Dell Inspiron 1545 Review

I was recently looking for a budget friendly notebook to get as a Christmas gift for someone. In general, I’m usually pretty happy with Dell products and the support they provide. (I’m not just saying that either since I live in Austin) :) (Also, never skimp on a warranty for a laptop!)

I was really impressed and pleased with the notebook I received. Some of my favorite feature of this notebook are as follows:

The large 15.6 inch display with integrated webcam which is bright and a pleasure to use.

The keyboard is great, I really like the placement of the home and end keys on the right side of the notebook which I use regularly. Also on the keyboard, I like the layout of the Ctrl and Fn key which were placed in the spots I like the most. I also liked the easy access to control volume and brightness and that these were the primary functions, whereas the F1 - F12 function are secondary.

I love that this notebook was designed for comfort. I didn’t notice any extreme heat issues and I really loved that the edges of the notebook were rounded and are very comfortable on the wrists and arms.

Lastly I liked that there was an integrated SD card reader.

What could have been improved?

These things didn’t bother me too much, but worth mentioning. While this is a budget friendly notebook, I still wish it had an HDMI port. This system only has a VGA port.

I think the touch pad could have been a lot better. I wish it was bigger and adopted the new format of a single large touch pad that depresses for the clicks. This is very minor though since 90% of the time I use an external wireless mouse.

Overall I think it’s a nice system.

Here is my YouTube Unboxing Video: