Dell Inspiron 1764
28-05-2011, 05:50 PM
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Dell Inspiron 1764
£450
Power up with Intel’s new Core i5 processors.
Personalize yours with a choice of 3 color options or 200+ artist design options (additional cost may apply, black color standard) .
Widen your perspective with the 17.3" Hi-def, widescreen LED display.
Get up to 8 hours and 1 minute of battery life1 with the 9-cell battery.
Experience SRS Premium Sound and a built in 10-key number pad.
For a powerful performance that will exceed your expectations, choose the Dell Inspiron 1764. With its sweeping 17.3-inch widescreen display with TrueLife, the sleekInspiron 1764 is fantastic for watching films via the DVD rewriter, viewing digital photos in great quality or simply surfing the web with WiFi. So whether you're at home, work or on the move, trust the Dell Inspiron 1764 to satisfy your every computing need!
Dell's 17.3in 1764 is the first laptop we've seen to use Intel's new mobile Core i5 processor. The 2.26GHz Core i5-430M might only seem a little bit quicker than the 2.13GHz Core i3-330M processors commonly used in laptops at this price, but it's got a trick up its sleeve: Turbo Boost.
This allows the processor to up its clock speed to 2.53GHz when under load to power through tough computing jobs. This processor, combined with the 4GB of RAM, managed an impressive overall score of 83 in our benchmarks: we've rarely seen faster laptops and certainly not at this price. With so much power, the 1764 should be able to handle any job. Multimedia applications, such as video encoding, will be quick on this laptop
Turbo Boost also means that the processor requires less power in standard mode, so battery life can be helped. That said, this monster only managed to last for two hours 41 minutes in our battery tests. It's enough for occasional use around the home, but we've seen similarly-sized laptops last for longer.
While it can handle HD video content, the Core i5's built-in GMA HD graphics processor isn't powerful enough for hardware-accelerated games or applications. It can't handle anti-aliasing, which is used in most games to smooth the edges of textures, and so it failed our call of Duty 4 benchmarks outright. With anti-aliasing turned off, it still only managed 12fps. It may be able to cope with older games, but you'll have to turn most game settings to their minimums and use a low resolution.
Apart from the lid, which you can order in a variety of imaginative colours (or save £30 and get it in black), the 1764 is rather plain. The keyboard panels uses an attractive plastic that looks like glossy brushed metal, but is thankfully devoid of garish indicators and controls.
The keyboard uses flat keys with cut-away edges, so that the keys aren't set too close together. Despite rattling a bit while you type, we found the keyboard firm and comfortable to type on, with a light action and crisp feedback. The layout is standard, with a nice large Enter key and a four-column numberpad.
Our only gripe is that Dell has opted to reverse the normal behaviour of the function keys (F2 turns of wireless, and Alt-F2 operates the normal key), although this can be changed in the BIOS. Below the keyboard, a recess in the case forms the touchpad. It's a bit too small, but very sensitive and smooth, and the two separate buttons have a light action and plenty of travel.
A glossy finish on the screen plus restricted vertical viewing angles make it hard to use the 1764 in areas with bright overhead lights, but overall we found colours to be accurate and contrast good. There's a slight blue cast that dampens reds and flesh tones, but the backlight is uniform and bright. Its high resolution of 1,600x900 means there's plenty of desktop space, and HD movies look great.
The internal speakers are loud and clear, with SRS technology that widens the soundstage, but as usual there's little bass and we found music and soundtracks lacked punch. Even so, for occasional use or watching the odd film, they do a good job.
If you want an incredibly powerful desktop replacement laptop, Dell's Inspiron 1764 is a great choice; however, Samsung's R780 is only a little more expensive and is capable of playing games.
Specifications
Part Code Inspiron 1764
Processor Intel Core i5-430M
Processor clock speed 2.27GHz
Memory 4.00GB
Memory slots 2
Memory slots free 0
Maximum memory 8GB
Size 33x420x276mm
Weight 2.9kg
Sound Realtek High Definition Audio
Pointing device touchpad
Display
Viewable size 17.3 in
Native resolution 1,600x900
Graphics Processor Intel GMA HD
Graphics/video ports VGA, HDMI
Graphics Memory 64MB
Storage
Total storage capacity 500GB
Optical drive model Optiarc AD-585H
Optical drive type DVD+/-RW +/-DL
Ports and Expansion
USB ports 4
Wired network ports 1x 10/100/1000
Wireless networking support 802.11n
PC Card slots none
Supported memory cards SD, MMC, Memory Stick Pro
Other ports minijack audio output, minijack microphone input
Colour
Black
i have 8gb ram that can go with it
Power up with Intel’s new Core i5 processors.
Personalize yours with a choice of 3 color options or 200+ artist design options (additional cost may apply, black color standard) .
Widen your perspective with the 17.3" Hi-def, widescreen LED display.
Get up to 8 hours and 1 minute of battery life1 with the 9-cell battery.
Experience SRS Premium Sound and a built in 10-key number pad.
For a powerful performance that will exceed your expectations, choose the Dell Inspiron 1764. With its sweeping 17.3-inch widescreen display with TrueLife, the sleekInspiron 1764 is fantastic for watching films via the DVD rewriter, viewing digital photos in great quality or simply surfing the web with WiFi. So whether you're at home, work or on the move, trust the Dell Inspiron 1764 to satisfy your every computing need!
Dell's 17.3in 1764 is the first laptop we've seen to use Intel's new mobile Core i5 processor. The 2.26GHz Core i5-430M might only seem a little bit quicker than the 2.13GHz Core i3-330M processors commonly used in laptops at this price, but it's got a trick up its sleeve: Turbo Boost.
This allows the processor to up its clock speed to 2.53GHz when under load to power through tough computing jobs. This processor, combined with the 4GB of RAM, managed an impressive overall score of 83 in our benchmarks: we've rarely seen faster laptops and certainly not at this price. With so much power, the 1764 should be able to handle any job. Multimedia applications, such as video encoding, will be quick on this laptop
Turbo Boost also means that the processor requires less power in standard mode, so battery life can be helped. That said, this monster only managed to last for two hours 41 minutes in our battery tests. It's enough for occasional use around the home, but we've seen similarly-sized laptops last for longer.
While it can handle HD video content, the Core i5's built-in GMA HD graphics processor isn't powerful enough for hardware-accelerated games or applications. It can't handle anti-aliasing, which is used in most games to smooth the edges of textures, and so it failed our call of Duty 4 benchmarks outright. With anti-aliasing turned off, it still only managed 12fps. It may be able to cope with older games, but you'll have to turn most game settings to their minimums and use a low resolution.
Apart from the lid, which you can order in a variety of imaginative colours (or save £30 and get it in black), the 1764 is rather plain. The keyboard panels uses an attractive plastic that looks like glossy brushed metal, but is thankfully devoid of garish indicators and controls.
The keyboard uses flat keys with cut-away edges, so that the keys aren't set too close together. Despite rattling a bit while you type, we found the keyboard firm and comfortable to type on, with a light action and crisp feedback. The layout is standard, with a nice large Enter key and a four-column numberpad.
Our only gripe is that Dell has opted to reverse the normal behaviour of the function keys (F2 turns of wireless, and Alt-F2 operates the normal key), although this can be changed in the BIOS. Below the keyboard, a recess in the case forms the touchpad. It's a bit too small, but very sensitive and smooth, and the two separate buttons have a light action and plenty of travel.
A glossy finish on the screen plus restricted vertical viewing angles make it hard to use the 1764 in areas with bright overhead lights, but overall we found colours to be accurate and contrast good. There's a slight blue cast that dampens reds and flesh tones, but the backlight is uniform and bright. Its high resolution of 1,600x900 means there's plenty of desktop space, and HD movies look great.
The internal speakers are loud and clear, with SRS technology that widens the soundstage, but as usual there's little bass and we found music and soundtracks lacked punch. Even so, for occasional use or watching the odd film, they do a good job.
If you want an incredibly powerful desktop replacement laptop, Dell's Inspiron 1764 is a great choice; however, Samsung's R780 is only a little more expensive and is capable of playing games.
Specifications
Part Code Inspiron 1764
Processor Intel Core i5-430M
Processor clock speed 2.27GHz
Memory 4.00GB
Memory slots 2
Memory slots free 0
Maximum memory 8GB
Size 33x420x276mm
Weight 2.9kg
Sound Realtek High Definition Audio
Pointing device touchpad
Display
Viewable size 17.3 in
Native resolution 1,600x900
Graphics Processor Intel GMA HD
Graphics/video ports VGA, HDMI
Graphics Memory 64MB
Storage
Total storage capacity 500GB
Optical drive model Optiarc AD-585H
Optical drive type DVD+/-RW +/-DL
Ports and Expansion
USB ports 4
Wired network ports 1x 10/100/1000
Wireless networking support 802.11n
PC Card slots none
Supported memory cards SD, MMC, Memory Stick Pro
Other ports minijack audio output, minijack microphone input
Colour
Black
i have 8gb ram that can go with it
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