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To Dell: A new laptop lineup
We thought after seeing Inspiron 7537 in 2013, that future Inspirons might follow that path.
But alas, present Inspirons are again kind of low end.
Please introduce a new segment of laptops between XPS and Inspiron. Just like "Studios"
were.
Bests about Inspiron 7000 (2013):
☺ 1. Aluminium. Lid and Palm rest.
☺ 2. Gorilla glass protection on display.
☺ 3. IPS Display (1080), though few shortcomings are there.
☺ 4. Strong build quality.
☺ 5. 4 USB3 ports. (Loved it!)
☺ 6. HDD activity LED.
☺ 7. Palm rest part on both sides are free from any port. It helps using mouse.
☺ 8. Strong hinge. (★★★★★)
☺ 9. Dual Band 2x2 Wi-Fi (★★★★★)
☺ 10. GOOD NVidia gpu with GDDR5 memory (★★★★★)
☺ 11. Battery is ok.
Shortcomings:
☹ 1. My Display has ghosting, backlight bleeding & minor color banding problems. Panel is LG
Philips LGD040E 1920x1080.
☹ 2. Poor WIFI reception due to whole metal lid. It can be cured by making cut in DELL logo
part and placing antennas there. Just like metal body phones.
☹ 3. Keyboard. Color of the keyboard should be black. It's difficult to see the markings on
the keys with fluorescent lit room and key backlit on.
☹ 4. Keyboard again. Flex. The keyboard should be rigid. The keyboard should be installed
from inside, like MacBook pro.
☹ 5. Trackpad. Sometimes the pointer skips during 2finger scrolling. Use glass.
☹ 6. Most important - there is hissing sound/white noise from 3.5 headphone port. It was
also there in my Studio 1558 laptop.
☹ 7. Rubber gasket around the Display. It goes inside if after closing the lid the laptop is
lifted using one hand with tight grip.
☹ 8. There should be only one bottom cover (like MacBook pro) for maintenance or part
removal.
☹ 9. The ports on the right side are very closely located. It's difficult to connect HDMI
cable and pen drive side by side.
☹ 10. Speakers are real let down for this laptop.
The expectations for new line up:
1. All the points from "Bests about Inspiron 7000 (2013)".
2. 15.6-inch Non-Touch 1920x1080 IGZO Display with GLASS Protection - It's very good. Easy to clean. No micro distortion like on matte display. No need for touch on a full-size laptop.
3. Sturdy keyboard with black color, installed from inside, and strong backlit with 4 option - off, light, medium and full glow.
3. Glass trackpad. No physical keys.
4. If M2 SSD is used then keep a vacant space for traditional HDD.
5. Dual fan, each for CPU and GPU. If possible with below premium price tag.
6. 1080p Camera. So that no need for external full hd cam for Full hd skyping.
7. A real 4 core CPU from Intel core i7 as option.
8. Good speakers. Either front facing (like where the battery and HDD leds are placed on 7537) or upward facing (above Palmrest deck, both sides of keyboard; or above keyboard).
9. Right angled power plug (if the placement of power port is unchanged).
10. Include USB 3.1 Type C port, but dont reduce the number of usb 3.0 ports.
11. Include SIM card tray. Internal data card optional.
12. Remove HDMI. Provide Display port.