Bye bye Inspiron, hello Vostro! Dell has rebranded their business Inspiron laptops & desktops whilst leaving the old moniker for home machines. The 1510 is an Intel “Santa Rosa” based laptop in a reasonably attractive and thin chassis and it won’t break your back at a modest 2.6KG in its default configuration.
This laptop packs all the standard features you would expect but surprises with super quiet operation even when the hard drive is thrashing away. A couple of other nice features are the handy media buttons and the slick new slot loading DVD writer. One awful feature is Dell’s inclusion of a cheap “sticky” touch pad. Also, the new glossy black finish on the back is a finger print magnet.
Mercifully, Dell has recently toned down their need to fill new machines with preinstalled crap. I only had to uninstall the Google search bar and Google desktop apps. The 1510 in its default configuration offer’s superb value for money but please Dell please, put a nice touch pad in the next one!
The Vostro 1510 can be purchased from Dell’s website from €449 + vat and shipping.
