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Dell Inspiron 1525

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Dell includes an industry-standard one-year parts-and-labor warranty with the system. Upgrading to a three-year plan will cost an extra $260, which includes on-site service. Support is accessible through a 24-7 toll-free phone line, and Dell's robust online knowledge base and driver downloads, although XPS customers get access to a different, better-quality, tech support line. Dell will also send you a free recycling kit for your old laptop on request (basically a prepaid postage label to ship old products back to a recycling facility).

Multimedia Multitasking test (in seconds)
(Shorter bars indicate better performance)

Apple MacBook Core 2 Duo 13.3inch - 2.2GHz

545

Dell XPS M1530

949

Dell Inspiron 1525

1,069

Gateway M150-XL

1,166

Adobe Photoshop CS3 image-processing test (in seconds)
(Shorter bars indicate better performance)

Apple MacBook Core 2 Duo 13.3inch - 2.2GHz

144

Gateway M150-XL

246

Dell Inspiron 1525

247

Dell XPS M1530

273

Apple iTunes encoding test (in seconds)
(Shorter bars indicate better performance)

Apple MacBook Core 2 Duo 13.3inch - 2.2GHz

184

Dell XPS M1530

186

Dell Inspiron 1525

207

Gateway M150-XL

221

DVD battery drain test (in minutes)
(Longer bars indicate better performance)

Gateway M150-XL

135

Dell Inspiron 1525

161

Dell XPS M1530

202

Apple MacBook Core 2 Duo 13.3inch - 2.2GHz

270

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System configurations:

Dell Inspiron 1525
Windows Vista Home Premium Edition; 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T7250; 2,048MB DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz; 128MB Mobile Intel 965GM Express; 120GB Saegate Momentus 5,400rpm

Dell XPS M1530
Windows Vista Home Premium Edition; 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T7700; 2048MB DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz; 256MB Nvidia Geforce 8600M GT; 160GB Hitachi 5,400rpm

Gateway M150
Windows Vista Home Premium Edition; 1.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T7100; 2048MB DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz; 128MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400XT; 120GB Western Digital 5,400rpm

Apple MacBook Core 2 Duo - 2.2GHz / 13.3 inch
OS X 10.5.1 Leopard; Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2GHz; 2,048GB DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz; 144MB Intel GMA X3100; 160GB Fujitsu 5,400rpm

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Average user rating: 2.5 stars out of 45 reviews
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2.5 stars

8 out of 8 people found this review helpful

"I have only had my Inspiron 1525 for 1 month and have already had a severe hardware problem."

by fishook2 on February 28, 2008

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0.5 stars

4 out of 4 people found this review helpful

"Broke 5 days after I got"

by 000nah on April 17, 2008

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1.0 stars

3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

"Do not buy this MODEL!!!"

by Nannoo46 on May 16, 2008

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