higher quality than what I've seen for much higher pricing.