Review Dell Inspiron 3542 Laptop – Inspiron’s makeover

Dell Inspiron 3542 laptop owns a pretty good configuration, a new and more luxurious design, and a very reasonable price.

Dell Inspiron 3542 being sold in Vietnam market includes 4 different models of processors and graphics cards: A model with Core i3 processor and Nvidia Geforce 2GB graphics card, a version using the processor. Core i3 graphics card onboard HD Graphics 4400, a similar model but pre-installed with Windows 8 64-bit copyright, the other version runs Core i5 processor with integrated Geforce 2GB discrete graphics card.

1. Design

The Dell Inspiron 3542 has a fairly simple appearance, the edges are squared, the back is covered with a matte paint that can resist dust and fingerprints well. The structure of the machine is quite solid, the test shows that the machine’s frame is not damaged when dropped at a height of 30 cm to the ground (Recommended readers not to try because this is an unintended problem)

Square, angular and solid design

Dell Inspiron 3542 weighs about 2.36kg, it sounds big, but because this is a 15-inch laptop, this number is quite reasonable so you can carry the machine everywhere.

Dell Inspiron 3542 has a moderate weight

2. Screen

For those who like to use a 15.6-inch wide screen, the Dell Inspiron 3542 can satisfy them. This screen has a resolution of 1366×768 with HD WLED Truelife screen technology with high brightness, good details, and the color gamut is relatively harmonious and honest. When using this Dell Inspiron laptop outdoors, the color changes slightly, but it can still be observed well. This is not too important, because unlike phones, very few people bring laptops to use outdoors.

Wide screen, good display

The viewing angle of the screen on the Dell Inspiron 3542 is quite good, keeping colors when viewed from the side, so many people viewing photos or videos will not feel uncomfortable.

The viewing angle is quite wide

3. Hardware Configuration

Dell Inspiron 3542 is equipped with 4th generation Intel Core i Haswell processor, 4GB RAM, so the performance of the machine is quite stable. In addition, on some models, there is an integrated NVIDIA Geforce discrete card with a capacity of 2GB to optimize graphics processing capabilities. However, the onboard video card HD Graphics 4400 is still somewhat stable when running 3D tasks. The machine only has 1 RAM slot, so it will be difficult for those who want to upgrade RAM if there is a need, but actually 4GB RAM level is quite enough for all needs from work to entertainment.

Dell Inspiron has stable performance, some models are also equipped with discrete graphics

4. Keyboard

Dell Inspiron 3542 uses a new generation Chiclet keyboard, easy for operation and convenient for cleaning. Taking advantage of the large size, Dell has added to this device a dedicated numeric keypad so that users can work faster when calculating. Typing speed is quite fast, but the buoyancy of the keys is small, so the feeling of typing is more than a bit, it takes a while to get used to this keyboard.

Modern Chiclet keyboard

The Dell Inspiron 3542 touchpad is also simplified, between the two keys representing the right and left mouse are separated with only a small dash, the rest is covered with a smooth paint that works to make touch operations fast and responsive. than. Besides, this touchpad also supports multi-touch if enough Driver is installed.

Simple touch pad on Dell Inspiron 3542

5. Peripheral connections

Dell Inspiron 3542 is integrated with almost all the traditional connections on a laptop. These connection ports are brought to the two sides of the machine, the right edge includes an SD memory card slot, a USB 2.0 port and an optical drive used to read and write data.

Connections on the right The left side will have an anti-theft lock slot, a charging port, a heatsink, an HDMI port, a LAN connection port, USB 3.0 and 2.0 ports, a 3.5mm headphone jack.

Connections on the left side of the machine

6. Sound

The quality of the Dell Inspiron 3542 ‘s external speakers is quite good, when increasing the volume to high, there is no crackle or crackling phenomenon. When listening to music, the sound is clear, full and the bass beat is quite clear. The two speakers on the device are placed on the front edge to direct the sound closest to the user.

Two speakers on the front edge of the device, the closest place to the user

7. Webcam

The Dell Inspiron 3542 front HD Webcam has a modest resolution of 1MP, but the image quality is relatively adequate for hourly conversations via Skype, Yahoo… or self-portraits.

HD Webcam on Dell Inspiron 3542

8. Battery life

Talking about the battery, this is not the strong point of the Dell Inspiron 3542 because this laptop is only equipped with a 4-cell battery with a capacity of 2700mAh. In return, the battery-saving technology ULV (Ultra Low Voltage) available on Intel’s U-series chip can effectively control power consumption, so if used with basic tasks such as browsing the web, listening to music, Word processing, the machine lasted nearly 3 hours.

Dell Inspiron 3542 . Mounted Battery

Advantage

_ Solid design

_ 4th generation Core i chip

_ Full connection

_ Good speakerphone sound

_ Reasonable prices

Defect

_ Only support 1 RAM slot

_ Battery capacity is not high

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