Dell Inspiron M5030 2800B3D 15.6-Inch Laptop (3D Black)
date : August 16th, 2011Laptop & Tablet PC
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- AMD Athlon II Dual-Core P360 Processor
- 4GB Shared Dual Channel Memory, DDR3, 1333MHz, 2 DIMM
- 320GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive; 8X CD/DVD Writer (DVD+/-RW) — Plays and creates CDs and DVDs, tray-loading
- 15.6-inch HD (1366×768) LED Display with TrueLife; Integrated ATI Radeon HD 4250 Graphics
- Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium (64-Bit); Atheros 802.11g/n Wireless Card
Meet the Inspiron M5030 – an AMD-powered, 15.6″ laptop computer for your everyday needs. With an attractive, stylish design and mobile technology, this laptop features everything you want for everyday computing. The Inspiron M5030 offers a modern black palmrest. Enjoy premium looks without the premium price with the Dell Inspiron M5030 notebook PC (model iM5030-2800B3D), which features a beautiful exterior with 3D black-patterned finish and glossy accents. It features a 15.6-inch high-def dis
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So far So good,
I got this laptop recently, why the 5 stars? Because its Functional for my needs. Most Important Specs are:-
Windows 7 Home premium, AMD Athlon Dual-Core 2.30GHz,4.00Gb RAM,320 GB Hard Drive,4.1 Overall windows Experience Index. This is NOT a laptop for Gamers, or persons who want to run applications like AutoCAD, ARCGIS, or Adobe Photoshop, Why? because the processor is a Dual-Core its wayyyy behind in today’s terms. This is a great laptop for young children, university students (those who are serious about schoolwork and dont play games like HALO,Dragon Age etc. lol) I use it for checking my emails on the go, and for typing reports and my occasional chess game. Other specs are listed on this page (scroll up). It has a nice patterned finish and comes with built-in wi-fi and a dvd burner. I will update further as i monitor the performance and durability of this laptop.
**UPDATE** 22nd June 2011
I have decided to give a 3 month update. The laptop still continues to perform well. No noticeable cracks (as yet) on chassis as is customed with SOME DELL laptops especially around the corners (my DELL Inspiron 6400 has cracks). Yes it has no HDMI,no bluetooth a downer but not critical features to me. Some reviewers have misconceived my opening statements, I never said you cannot play games on this laptop, I’m saying that given the laptop hardware specifications certain applications (listed above) and games (not going to list too numerous) will either not run or run with slow frame rates especially newer titles.I use Autocad and ArcGis and when working on rendering 3D drawings (AutoCAD) or Queries for Analysis (ArcGIS) the laptop freezes but these are huge files.Your experience may vary depends on your type of usage.
One commenter made the point about the memory, its stated that the laptop comes with 4 GB installed DDR3 RAM (1333 MHz, 2 DIMM slots). Yes it comes with 4GB, however in the BIOS the frequency of the memory is 1066Mhz. Now some might say that this can be changed by doing this or by doing that, that’s not the point (it cannot be changed by the way the fields are read-only) its advertised as 1333 it should come that way. Keyboard shows no signs of fading but sometimes i get delayed keystrokes could be software related though.
In summary still a good buy (I paid 399.99),I have no regrets with this purchase SO FAR.
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|Nice features for the price,
I bought this laptop on sale recently, and so far, I have no real complaints. Set up was simple and fast, and it connected right away to my WiFi. It’s obviously not a gaming machine, but I installed some of my favorite (though not current) games (Portal, Half-Life 2: Episode 1 and 2), and they run just fine. Overall, it works as advertised, and for the price, I don’t have any serious complaints.
The “3D” finish might not appeal to everyone, but I like it. It hides fingerprints very well, and it plays with light in a nifty way.
I haven’t had any reason to use the webcam, but did test it to make sure it works. It’s low-res, but good enough for basic things like chatting.
The software dock in Windows is a nice touch.
Pros: a nice bright display (I actually had to turn it down a bit), a roomy keyboard (I consider the lack of a number keypad a definite plus), and Windows 7 64-bit Home runs very fast.
Cons: no HDMI port (it has VGA), plastic case feels a bit flimsy, and the speakers are rather tinny. These cons are minor, in my opinion. Bloatware wasn’t too much of a problem, either (I uninstalled only a few things). I do wish the memory card reader included CompactFlash for my older DSLR camera, but that’s just a personal preference. Most devices don’t use this type of memory card anymore.
Other notes: all the various ports are on the left side of the machine (one of the USB ports is at the very front of that side, which might get in the way for some), the DVD drive on the right, the memory card reader on the front, and nothing but the battery compartment on the back.
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|M5030 Dell,
Good value at $399 my sale price. I found it fast but heavy and upgradable. The “3D” finish is not attractive to me but will prevent fingerprints. I needed this laptop to run VMs for demos and development and this was in my price range. I found that the memory upgrade to 6GB was no problem($43) and keyboard removes ok for the memory access. Windows anytime upgrade got it to Windows 7 Pro for $89. Right now it is running an XP machine in virtual-pc and a 2008 server in virtualbox but having trouble running both at same time. The dvd writter works great and 3 USB 2.0 ports are handy. The wireless network is g and wired is 10/100 not 1000. I think networking could be better and the other external port is only vga should maybe be hdmi
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