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  • - Hey guys, this is Austin.

  • We take a look at a lot of budget computers

  • But this, this is something a little bit different.

  • At $130, is this Dell Inspiron worth it?

  • At $130, not only is this one of the cheapest

  • brand new Windows laptops you can find,

  • but impressibly, it's made by a real company.

  • Not some random thing I've never heard of

  • that's straight off of Amazon.

  • Now what makes this kind of interesting

  • is that not only is it going to be power by

  • an AMD processor, something a little bit different

  • from these ultra sort of budget systems,

  • but on top of that it does come with a full year

  • of Office 365, which by itself is like, what $100?

  • Now when it comes to spending $130

  • for a brand new laptop, you shouldn't expect

  • a lot of accessories.

  • So of course we do have the laptop itself here,

  • as well as the power adapter, which is really nice and tiny.

  • At $130, this is incredibly cheap.

  • But what we're looking at, at least at first glance

  • is something that doesn't look all that different

  • from a lot of the $170 to $200 Windows laptops out there.

  • And one of the big reasons behind that

  • or at least one of the main differences

  • is that this is going to be running an AMD processor.

  • Which is interesting, because Intel basically

  • gives away their processors at this price point.

  • Actually it doesn't feel that bad, to be totally honest.

  • I mean sure, it's going to be made out of plastic,

  • and port wise there's well two USB ports,

  • and a micro-SD card slot with an HDMI,

  • so not exactly full featured,

  • but I mean, it doesn't feel like

  • they cut a lot of corners here.

  • Well look at that, there's also going to be

  • dual front firing speakers.

  • Not that they're going to be particularly large,

  • but it beats having them on the bottom.

  • I feel like there's gonna be a catch though.

  • There gonna be a reason why this was $130 brand new.

  • One of the main competitors for something

  • like the Inspiron 11 is going to be this,

  • the HP Stream.

  • Now this overall design has been around

  • for quite a few years,

  • it's been slightly tweaked here and there,

  • but this is going to be different in a few major ways.

  • But the most obvious is going to be the processor.

  • As opposed to being powered by an Intel Celeron processor,

  • this guy instead is rocking an AMD A6-9220e.

  • Unlike the Celeron, this guy's going to be based

  • on AMD's last generation APU cores.

  • So what that means is that you're going to be getting

  • two Steamroller cores, that start of 1.6 gigahertz,

  • and can boost up to 2.4 gigahertz, sometimes,

  • and a little bit more emphasis on the sometimes in a second,

  • but what that means is that you are going to be getting

  • fairly low performance as opposed to a much more expensive

  • computer but in this sort of sub $200 category,

  • it's actually going to be a pretty decent step up.

  • It does feel like there's slightly too much performance

  • for the fanless design to handle sometimes,

  • so when you're doing intensive tasks such as Windows update,

  • a lot of times the bottom, and especially the keyboard

  • will get very warm to the touch.

  • And it's not going to be scalding hot or anything,

  • but it does means that you're going to be

  • losing some performance, thanks to throttling.

  • Put it side by side with other similarly priced laptops

  • with Celeron solutions, and you'll see

  • that this actually is going to perform pretty well.

  • Now the only real knock against it

  • is that it only does use single channel memory,

  • but again that's very similar at this sort of price point,

  • and thankfully we do have a full four gigabytes

  • of DDR4 on board.

  • One of the biggest issues when you pick up

  • a super cheap laptop like this

  • is going to be with the storage.

  • Both of these options are only going to give you

  • 32 gigabytes of eMMC flash.

  • Now it's going to be fine as far as speed,

  • but storage-wise, it give you almost nothing

  • left out of the box.

  • But anytime you actually have to do a major

  • Windows update, like I had to do when I first

  • set up this laptop,

  • you actually have to use external storage to get it to work.

  • I had to plug in a USB drive to even get this thing

  • fully up to date on Windows.

  • If you pick up a laptop like this, it is basically

  • a necessity to pick up at least a 64 or 128 gig

  • micro-SD card and let it live inside your SD card slot.

  • Trust me when I say, even though it's going to add

  • a little bit to the price,

  • it is going to make this so much more usable.

  • With Radeon graphics on board, this actually isn't

  • going to be too bad at least in theory.

  • So of course we have to try

  • everyone's favorite game Fortnite.

  • Oh actually, no, we don't.

  • Just trust me, you don't wanna play Fortnite on this.

  • Of course when it comes to spending $130 on a laptop,

  • you're going to have to find some compromises.

  • And one of the biggest ones with the Inspiron

  • has to do with wifi.

  • Now in 2018, pretty much everything has an AC solution.

  • Typically this is gonna be good for between

  • 100 to 300 megabits per second down and up.

  • This guy is using the nearly 10 year old N-standard

  • which is going to give you about 40 megabits up and down

  • and almost worst than that, it's going to be

  • prone to a lot more interference

  • because it's going to be 2.4 gigahertz only.

  • For a cheap laptop, it's acceptable,

  • it's something that I can live with,

  • but it's not exactly going to be

  • the best solution in the world.

  • Something that doesn't suck surprisingly is the display.

  • Now on paper it's just a basic 11.6 inch 1366 by 768 panel.

  • However in practice, it actually doesn't look bad at all.

  • Oh sure, it's going to be a TN display,

  • so we're not going to be getting great color

  • or contrast, for especially viewing angles,

  • but it is going to be a lot better

  • than pretty much anything in this price point.

  • And impressively, it's actually going to look better

  • than some laptops that cost double the price.

  • It's not great, but it's definitely usable,

  • and a lot better than I was expecting.

  • -The iPhone X is the most expensive iPhone ever,

  • it has the biggest screen--

  • eh, okay, so the speakers aren't exactly great,

  • even though they are facing towards you,

  • they're definitely on the quieter side,

  • but I mean there's a headphone jack?

  • The only real issue I have with the way that the keyboard

  • is laid out is going to be the size.

  • Of course this is going to be an 11 inch laptop,

  • and you expect things to be a little bit cramped,

  • but what I didn't expect was that the actual keyboard itself

  • is going to be smaller than a standard layout.

  • Mind you, it's not going to be a huge difference,

  • but it's enough to slightly trip me up.

  • Something you can get used to,

  • but it feels like they had plenty of space on the side

  • to expand the keyboard all the way out,

  • as opposed to using it on these bezels.

  • Thankfully it does have a Windows Precision touchpad.

  • Mind you, it's going to be a little bit on the small side,

  • but it really is not bad at all.

  • So you're going to be getting

  • all of the Windows 10 gestures,

  • it's got a nice surface, accurate tracking,

  • Honestly, some much more expensive laptops

  • could learn a thing or two from this.

  • It is nice to see at least decent input

  • on a system that's going to be so cheap.

  • Nothing really feels super of plastic-y or cheap,

  • it's all going to be very, very usable.

  • There's also some interesting touches with the design.

  • So even small things like having a little bit of a curve

  • here below the track pad to make it easy

  • to just get your finger in here and open it up.

  • And you're also going to be getting something

  • that's going to be a little bit smaller

  • than the competition.

  • Alright, so this is a test of the Inspiron 11's webcam.

  • Surprisingly it actually runs

  • at a full 720p, and at least based on first glance,

  • it doesn't look bad?

  • What's really going to make or break this laptop

  • is the price.

  • So at $130, which is what I was able to pick it up for,

  • it is an incredibly good deal.

  • Now unfortunately, of course with all the sales and stuff,

  • you might actually end up finding it for a little bit more.

  • Right now, taking a look around

  • at other retailers, it's giving me something like

  • $170 to $190, but even at a sub $200 price,

  • it is hard to argue with this Inspiron.

  • The wifi might not be amazing,

  • but the rest of the computer

  • actually is really, really not bad.

- Hey guys, this is Austin.

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