Dell Inspiron 1720 T5550 Reviews: Windows Vista Home Premium 17" Screen Laptop computer

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Score: 8.4/10

117 Real Customer Reviews - In Summary

+ This laptop has no outstanding positive points. - It scores poorly on size and weight. “The full size keyboard was the main reason i purchased this is great as it is just…” Lynn, London View all 117 real customer reviews

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117 verified purchasers have reviewed this product.
86% of people recommend it.

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Battery life7.0
Design8.3
Performance8.4
Size and weight7.1
Value for money (at time of purchase)9.0
Overall rating8.4
General home user (4)
Other (111)
 

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Score 8.0/10

Lynn, London , “not a technical person!”

+ The full size keyboard was the main reason I purchased this is great as it is just like having a desktop PC but with the flexibility of a laptop which in a small flat is ideal! Was impressed everything all pre-loaded and therefore was up and running straight away - last computer I had I had to load everything myself. Found it easy to use as my 'home computer' as it didn't vary too much form the PC I have at work.

- It is quite heavy so definitely would not want to lug it round too much personally

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26 of 26 people found this review helpful

purchased 15 Aug 2008

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Good value multimedia laptop with excellent large screen and good specifications for the price.

- The large screen comes at the cost of the laptop being very heavy and therefore difficult to take anywhere or rest on your legs.

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14 of 14 people found this review helpful

purchased 08 Aug 2008

Score 5.0/10

Fiona, Northern Ireland , “Think before you buy!”

+ Reviewer left no comment

- System periodically fails and recovers - a bit worrrying. The matt finish on the cover/lid makes it hard to keep clean. Didn't even come with a user manual.

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12 of 12 people found this review helpful

purchased 11 Aug 2008

Score 9.0/10

Justine, Newtownabbey

+ Fast, looks good, easy to use.

- I don't like the mouse pad, its very hard to use and is sometimes temperamental. Thats just my personal opinion.

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12 of 12 people found this review helpful

purchased 10 Aug 2008

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “OAP Surfer”

+ Easier to use than I thought it would be. The keyboard is really light touch and I soon got used to not having a separate mouse.

- Windows Vista!!

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8 of 8 people found this review helpful

purchased 18 May 2008

Score 9.0/10

Shahid, London

+ Sleek design, excellent performance. I am very much satifsied and I think I have made the right decission.

- Sound quality is not as good as I was thinking, but serve the purpose. windows vista, difficult to operate.

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8 of 8 people found this review helpful

purchased 14 Aug 2008

Score 9.0/10

rosalyn, manchester , “middleaged professional semi retired”

+ good looking and more stylish than most other models. Fast and easy to set up from box. Great for technophobes like myself!! A great model to use as replacement for desk PC.. Great for watching Videos etc., sound quality is excellent.

- Not the lightest model weightwise so if you wanted to carry it around a lot your shoulders might object! Also, casing on black matt model, shows fingerprints a lot, and screen is hard to see in bright sunshine but that is about all for negatives really.

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8 of 8 people found this review helpful

purchased 09 Aug 2008

Score 9.0/10

David , Exeter , “Experienced computer buyer”

+ Good value. Looks good. Excellent screen. Good build quality, Brilliant Value for money.

- Dell useless software preloaded.
Graphics card bit weak

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8 of 8 people found this review helpful

purchased 08 Aug 2008

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “IT professional, Computing graduate”

+ Reviewer left no comment

- Microsoft Vista, the lack of an option to buy with Microsoft XP

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8 of 8 people found this review helpful

purchased 11 Aug 2008

Score 7.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Very Quick. Wife loves the colour.

- Very heavy

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6 of 6 people found this review helpful

purchased 21 May 2008

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Large clear screen.

- Reviewer left no comment

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6 of 6 people found this review helpful

purchased 06 Nov 2008

Score 9.0/10

Huw, Pembrokeshire , “photographer & computer literate”

+ Nice design, separate additional number pad ( as on a desktop). Quiet and easy to set up.

- none really. I always had Dell and looks like it its as good as others. Needs additional memory though to wiz things along if using vista

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6 of 6 people found this review helpful

purchased 07 Feb 2009

Score 10.0/10

Steve, Hua Hin, Thailand

+ Other than the colour I can say only good things about it.

- Colour

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6 of 6 people found this review helpful

purchased 30 Jun 2008

Score 10.0/10

Dawn, Calstock , “working mum”

+ excellent product, brilliant value, great performance, just as good as your pc but with the mobility for those on the go, great size screen with good quality resolution, very stylish casing which is easy to keep clean.

- just a little bit heavy

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6 of 6 people found this review helpful

purchased 12 Aug 2008

Score 9.0/10

Wendy, New Mills , “Mum working from home.”

+ Nice big screen, smooth function keyboard, nice fast processor compared to my old Pc. Great for both home and business.

- Little on the heavy side, but then I knew this when I was purchasing this size widescreen.

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6 of 6 people found this review helpful

purchased 11 Aug 2008

Score 7.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ performance

- no decent bags for this size screen

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6 of 6 people found this review helpful

purchased 09 Aug 2008

Score 7.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Very fast and clever

- Vista is not as good as Xp and I would have liked the choice.

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5 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 15 Aug 2008

Score 7.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Reviewer left no comment

- Battery charger cable is too short and awkwardly desgined!

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5 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 15 Aug 2008

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “general user not professional”

+ Great battery life and useful tune up tools.

- Havent found any yet

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5 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 15 Aug 2008

Score 8.0/10

Claire, Crowthorne

+ Great screen size

- Quite Heavy

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 13 Dec 2008

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ looks and performs great

- battery could be longer

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 22 May 2008

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ It's fast and sturdy with a big clear screen

- It's heavy

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 11 Aug 2008

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Gamer at university”

+ Dedicated graphics card, superb sound system, good quantity of memory, relatively cheap

- Too heavy, shortish battery life, no option of windows XP

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 11 Aug 2008

Score 9.0/10

Bradley, Devizes , “I'm well looked after”

+ its easy to manouver very fast with a sylish look

- the touch pad is not sensitive enough

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 11 Aug 2008

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ does everything you would expect, no hidden niggles. especially good at playing films, etc, through a tv.

- on balance, would prefer a matt screen

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 12 Aug 2008

Score 7.0/10

Denise, Tyne and Wear

+ The software that comes installed on the laptop is very good

- The battery life is not very good and it causes the laptop to freeze from time to time

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 13 Aug 2008

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Loads up really quickly, haven't found any problems

- the laptop is quite heavy and I have struggled to find a bag to carry it

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 18 Aug 2008

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ just a good all rounder

- Keyboard in silver? + speakers sound tiny

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 12 Aug 2008

Score 7.0/10

Fred, Newark notts , “retired silver surfer”

+ Good easy to use prduct

- You sold me additional security system when one was already installed on the laptop

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 15 Aug 2008

Score 9.0/10

lesley, falmouth

+ dedicated graphics

- should have bought 15 inch

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 11 Aug 2008

Score 8.0/10

donald, st.austell

+ nice design , good size screen

- rather heavy

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 09 Jun 2008

Score 10.0/10

Karl, Bolton

+ Great laptop - not too heavy and very speedy. Screen is great and the overall look is fab. Very good value for money.

- None

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 18 Aug 2008

Score 9.0/10

Gary, Sittingbourne

+ Screen is very clear and is great for watching TV or DVDs. Excelent value for money

- None, for the price it delivers.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 19 Aug 2008

Score 10.0/10

Nick, Aldershot

+ Has a numeric keypad.
Good screen

- Reviewer left no comment

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 18 Aug 2008

Score 9.0/10

Girvan, Joseph

+ Good performance, idiot-proof to set-up, great all-round laptop

- None

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 24 Aug 2008

Score 8.0/10

Joey, Gloucester , “I am so fit”

+ Built in web cam,with good resolution,The speed of the prosessor.

- The wi-fi is tempremental on initial connection

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 15 Aug 2008

Score 8.0/10

Ian, Carnforth , “Amateur”

+ 17" screen

- Flimsy cd

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 15 Aug 2008

Score 7.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ easy to use

- none so far

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purchased 11 Aug 2008

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Reviewer left no comment

- weight is a little heavy

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purchased 11 Aug 2008

Score 10.0/10

sandra, roxburghshire , “a computer beginer”

+ good screen size / graphics also easy to use

- slightly to heavy

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 15 Aug 2008

Score 9.0/10

paul, birmingham

+ does everything you would want in alaptop also good value for money

- i cant seem to buy another

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 13 Aug 2008

Score 10.0/10

james, ardrossan , “male”

+ good size screen
webcam and mic already installed
fast performance

- case shows fingerprint marks that wont wipe off
damp cloth has to be used

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 16 Aug 2008

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Reviewer left no comment

- screen can be difficult to see as its surface is so shiny and reflective

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 18 Aug 2008

Score 9.0/10

grahame, evesham

+ excellent all round machine, good for gaming

- Slightly heavy

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 27 Aug 2008

Score 8.0/10

Tony , Falmouth

+ Big Screen
Fast
good wireless distance

- little heavy to carry around batterry only last less than 2 hours

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 12 Aug 2008

Score 8.0/10

linda, manchester

+ Easy to use, excellent quality picture, good sound.

- very heavy, touch pad not fantastic

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purchased 18 Jan 2009

Score 9.0/10

Kay, Aberdeen

+ quick and easy to use.

- bit big for using on "lap"

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purchased 14 Aug 2008

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ its fast, quiet, and the 17" widescreen is very good quality for watching movies etc.

- weighs quite a lot, though you will get used to the weight after a while
speakers arent very good because when they get too loud it starts to screech a bit

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purchased 08 Aug 2008

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “A silver sufter”

+ Large memory

- Not many

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purchased 11 Aug 2008

Score 9.0/10

Kevin, Northern Ireland

+ great laptop with good size screen with fast dedicated graphics card.

- nothing except the are all gone now.

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purchased 14 Aug 2008

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ -Fantastic fast performance due to the core 2 duo processor and indepenant graphics card
-Plenty of usb ports
-Full size keyboard, (has the num pad)
-Biiiig screen

- dell's bundled software is for the most part rubish. you spend the first few hours uninstalling mcafee etc.
not very portable due to screen size but a good one for round the house
dvd drive is a bit noisey

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purchased 02 Mar 2009

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ no problems so far so not needed tech support which is usually the main complaint about electronic products

- none

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purchased 07 Aug 2008

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Good large screen.
Pink

- Has failed within the first month (but Dell Techs sorted it over the phone)
Heavy

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purchased 02 Sep 2009

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “General home user” More like this »

+ allround good laptop,the screen is excellent sound great for dvds and music,as we only use the laptop for home use,we keep the battery pluged in.we wish that we had brought one years ago,and so easy to use.

- we can not find any.

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purchased 24 Sep 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser , “General home user” More like this »

+ The colour is very funky and my daughter will love it.

- Very bulky and heavy, wouldn't be able to carry it about very much.

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purchased 03 Oct 2009

Score 10.0/10

Angela, Lochmaben

+ Excellent laptop, much superior to my previous one. Has everything I require of it on the system and was provided with the backup discs too.

- None really, a minor ding on the dell logo, and was heavier than I thought is was going to be - but that is more to do with my not checking the weight properly in your description than being a fault with the laptop.

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purchased 29 Aug 2009

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Amazing deal for such a large screen and features such as built in webcam, vga input etc.

- Fairly heavy

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purchased 28 Sep 2009

Score 8.0/10

Bette , Fife

+ Ideal for my purposes at a good price - if it was my main laptop/computer I would have chosen a higher spec.

- Low battery life but again not a problem for my purposes

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purchased 01 Oct 2009

Score 8.0/10

Andrea, Beeston

+ Overall the laptop runs really effectively, i can complete multiple tasks and the laptop still has a very high performance. :)

- The mouse mat sometimes doesn't work properly and its not 100% happy with msn and the internet being open at the same time.

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purchased 04 Oct 2009

Lindsay, Ayr

+ Love this laptop, excellent quality and very easy to use.

- Biggest problem is the weight.

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purchased 23 Feb 2009

Score 9.0/10

Julia, Bristol

+ Size of screen and actual keyboard touch is fantastic

- Getting used to Windows vista !

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purchased 07 Mar 2009

Score 10.0/10

Anne, Orpington

+ Reliability

- Can't think of any

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purchased 14 Mar 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ does everything you want

- very heavy

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purchased 03 Mar 2009

Score 10.0/10

christine, oxford

+ good looking laptop ,big bright screen,easy to use ,nice touch

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 07 Mar 2009

Score 8.0/10

Li, Glasgow , “I like it”

+ Good value!!

- Too large!!

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purchased 15 Apr 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Student 3D Effects Artist”

+ Good performance for price; can play some modern games at lower settings (TF2, HL2) and can run 3D modelling packages and Photoshop. Easy to set up for use, not a lot of bloatware preinstalled.

- Poor battery life when doing anything other than surfing web and using the screen at an acceptable brightness. Big and quite heavy but since this is meant as a desktop replacement isn't such a big issue as there are smaller and cheaper models available if only a few basic functions are needed.

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purchased 12 Apr 2009

Score 9.0/10

Zi, Doncaster

+ Good size screen, excellent keyboard layout.

- Weight of the laptop and length of battery life.

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purchased 21 Apr 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Normal user”

+ 17" laptop with full size keypad and number pad. Big clear screen with quick easy set up using Windows Vista. Great value for money.

- Very poor battery life but apart from that a good overall desk top replacement.

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purchased 17 Apr 2009

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Great screen, runs quickly (Vista Home Premium)

- Battery life not great, but not a major problem as bought as desktop replacement.

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purchased 10 Oct 2009

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Expert reviews for Dell Inspiron 1720 T5550

PC Advisor expert review - by Carla Thornton

Dell's Inspiron 1720 is a robust system available in seven colours besides black.

This Dell Inspiron 1720 T5550 review continued on PC Advisor

reviewed 26 Jul 2007

Product Features

Screen Size in Inches 17
Operating System Windows Vista Home Premium
RAM in GB 3
Number of Cores Dual
Hard Disk Capacity in GB 160
Screen Resolution (pixels) 1440x900 (WSXGA)
Processor Brand Intel
Processor Core 2 Duo
Processor Number T5550
Processor Speed in MHz 1830
USB Port 5
Integrated Webcam Yes
WiFi Yes
Bluetooth No
Fingerprint Access No
Remote Control No
DVD Writer Yes
DVD Drive Yes
CD Rom Yes
Blu-ray Drive No
HDMI Interface No
VGA Port Yes
DVI Port No
Card Reader Yes
Battery Life in Hours 3
Dimensions (mm) 394x44x293
Weight (kg) 3.45
Brand of Graphic Chip nVidia
Graphic Card or Chip GeForce 8400 GS
Colour Multi
TV Output No

Also known as: Dell Inspiron 1720

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Manufacturer's Description

The latest Intel Core 2 Duo processors leverage two execution cores on a single chip, to enable your laptop to run even the most intensive applications smoothly.


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