The Inspiron is Dell’s everyday value laptop, while the Studio and XPS series are designed with the artist professional and passionate gamers in mind. This Dell Coupon Code offers you the opportunity of saving an additional 5% on top of current promotions going on on the dell.co.uk website (link opens in new window).
Enter the Dell coupon code WNVR3M$BFX?VDW at checkout stage to save 5% on a Studio, Inspiron or XPS system powered by Intel Core processors and worth over £749 (link opens in new window).
We were particularly impressed with the new Studio 17 models, powered by Intel Core i7 processors and featuring generous RAM and hard-drive. With Windows 7 Premium 64-bit and the touchscreen option, this is probably one of the most feature-packed laptops available below £1000. The version without touchscreen is just below the coupon code threshold (£798 at the time of publishing), but you can easily choose an upgrade in the configurator (like the recommended hi-def LED screen with resolutions up to 1920×1080 for £80 more) and save over £40 when you apply this Dell coupon code, on top of the free shipping and current promotions.
Dell Inspiron 15R Review
The good: Decent performance and design for a reasonable price; excellent battery life.
The bad: Not as customizable as previous Dells; too many built-in advertising pitches.
The bottom line: Dell’s updated Inspiron line has a slightly revamped design, but more importantly still offers workhorse performance for a minimal investment.
Review:
Dell’s Inspiron laptops have always been the brand’s middle-of-the-road workhorse: equally likely to turn up in a dorm room or coffee shop as at your mom’s kitchen table. Dell periodically gives the series a physical makeover, but small differences in fit and finish are almost beside the point; this is still the go-to laptop line for reasonably priced systems that offer mainstream performance at palatable prices.
The new Inspiron 15R is built around Intel’s Core i3 and i5 processors, with a handful of upgrades available for hard drives and basic discrete graphics (the same goes for … Expand full review
Dell’s Inspiron laptops have always been the brand’s middle-of-the-road workhorse: equally likely to turn up in a dorm room or coffee shop as at your mom’s kitchen table. Dell periodically gives the series a physical makeover, but small differences in fit and finish are almost beside the point; this is still the go-to laptop line for reasonably priced systems that offer mainstream performance at palatable prices.
The new Inspiron 15R is built around Intel’s Core i3 and i5 processors, with a handful of upgrades available for hard drives and basic discrete graphics (the same goes for the 14-inch version, the Inspiron 14R). Our review unit included a 2.26GHz Core i3, 4GB of RAM, and a 500GB hard drive, for a total cost of $639.
Though both more- and less-expensive prefixed configurations are available, from what we could see on Dell’s Web site, the Inspiron R series lacks the highly flexible customization we’re used to from Dell; we could only find about a dozen preconfigured models on offer. That said, for around $600, the Core i3 version of the Inspiron 15R is more than adequate for everyday use, and we suspect you’ll see a lot of these during the back-to-school season.
Dell Studio 15 Review
The good: Borrows some of the best design features of the more expensive XPS line; built-in media remote control.
The bad: Bulkier than the 15-inch XPS model; just under the wire for new Centrino 2 chips.
The bottom line: Dell’s first release from its new Studio line, the Studio 15, sits between the Inspiron and XPS lines and offers a good mix of features for the price, but we’d be tempted to save up a few extra dollars for a thinner, lighter XPS.
Review:
Parsing the intended markets for Dell’s ever-shifting in-house brand names requires a bit of tea-leaf reading, although it’s been easier of late, with the company stripping down its consumer brands to just the Inspiron and XPS lines. Now the company is adding a new line between the budget Inspiron and the high-end XPS. The new Studio line, as personified by the $1,250 15-inch Studio 15, has the same tapered shape, slot-loading optical drive, and rounded hinge as the Dell XPS M1530, but a similarly configured Studio system costs roughly $300 less than a similarly outfitted XPS.
The trade-off is mostly in size and finish. Even though it has a similar look, the Studio laptop is about 25 percent thicker and slightly heavier than its more upscale XPS cousin, with plastic accents instead of metal. We’d be tempted to toss in the extra $300 for the brushed-metal wrist rest and slimmer design of the XPS, but the Studio line does offer personalization options (lots of colors and graphic imprints) beyond what’s available for Dell’s other laptops, along with a slot-loading optical drive and credit-card-style media remote for about $200 more than a similarly configured Inspiron 1525 (not including discrete graphics, which are not available on the 1525).
Dell XPS Review
The good: Dell embraces the 16:9 aspect ratio display; upscale design with leather trim; backlit keyboard and edge-to-edge screen glass.
The bad: The 1080p display costs extra; unimpressive battery life; new Studio XPS brand may get lost between the Inspiron, Studio, and XPS lines.
The bottom line: Dell’s new 16:9 Studio XPS 16 adds upscale extras such as a leather trim and a backlit keyboard to a fairly standard set of components, without jacking up the price (too much).
Review:
While we’re still unsure of what Dell’s goal was when it combined the midrange Studio and high-end XPS laptop lines into the new (wait for it…) Studio XPS brand, but at least it means we’re finally getting a true 16:9 16-inch laptop from Dell, in the form of the Studio XPS 16.
The result is a smart-looking laptop that has some new features that distinguish it from a run-of-the-mill Inspiron, including a backlit keyboard and a superfluous leather trim on the back of the lid (we’re more positively predisposed to leather-clad wristrests).
We were pleased to see that the Studio XPS configuration was only about $100 more than the Studio 15 when configured as identically as possible, and the Studio XPS model offered options, such as a full 1,900×1,080-pixel LED-backlit display, not available on the regular Studio (non-XPS) line.
Overall, good value from all Dell Studio, Inspiron and XPS lines with this Dell coupon code, valid until the date shown below.
Coupon code expires on Thursday September 9th, 2010
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