439 of 478 (92%) customers would recommend this product to a friend.
Customer Reviews for Inspiron 1420
Overall:
5
[RATINGOF] 5
Reviewed by:pankaj981 Location:
Logan UT
Duration of product use:
Months
Level of expertise:
Expert
Title: This thing can do everything!!
Date: May 19, 2009
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Pros: Connecting with Friends, Video Editing, Travel, Music & Movies, School, Finances, Presentation, hardcore gaming
ReviewI purchased this laptop over Studio 1535 was only because of the Nvdia graphics offered with this (Studio offers ATI) and because of its small screen size. For me looks didn't matter much as far as the performance goes. As a computer science student, I bought this laptop for programming, surfing the internet, and also wanted to play high-end games and watch movies. The pre-loaded softwares that came along were no good (sorry Dell), so did a clean install of Vista SP1 x86 that came with the laptop. And believe me, I could play Crysis on this lappy on low settings at full resolution!! For me, testing a computer's performance is by running a high-end game on it. If it can run that smoothly, then it can run anything!! Since then I didn't have any problems whatsoever in anything. Only problem is that while gaming, the temperatures increase a lot, so I use a cooling pad. I have also upgraded the RAM to 4GB (stock was 3GB) and loaded Vista x64 SP1 from Dell (sent them a request for new OS x64 DVD and got the DVD next day!!) and SP2 from MS, and this beauty runs the same as Windows 7, sparing the boot times off course. This is a budget laptop which can almost do anything what a XPS M1330 (not the StudioXPS 13) can do.
Goods: Screen size, extremely sturdy model, good and loud sound quality, extremely responsive keyboard, upto Core2Duo T9500 compatible, superb performance.
Bads: Slightly heavy, gets heated up while gaming, model should have been upgraded like Studio 1535.
Finally I would recommend buying the new Studio 15 with ATI Mobility Radeon 4650 as it has been upgraded to support upto 8GB ram at 800MHz and Core2Extreme processors upto 1066MHz...only if your budget is flexible upto $1000.
9 of 9 people found this review helpful.
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Review 2 for Inspiron 1420
Overall:
5
[RATINGOF] 5
Reviewed by:StephanieH Location:
Pittsburgh, PA
Duration of product use:
Less than a month
Level of expertise:
Good
Date: May 8, 2009
Pros: Connecting with Friends, School, Presentation, work
ReviewMy boyfriend and I needed a new computer when my previous dell laptop keyboard quit working after 5 years (space bar went out!) This computer has been extremely easy to use and fits all our needs!
3 of 4 people found this review helpful.
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Review 3 for Inspiron 1420
Overall:
4
[RATINGOF] 5
Reviewed by:Caraline Location:
Baltimore
Duration of product use:
Months
Level of expertise:
Average
Title: Good but...
Date: May 7, 2009
Pros: Connecting with Friends, Music & Movies, School, Finances, email
ReviewI love my new laptop, the only issue I have is with the touchpad. It randomly stops working for a couple seconds at a time and its just not as smooth as my old gateway's touchpad. Pretty annoying, but other than that, its great.
2 of 5 people found this review helpful.
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Review 4 for Inspiron 1420
Overall:
4
[RATINGOF] 5
Quality:
4
[RATINGOF] 5
Features:
4
[RATINGOF] 5
Value:
4
[RATINGOF] 5
Reviewed by:Cricketlane Location:
Indiana
Duration of product use:
Months
Level of expertise:
Average
Title: LapTop
Date: April 22, 2009
ProsIt's everything you need. Light weight, excellent picture quality,sound, plays movies, CD's, MP3's,games - better than a desk top and goes where I need to go. I also have the mobile broadband connection. No problems so far. ConsOnly have had it for 2 months - so have had no problems.
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Review 5 for Inspiron 1420
Overall:
3
[RATINGOF] 5
Quality:
3
[RATINGOF] 5
Features:
3
[RATINGOF] 5
Value:
4
[RATINGOF] 5
Reviewed by:nricci Location:
Seattle WA (student in Sydney AU)
Duration of product use:
Over a year
Level of expertise:
Good
Processor:
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7300 (2.0Hz/800Mhz FSB/2MB cache)
Memory:
2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM
Hard disk:
120GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)
Screen:
Anti-glare, widescreen 14.1 inch display (1280x800)
Title: not bad
Date: April 21, 2009
Proslove the size. Anti glare screen (I hate the glossy screens) ConsIt gets real hot. The screws kept coming out of the bottom. (this happened for me and my room mate, he has the same model.) Wish I got a bigger HD
THE SCREEN DIED after six mounths AND the motherboard died a month after the year warrenty expired. BUT this has been the fifth computer my family has gotten from dell and the only one to have problems liek this.
Reviewgreat size for uni and traveling over seas.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.
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Review 6 for Inspiron 1420
Overall:
5
[RATINGOF] 5
Quality:
5
[RATINGOF] 5
Features:
4
[RATINGOF] 5
Value:
5
[RATINGOF] 5
Reviewed by:mattz7878 Location:
Louisville, KY
Duration of product use:
Months
Level of expertise:
Good
Processor:
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7300 (2.0Hz/800Mhz FSB/2MB cache)
Memory:
4096MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM
Hard disk:
160GB SATA Hard Drive (7200RPM)
Screen:
High Resolution, glossy widescreen 14.1 inch display (1440X900)
Title: Great Laptop for Anyone
Date: April 17, 2009
ProsMy Inspiron 1420 has 300GB Hard Drive, 4GB Ram, Intel Core 2 Duo Processor, Windows Vista SP1, and many other great features. It is fast, easy to use, pretty light & compact which makes it great for traveling. The best product for it's value hands-down.
4 of 7 people found this review helpful.
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Review 7 for Inspiron 1420
Overall:
2
[RATINGOF] 5
Quality:
3
[RATINGOF] 5
Features:
3
[RATINGOF] 5
Value:
4
[RATINGOF] 5
Reviewed by:teeboom Location:
Hayward, CA
Duration of product use:
Months
Level of expertise:
Good
Screen:
High Resolution, glossy widescreen 14.1 inch display (1440X900)
Title: Everything good beside WebCam
Date: April 11, 2009
ProsGood size and weight. Love the keyboard. ConsLaptop intergrated webcam does not work. Called dell support 3 times and they still have not solved the problem.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.
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Review 8 for Inspiron 1420
Overall:
4
[RATINGOF] 5
Quality:
4
[RATINGOF] 5
Features:
4
[RATINGOF] 5
Value:
3
[RATINGOF] 5
Reviewed by:Quynh
Title: So far so good
Date: April 2, 2009
Pros-light weight -fast -doesn't look cheap -super cute Cons-bulky -screen has really bad glare
ReviewI bought this laptop for school and just to surf the internet. So far I'm really satisfied with it, the only downside is that it's a little bulky for a 14 inch. Other than that I bought the pink one and the color is actually pretty easy on the eyes.
1 of 3 people found this review helpful.
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Review 9 for Inspiron 1420
Overall:
4
[RATINGOF] 5
Quality:
5
[RATINGOF] 5
Features:
4
[RATINGOF] 5
Value:
5
[RATINGOF] 5
Reviewed by:taja7878
Title: No Regrets
Date: April 1, 2009
ProsLove everything about my Dell laptop, especially the green color. Its my favorite color and I feel fortunate that I was able to personalize it to my preference. ConsNO cons thus far
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Review 10 for Inspiron 1420
Overall:
5
[RATINGOF] 5
Quality:
5
[RATINGOF] 5
Features:
5
[RATINGOF] 5
Value:
5
[RATINGOF] 5
Reviewed by:kforehand Location:
San Jose, CA
Duration of product use:
Less than a month
Level of expertise:
Good
Processor:
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7100 (1.8GHz/800Mhz FSB/2MB cache)
Memory:
2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM
Hard disk:
120GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)
Screen:
High Resolution, glossy widescreen 14.1 inch display (1440X900)
Title: Pink Comp
Date: April 1, 2009
ProsEverything! Love the color choice, just having an updated laptop is such a nice difference! ConsThe only thing is when i have the computer outside, it glares!
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.
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Review 11 for Inspiron 1420
Overall:
2
[RATINGOF] 5
Quality:
2
[RATINGOF] 5
Features:
3
[RATINGOF] 5
Value:
3
[RATINGOF] 5
Reviewed by:CaitlinJean Location:
London, ON
Duration of product use:
Over a year
Level of expertise:
Good
Processor:
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T5250 (1.5GHz/667Mhz FSB/2MB cache)
Memory:
2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM
Hard disk:
120GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)
Screen:
Anti-glare, widescreen 14.1 inch display (1280x800)
Title: Fine within the warranty period
Date: March 28, 2009
ProsSmall and nice looking laptop, love the keyboard, very portable, great initial battery life ConsAfter the one-year warranty the laptop starts to fall apart piece by piece. After owning for one year and two months the system does not recognise the power cable or battery that it came with, and the CD drive keeps opening and closing on it's own (have had system professionaly checked, it's not a virus)
Reviewif you are going to go with this system, spring for the extended warranty, you'll end up putting twice the amount of money in parts that the warranty cost.
5 of 7 people found this review helpful.
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Review 12 for Inspiron 1420
Overall:
5
[RATINGOF] 5
Quality:
4
[RATINGOF] 5
Features:
4
[RATINGOF] 5
Value:
5
[RATINGOF] 5
Reviewed by:glogue
Title: Good Value
Date: March 23, 2009
ProsLight weight. Low price. Great performance.
9 of 11 people found this review helpful.
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Review 13 for Inspiron 1420
Overall:
4
[RATINGOF] 5
Quality:
5
[RATINGOF] 5
Features:
4
[RATINGOF] 5
Value:
4
[RATINGOF] 5
Reviewed by:1420USER
Level of expertise:
Good
Processor:
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7300 (2.0Hz/800Mhz FSB/2MB cache)
Memory:
2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM
Hard disk:
160GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)
Screen:
Anti-glare, widescreen 14.1 inch display (1280x800)
Date: March 17, 2009
ProsSuper fast with VISTA! Fast processing. Excellect battery life. ConsNo HDMI output. Relatively low resolution.
1 of 5 people found this review helpful.
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Review 14 for Inspiron 1420
Overall:
5
[RATINGOF] 5
Quality:
5
[RATINGOF] 5
Features:
5
[RATINGOF] 5
Value:
5
[RATINGOF] 5
Reviewed by:randolphin2 Location:
Ventura, California
Duration of product use:
Less than a month
Level of expertise:
Good
Processor:
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7300 (2.0Hz/800Mhz FSB/2MB cache)
Memory:
4096MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM
Hard disk:
160GB SATA Hard Drive (7200RPM)
Screen:
High Resolution, glossy widescreen 14.1 inch display (1440X900)
Date: March 16, 2009
ProsThis is our second Dell laptop and we are very happy with it. The price was right and the laptop arrived on time and in excellent working order. My wife uses it most and on her last one she got into some spyware-virus problem and tech support helped her out with easy to understand instructions. ConsI really can not think of any cons for the laptop products
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Review 15 for Inspiron 1420
Overall:
4
[RATINGOF] 5
Quality:
4
[RATINGOF] 5
Features:
4
[RATINGOF] 5
Value:
4
[RATINGOF] 5
Reviewed by:LASports Location:
Georgetown, Texas
Duration of product use:
Months
Level of expertise:
Newbie
Processor:
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7300 (2.0Hz/800Mhz FSB/2MB cache)
Memory:
2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM
Hard disk:
120GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)
Screen:
Anti-glare, widescreen 14.1 inch display (1280x800)
Title: Good solid laptop
Date: March 6, 2009
ProsIt was all set-up and ready to use for my wife. She has been using it for about three months. She has had no issues plugging into various projectors when she makes presentations. ConsOnly issue was the Dell Travel Mouse. The instructions say not to use the passkey but the 1420 couldn't find it many times. When it was set to use 0000 she has had no more issues.
9 of 11 people found this review helpful.
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Review 16 for Inspiron 1420
Overall:
2
[RATINGOF] 5
Quality:
2
[RATINGOF] 5
Features:
2
[RATINGOF] 5
Value:
2
[RATINGOF] 5
Reviewed by:AngryMan2009 Location:
Vancouver Canada
Duration of product use:
Over a year
Level of expertise:
Newbie
Processor:
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7300 (2.0Hz/800Mhz FSB/2MB cache)
Memory:
2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM
Hard disk:
80GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)
Screen:
Anti-glare, widescreen 14.1 inch display (1280x800)
Title: NOT RELIABLE
Date: March 4, 2009
ProsVariety of colour. This is the only reason I purchased a Dell laptop. ConsI have been using this computer for about one year. I have installed Mircosoft Office 2003. During my PowerPoint presentations, it always freezes when I try to adjust the brigtness of the screen. I have discoverd 2 ways to solve this problem: 1/ use adapter instead of battery or 2/ press start button then the computer would resume Also, another failure is the hibernate and sleep mode function, by using these 2 functions, computer would freeze all the time, I only use 'shut down' to turn off my computer.
ReviewThis computer is only good for checking email and browsing on the internet. Do not take the computer for any business trip, cause you will get embarrassed in front of your clients. Also, the instruction book is not for a newbie like myself, it doent have clear instructions in many ways.
15 of 21 people found this review helpful.
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Review 17 for Inspiron 1420
Overall:
4
[RATINGOF] 5
Quality:
4
[RATINGOF] 5
Features:
3
[RATINGOF] 5
Value:
5
[RATINGOF] 5
Reviewed by:Packrat76 Location:
Pennsylvania
Duration of product use:
Less than a month
Level of expertise:
Good
Processor:
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7300 (2.0Hz/800Mhz FSB/2MB cache)
Memory:
4096MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM
Hard disk:
160GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)
Screen:
High Resolution, glossy widescreen 14.1 inch display (1440X900)
Title: Inspiron 1420
Date: March 2, 2009
Prosbest display of any laptop of this size ConsGraphics card is incredibly slow
ReviewI was just looking for this display for a notebook for my brother, and Dell no longer offers it, what a shame.
3 of 5 people found this review helpful.
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Review 18 for Inspiron 1420
Overall:
4
[RATINGOF] 5
Quality:
5
[RATINGOF] 5
Features:
5
[RATINGOF] 5
Value:
4
[RATINGOF] 5
Reviewed by:recording101 Location:
Oklahoma
Duration of product use:
Months
Level of expertise:
Good
Processor:
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7300 (2.0Hz/800Mhz FSB/2MB cache)
Memory:
4096MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM
Hard disk:
120GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)
Screen:
High Resolution, glossy widescreen 14.1 inch display (1440X900)
Title: Inspiron 1420
Date: March 2, 2009
ProsLight, fast, lots of extras, good graphics, nice size. Consneed a couple more usb's, screen automatically dims when on battery (I know this is to save the battery, but I need to see the screen too).
4 of 4 people found this review helpful.
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Review 19 for Inspiron 1420
Overall:
2
[RATINGOF] 5
Quality:
1
[RATINGOF] 5
Features:
2
[RATINGOF] 5
Value:
3
[RATINGOF] 5
Reviewed by:P P
Duration of product use:
Over a year
Level of expertise:
Good
Processor:
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T5250 (1.5GHz/667Mhz FSB/2MB cache)
Memory:
2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM
Screen:
High Resolution, glossy widescreen 14.1 inch display (1440X900)
Title: Worst Purchase Ever
Date: March 1, 2009
ProsColourful design. Conveniently place USB ports. ConsUsed about a year, the battery is spoilt - run out of power even during hibernation?! No option to add in a dedicated graphic card?! So why some people here are talking about good performance with graphic card addition?! There is a performace analysis tool by Dell in the laptop and it rank this laptop 'graphical performance' as '1', the WORST!
ReviewDell, please tell the consumers not only the pros but the CONS as well so that they can make a better decision! If I knew it is this bad, I will go for the higher specs.
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Review 20 for Inspiron 1420
Overall:
4
[RATINGOF] 5
Quality:
4
[RATINGOF] 5
Features:
5
[RATINGOF] 5
Value:
4
[RATINGOF] 5
Reviewed by:roadkingv2 Location:
Minneapolis, Mn
Duration of product use:
Months
Level of expertise:
Average
Processor:
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7300 (2.0Hz/800Mhz FSB/2MB cache)
Memory:
4096MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM
Hard disk:
120GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)
Screen:
High Resolution, glossy widescreen 14.1 inch display (1440X900)
Title: 1420
Date: February 21, 2009
ProsGreat color, sound, utility, looks. ConsHeavy, screen has glare
