subject: Dell Inspiron 14r- New Inspiration [print this page] The new Dell Inspiron 14R Special Edition has become a bit of a favorite in the test labs. Not only because of the power package, but also because it feels worth the money a consumer will pay for it. This pretty much goes to the top of our Laptop Top 10, undisputed.
The island style keyboard on the Inspiron 14R Special Edition looks well spaced out. What is missing is a dedicated number pad, but that is quite expected considering this is a 14-inch display and there are space limitations. The display resolution is 1366 x 768 pixels. The display is natively bright, and the color reproduction seems quite impressive. Thankfully, the Inspiron 14R SEs touchpad isnt following the trend a lot of rivals are setting, and has separate right and left click keys with no bizarre integration business within the touchpad area. Talking about the features and specifications, it is powered by an Intel Core-i7 - 3612QM processor, clocking in at 2.1GHz. When in Turbo Boost mode, this can be clocked up to 3.1GHz, which is the third gen Core series processor, lovingly known as Ivy Bridge series. The 14R SE features 6GB of RAM, along with the dual Nvidia GT640M (2GB) and Intel HD 4000 graphics, news that will surely warm the hearts of the gamers. The goodness on the Dell Inspiron 14R Special Edition doesnt end there, with a 1TB HDD as well. Dell preloads the machine with Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit), along with a bunch of Dell branded apps as well as some third party trials. Good colour vividness and is quite even as well, and is also definitely quite some way better than most of the rivals. The spacing between the keys is more than expected, also helped by the fact that the keys are slightly smaller than usual. But let us make it plainly clear it will not make any difference when we are typing a document. The touchpad also has generous amounts of space, despite separate keys for the right and left click. As for the performance, the Ivy Bridge Core i7 performs very well on the benchmark comparison sheet, and not entirely surprisingly so. The 6GB of RAM helps it shuffle along quite quickly.
Moreover, with the dual team of the Intel HD 4000 and the Nvidia GeForce GT640M (1GB), gaming is certainly a comfortable terrain for the Inspiron 14R Special Edition. Without a shadow of a doubt, the Dell Inspiron 14R Special Edition is the laptop to buy if we are in the market to buy something powerful, yet not very costly. Considering the fact that the entire range is now updated with the Ivy Bridge processors, it is certainly a worthy purchase.
