Dell Inspiron series has always been famous for their fashion design and a variety of optional dazzling colors shells. Dell Inspiron series win a large number of young consumer groups.
Dell Inspiron 15R N5010 we got is with red cover with imprint technology, it emphasizes on the metallic sense of the notebook. A familiar “DELL” logo in the middle of the shell makes the notebook more fashionable.
Dell Inspiron 15R N5010’s shell is used popular free snap-fit design, the damping of the screen hinge is moderate, the shell of Inspiron 15R will be opened easily.
Dell Inspiron 15R N5010
From the side view, the 15R (N5010) seems thick and heavy, and Inspiron 15R’s shell is with pre-drift design, so it is novel, avant-garde; the maximum opening and closing angle of Inspiron 15R is 134 °.
Dell Inspiron 15R N5010 side view
Dell Inspiron 15R N5010
Dell Inspiron 15R N5010 bottom side view
Dell Inspiron 15R N5010 comes with a 15.6-inch wide-screen with 16:9 ratio at the resolution of 1366 × 768 pixels. Inspiron 15R N5010 has good specular reflection effect, and has a good visual experience in actual use.
Inspiron 15R N5010 C surface design
There is no doubt that Inspiron 15R N5010 comes with a camera on the top of the screen. The design of the keyboard also has a fine metallic sense. Overall, C-face design is of simplicity; there is nothing just three status indicators and a power button on the keyboard bracket.
The keyboard design of Dell laptops is different to other products to some extent, F1-F12 keys should work with the Fn key to achieve the corresponding functions, while other laptop’s F1-F12 keys can work independently. However, the shortcut keys on Inspiron 15R N5010 can be restored to normal usage by setting BIOS.
Numeric keys on the Inspiron 15R full-size keyboard
Numeric keyd on the Inspiron 15R full-size keyboard provides convenient use for gamers
Dell Inspiron 15R N5010 speakers are located on the front body side
In audio systems, Inspiron 15R N5010 not only comes with SRS professional and high-quality speakers but also put the speakers in the front side of Inspiron 15R body which is relatively rare in the current notebooks.
Metallic sense power button on Dell Inspiron 15R N5010
Dell Inspiron 15R N5010’s numeric keypad
Dell Inspiron 15R N5010 is with fashionable metal wiredrawing processing
Dell Inspiron 15R N5010 is with fashionable metal wiredrawing processing
Inspiron 15R N5010 palmrest and two touchpad buttons are all with metal wiredrawing processing, and the touchpad is also with matte effect.
From the screen and the keyboard design we can know that Inspiron 15R N5010 is to highlight the “fashion”, nor matter its glossy screen or brushed surface C, and or distinctive keyboard design, they are all very good to create an overall sense of fashion.
Inspiron 15R N5010 provides users with complete interfaces, and use of the advantages of large-size molds, the overall layout of the interfaces is more reasonable.
On the left side of Dell Inspiron 15R N5010, there is USB 2.0 port, heat vents, headphone /microphone jack and an HDMI high-definition interface from left to right.
On the right side of Dell Inspiron 15R N5010, there is a card reader slot, DVD burner, a USB / eSATA mixed interface, RJ-45 and security keyhole.
On the rear side of Dell Inspiron 15R N5010, there is a USB 2.0 port, VGA port and power jack.
As a 15-inch large-screen laptop, portability is clearly not the advantage of this product, but the actual weight of the laptop with battery is 2.63kg, which is not heavy for a 15-inch model.
Inspiron 15R N5010 weight
In the heat radiation test, we use 3DMark 06 to run Inspiron 15R N5010 for 1 hour, from test result, as the laptop we got is equipped with integrated graphics, so the temperature is not high, the highest temperature of the laptop bottom is only 46 degrees.
Heat radiation test for Inspiron 15R N5010
Inspiron 15R N5010 standard lithium battery
Inspiron 15R N5010 battery life test result
In the battery life test, we use BatteryMark software to test Inspiron 15R N5010, and we are satisfied that the battery can be last for 3 hours and 37 minutes. In addition, the Inspiron 15R N5010 sold in the market will be equipped with the HD5470 discrete graphics, so the actual battery life time will be longer than 3 hours 37 minutes.
As the laptop we got is equipped with integrated graphics, so we only do a comprehensive test for its basic performance, but the actual game performance is not tested. Inspiron 15R N5010 comes with Intel Core i3-330M processor, we adopted two wPrime and CINEBENCH R10 softwares to test its performance.
wPrime test result for Inspiron 15R N5010
CINEBENCH R10 test result of Inspiron 15R N5010
Windows7 Experience Index text of Inspiron 15R N5010
PCMark Vantage Test Result of Inspiron 15R N5010
PCMark 05 test result of Dell Inspiron 15R N5010
We selected windows7 Experience Index, PCMark Vantage, and PCMark 05 to test Dell Inspiron 15R N5010. From the test scores, the processor and memory performance are better.
3DMark 06 test for Dell Inspiron 15R N5010 (1024 × 768 pixels)
3DMark 06 test Dell Inspiron 15R N5010 (1366 × 768 pixels)
Finally, we test Dell Inspiron 15R N5010 by 3DMark 06. when the resolution is 1024 × 768 pixels, the score is 1697 points, and when the resolution is 1366 × 768 pixels, the score is 1550 points, it is obviously Dell Inspiron 15R N5010 can not support for 3D games vey well.
Dell Inspiron 15R N5010 advantages:
Fashionable color, elegant, strong metallic sense
About 4 hours battery life
Dell Inspiron 15R N5010 disadvantages:
Easy collect fingerprints
Don’t comes with discrete graphics
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