It sports a silverish chassis, with a few chrome-colored accents here and there. The Inspiresembles a lot of laptops in this price range. If there really is a new wave of higher quality budget laptops on the way, the Dell doesn’t fit in. The Inspiron 14 5000, on the other hand, just feels like an old-school budget laptop that’s too large just because the engineering dollars weren’t spent to slim it down.Īcer’s Ryzen-based Swift 3, another 14-inch clamshell laptop, comes in at just 0.63 inches and 2.65 pounds, and it costs just $650. However, the Flex 5 14 always felt like it had the build quality to justify the extra bulk.
Those measurements are pretty close to the Flex 5 14’s 0.82 inches and 3.3 pounds. The Inspiis also pretty chunky, at 0.83 inches thick and weighing 3.63 pounds.
And yet, the screen still wobbled while using it.
Even opening the hinge gave the impression of cheapness - the hinge is quite stiff, and you need to wrangle it open with two hands. A year ago I might have written that off due to the price. The lid, keyboard deck, and chassis bottom all have way too much flexing and bending going on. Then, there’s the Inspiron 14 5000, a plastic laptop that looks and feels like one. It’s plenty rigid and exudes a quality feel - the Lenovo Flex 5 14 is a prime example (yes, I’ll mention that laptop throughout this review). Sometimes, a laptop is made of plastic but doesn’t feel like it. That’s a mighty attractive price, but can the Inspiclear the high bar set by other recent budget laptops? Design That configuration of the Inspiretails for $650, but it’s on sale right now for $580. My review unit came equipped with an Intel 10th-generation Core i5-1035G1 CPU, 8GB of RAM, a 256GB solid-state drive (SSD), and a 14-inch 1080p display. I took a look at Dell’s Inspito see if it keeps up the trend. From performance to design, it’s hard to overstate just how good these laptops have gotten. If you need some examples, just check out laptops like the Lenovo Yoga C640, the Lenovo Flex 5 14, and the Acer Swift 3 with Ryzen. Recent models have been sleeker, faster, and longer lasting than ever - in some cases, rivaling premium laptops. Fitbit Versa 3īudget laptops are experiencing a renaissance.
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