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Inspiron 1525

Inspiron 1525

Average Customer Rating: 4.421 out of 5 4.4 out of 5
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3,547 of 3,853 (92%) customers would recommend this product to a friend.

Customer Reviews for Inspiron 1525

Review 21 for Inspiron 1525

Overall: 1 out of 5 1 [RATINGOF] 5
Reviewed by: Shelly65

Duration of product use: Over a year
Level of expertise: Good
Title: $900 paper weight Date: August 25, 2009
Product Uses: Connecting with Friends, Finances, game play, e-mails

Review:I bought my Dell a year ago April and have had nothing but trouble with it, replaced several parts, memory and 3 hard drives and instead of sending me a replacement computer since my was certainly defective, I was given the run around until my warrenty expired and find out from the Geek Squad it was a bad Mother Board all along, the price to replace? The cost of a new computer, Thanks Dell.
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Review 22 for Inspiron 1525

Overall: 5 out of 5 5 [RATINGOF] 5
Reviewed by: chino7790
Location: Cuba, NY
Duration of product use: Less than a month
Level of expertise: Average
Title: Great laptop for the price Date: August 20, 2009
Product Uses: Connecting with Friends, writing college papers, watching movies, listening to music, playing games

Review:Pros:
I got everyting on it I wanted or needed. It was very easy to load it with all the extras. It is easy to ues and find any programs that came with it. I was looking at a desktop but saw this and changed my mind and I am glad I did. I like this ease much better.

Cons:
I should have gotten a better battery life with it.

Review:
The laptop computer is is now my favorite computer in the house and for my college papers.
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Review 23 for Inspiron 1525

Overall: 5 out of 5 5 [RATINGOF] 5
Reviewed by: ralph12235
Location: 111 Britt Street Smithfield,N.C.27577
Duration of product use: Less than a month
Level of expertise: Good
Date: August 18, 2009
Product Uses: Connecting with Friends, Finances, on line bridge, on line poker for fun

Review:The only thing i have to comment about is that is is very sensitive with mouse. If you don move it away from leter or anythinf it will auto print that item
Other than that i like it very well and would rwecomment it tro any one.
I tghought that it came with wireless router built in. I thought that the sales person said that it did.I Had to go out and but router to connect to internet. If any way possible that you can send router that can be used any where. I hope it would install in computer. Please advise.
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Review 24 for Inspiron 1525

Overall: 4 out of 5 4 [RATINGOF] 5
Reviewed by: happymema
Location: California
Duration of product use: Months
Level of expertise: Average
Title: Computer is better than average, but... Date: August 16, 2009
Product Uses: e-mails, surfing the net for all kinds of things

Review:2 problems--

I really don't like the
windows vista program because it automatically takes control of the computer (no matter what you might be working on) to do windows updates - downloads without asking and restarts your computer. I have already lost things I was working on.

Also the battery never lasted more than 3 1/2 hours (6-cell battery). I'm lucky after 6 months of use to get 2+ hours.
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Review 25 for Inspiron 1525

Overall: 1 out of 5 1 [RATINGOF] 5
Reviewed by: sully99
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Duration of product use: Months
Level of expertise: Good
Title: Disappointed Date: August 9, 2009
Product Uses: Connecting with Friends, Finances

Review:I have owned two Dell's in the past so I was excited to get this laptop from my boyfriend for my birthday. It has been such a disappointment, the touch pad has a mind of it's own I can't type a sentence without the cusor moving or highlighting another area, I can't tell you how many emails have been sent while I was typing them. Also I am not sure if it is vista or what but often when I shut down and there are updates to load I come back to turn on my computer the next day and it will still be installing updates. Also it has shut down on me several times. I am glad he bought it a place with a 6 month return policy, this thing is going back it is not worth the frustration!
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Review 26 for Inspiron 1525

Overall: 5 out of 5 5 [RATINGOF] 5
Reviewed by: PaulaJ

Duration of product use: Less than a week
Level of expertise: Average
Title: A fantastic laptop!!! Date: August 3, 2009
Product Uses: Connecting with Friends, Finances, pictures/data, word pocessing

Review:I just love me new Inspiron 15. It's compact, and extremely fast. It came with everything that I wanted. Everything about it was customizable even the graphics for the front. I chose "Sea Sky" by Mike Ming, such beautiful design. At a great price too!!
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Review 27 for Inspiron 1525

Overall: 4 out of 5 4 [RATINGOF] 5
Reviewed by: elizar

Title: my laptop Date: August 3, 2009
Product Uses: Connecting with Friends, school!, online shopping

Review:this laptop has been great ... does everything i need (which is a lot for a full-time student).
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Review 28 for Inspiron 1525

Overall: 2 out of 5 2 [RATINGOF] 5
Reviewed by: HomeAlone

Title: Shutdown? Use Cntrl Alt Delete Date: July 24, 2009
Review:You cannot shutdown the Inspiron 1520 until you manually Cntrl Alt Delete upon seen this error message:
CL RC Engine3 Dummy Winidow <sic>
It's really annoying and apparently Dell doesn't have a free update to resolve this problem. Well, I asked and never got a reply.
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Review 29 for Inspiron 1525

Overall: 1 out of 5 1 [RATINGOF] 5
Reviewed by: home

Title: piece of junk Date: July 19, 2009
Review:this computer , has been a piece of junk since
day 1---its very slow
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Review 30 for Inspiron 1525

Overall: 5 out of 5 5 [RATINGOF] 5
Reviewed by: burleyaemta
Location: Idaho
Duration of product use: Less than a month
Level of expertise: Good
Title: Dell Service and Computers Date: July 17, 2009
Product Uses: Connecting with Friends, teaching

Review:just a note to say how impressed I am with this computer. It's the 4th I purchased and they just keep getting better. Service was great and this a dream to use. It will work great for teaching my Emergency Medical classes. Thanks Dell
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Review 31 for Inspiron 1525

Overall: 5 out of 5 5 [RATINGOF] 5
Reviewed by: JLossett
Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Duration of product use: Months
Level of expertise: Average
Title: From Dell to a Degree Date: July 3, 2009
Product Uses: School, shopping, Gaming

Review:I'm over fifty and back in school. My Inspiron helps me keep on track with all my classes. From notes to term papers to presentations this laptop does it all. I was able to create just the system I wanted and needed at a price that was affordable. Dell will take me all the way to graduation.
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Review 32 for Inspiron 1525

Overall: 4 out of 5 4 [RATINGOF] 5
Reviewed by: tbrown3589

Title: Decent Laptop Date: July 3, 2009
Review:This laptop is good. It does what I need it to do with zero problems. Took me a while to get used to Vista. Still haven't had a chance to try out the built-in webam.
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Review 33 for Inspiron 1525

Overall: 1 out of 5 1 [RATINGOF] 5
Reviewed by: rccd
Location: nc
Duration of product use: Months
Level of expertise: Average
Title: A few Glitches Date: July 1, 2009
Product Uses: School

Review:I would sincerely like to report total satisfaction with my Dell Inspiron laptop. Other than several glitches with the Vista system I was especially happy with the mobility of my laptop. Seeing that I'm an on-line college student looking forward to a near future degree in Communications this, I thought, was just the product for me. However, this sentiment didn't even last through my second semester when my Dell laptop would no longer boot up. After examination by a computer technician, it was determined that the motherboard was shot. And this, not even 5 months after my one year warranty expired, has caused me much disappointment. Trying to put 2 children and myself through college is a very expensive endeavor and now Dell's technicians are telling me it will cost me several hundred dollars to fix my Dell laptop - that's the cost of one of my classes with books! I purchased a Dell laptop in good faith that it would get me through my time in college and now I have to go through the frustration of having it fixed or replacing it, both expensive. The sad thing is that the computer looks brand new, as I've taken excellent care of it - I mean I school at home and it stays on my desk, not carried and jostled around a campus or commuted with. At this point, I don't know what to do. I was hoping Dell and I could come to a satisfactory solution - like at least gauranteeing their parts for another year after they repair it or something - a 3 month warranty on repair and parts is pitiful if Dell in fact, has excellent parts and repair service. It seems that I'm one of the unfortunate ones who received a faulty mother board, while other consumers received a good one, so I'm the one who has to pay. I wish I had a better review to write, but the truth is the truth. Now me, my family, and anyone I share my Dell laptop story with wants nothing to do with a Dell - I wish it didn't have to be this way.
RCD
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Review 34 for Inspiron 1525

Overall: 1 out of 5 1 [RATINGOF] 5
Reviewed by: MadSoldierinIraq
Location: Iraq
Title: Dell doesnt work with Military personnel Date: July 1, 2009
Review:I ordered a computer in Mid April, and here it is July and I still havent recieved it yet. All Dell keeps doing is making excuses as to why it's not here. If your in the military and on a deployment, do not I say again DO NOT buy from Dell.
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Review 35 for Inspiron 1525

Overall: 1 out of 5 1 [RATINGOF] 5
Reviewed by: tilua

Title: hardware not compatible with windows Date: June 23, 2009
Product Uses: Connecting with Friends

Review:I ordered this computer with the assumption tthat it would come with windows OS. But it turned out that it came with Ubuntu. Ubuntu? i have never heard of that name before. So i tried to install windows XP on it myself. It kept giving me the error blue screen when i tried to install XP. Specifically indicating hardware problem thus prevent the installation to go forward. Dell would nto recognize this as an issue and i would have to pay 15% restocking fee. Obvioulsly they are using cheap hardware with a cheap OS.
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Review 36 for Inspiron 1525

Overall: 5 out of 5 5 [RATINGOF] 5
Reviewed by: tgately
Location: Knoxville, TN
Duration of product use: Over a year
Level of expertise: Average
Title: Best Company Date: June 15, 2009
Product Uses: Connecting with Friends, Travel, Music & Movies, School, Finances

Review:I was not sure who to contact concerning a product compliment so I hope this finds its way to the highest possible level. I bought my Dell inspiron in febuary of 2005 and was told that I might get three good years from it. After a year long tour in Korea, a fourteen month long deployment in Iraq (where it was dropped three times, suffered through countless sand storms and lost a few keys) I am still getting the same quality over four years later. I want to make sure people know that Dell is worth every penny and is unsurpassed in quality and customer service. Thank you
Sincerely,
Tyler Gately
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Review 37 for Inspiron 1525

Overall: 2 out of 5 2 [RATINGOF] 5
Reviewed by: Mike61

Duration of product use: Over a year
Level of expertise: Average
Title: Inspiron 1525 Hinges Date: June 11, 2009
Product Uses: Connecting with Friends, Travel, Music & Movies

Review:Performance wise, this computer was a good buy. Durability, however, is another story. After not even a year of use, the hinges started to fail. As of now, one corner of the LCD cover has completely cracked. The cover, hinges, and bezel are going to have to be replaced. I did some research on the internet and this appears to be a very common problem(very cheap and flimsy design). Still waiting to see how much this repair is going to set me back. You may want to consider an extended warranty when buying this computer. I will NOT buy another one.
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Review 38 for Inspiron 1525

Overall: 1 out of 5 1 [RATINGOF] 5
Reviewed by: ButifulButterfly
Location: nh
Duration of product use: Over a year
Level of expertise: Good
Title: Wasted my money Date: June 5, 2009
Product Uses: would like to do all those things if i could

Review:Biggest waste of money I have ever spent on a product and their customer service is just as bad. They say USA? Yeah right, every person you get is from a foreign country. Whoever is considering buying from Dell, I strongly encourage you to change your mind. Nothing but problems since I bought it in 2008, now my warranty is expired with what they so call a warranty.
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Review 39 for Inspiron 1525

Overall: 5 out of 5 5 [RATINGOF] 5
Reviewed by: homemakermom
Location: shreveport,La
Duration of product use: Months
Level of expertise: Newbie
Title: i love my Love my laptop Date: June 3, 2009
Product Uses: Connecting with Friends, Video Editing, Travel, Gaming, Music & Movies, School, Finances, Presentation, look for jobsemail to.

Review:i love to wor on my laptop,play games,lister to my music,and email to.
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Review 40 for Inspiron 1525

Overall: 4 out of 5 4 [RATINGOF] 5
Reviewed by: Nerdyprof
Location: St. Louis
Duration of product use: Months
Level of expertise: Average
Title: Solid as Always, With a Few Quirks Date: May 29, 2009
Product Uses: Music & Movies, Presentation, work - word processing

Review:I've owned an Inspiron since 2001. I wrote a dissertation on the last one -- replacing the keyboard twice. My new one is more solid than the last -- more metal exterior instead of plastic. The system seems fast enough (I upgraded the processor), and Vista hasn't given me trouble. The touch pad doesn't work as well as my previous one. Response is sluggish while sliding my finger around, and tapping the touch pad often gets no response. The keyboard is also a little more sluggish, which slows my typing speed a little. Other than that, I'm a happy camper. Oh, and the black exterior shows fingerprints and oil and dirt easily. No big whip.
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