Dell Inspiron 15.6

Dell Inspiron 15 

The Dell 5579 / i5579 is a 2-in-1 convertible from the PC maker’s Inspiron 15 5000 mainstream 15.6-inch laptop series. Besides standard laptop functionality with uncompromised performance and high display resolution, the i5568 allows you to transform the touch-enabled device into a tablet or multimedia / presentation stand, thanks to its band-back design.

The heart of this elegant-looking silver-colored notebook PC with plastic chassis is Intel’s latest 8th Generation Core processor series, running Windows 10 operating system. Customers can choose between the Intel Core i5-8250U and Intel Core i7-8550U, with the latter being slightly faster. These quad-core chips provide undoubtedly smooth daily-use experience and offer a great potential for those who do a lot of processing-intensive work like Photoshop edits or video file conversion. The Dell Inspiron 15 5000 5579 / i5579 isn’t aimed at gamers at all, but the Intel UHD 620 integrated graphics can run many popular non-demanding game titles.

As a side note, basically the same laptop is still available with the older and slower 7th Gen Intel Core i3, i5, and i7 CPUs under Inspiron 5578 name. These are great dual-core CPUs for the daily duties, but the quad-core i5-8250U and i7-8550U are noticeably faster under heavy load.

Depending on how many operations you plan to do simultaneously, you can select either 8 or 12 Gigabytes of main system memory when purchasing the 5579 / i5579. Both sizes are more than sufficient for day-to-day multitasking. For storing your programs and file libraries, the laptop can be equipped with a 1-Terabyte hard drive, or a smaller but way faster solid state drive with 256GB or 512GB capacity. The notebook doesn’t have a bulit-in DVD burner.

The only available resolution or the multi-touch screen is 1920×1080-pixel Full HD. It provides very decent picture sharpness by 15.6″ laptop standards. Image quality is further enhanced by IPS technology for wide viewing angles, a feature missing on most lower-cost notebooks. The laptop has a spacious keyboard with chiclet-style keys and key backlight.

There are also stereo speakers, a 720p web camera, Wi-Fi 802.11AC wireless network interface, Bluetooth, two USB 3.1 ports and additionally a USB 2.0, HDMI external display connector, combo mic / headphones audio jack, and a microSD memory card reader. As an extra perk, a built-in infra-red sensor for easy face recognition-based log-ins is optionally available.

As for the battery, Dell has included a medium-capacity 42WHr unit in the Inspiron 15 5000 5579 / i5579. We have no info on battery life, but the notebook’s general specs indicate it can last at least 4 hours on a charge.

The notebook weighs 4.6 lbs and the profile measures 0.8″. Therefore, this is a quite portable laptop among the mainstream 15.6-inchers.