Dell - Inspiron 15.6" Touch-Screen Laptop - Intel Core i3 - 4GB Memory - 500GB Hard Drive - Black

I was using one Dell laptop from over an year and when I was in need of another one I didn't think about others. I wanted a new one for my parents with very light use, thought of going with Celeron or Pentium processor to save something but I later I found this great deal. Its a better processor, touch screen with optical drive on less price.... It is also very slim and light weight. I would say complete value for money.

This is the best entry level laptop with all latest feature for everyday use. It is great for student, housewife, professional programmer, travelling executive. It is light weighted, brilliant HD screen. However it lack great camera quality. Camera do not show true color. Sound quality good enough for person using it. Sound volume is not loud enough, quality is less than average considering other best quality. It lack mouse button for left and right click, rather have a flat area, making it difficult to click. In old model Dell has separate button which was great. Surprised to see Dell has done away with those mouse button. Over all it is best laptop to do serious work on it.

I am really enjoying my new Dell Touch Laptop. I am glad I found one with an Intel I3 Core Processor, it's much faster than my old laptop. I am especially glad it includes a DVD/CD player/burner. A lot of new laptops don't have this great feature. I am so glad I went to BestBuy.com and did some research to locate this really good computer!!!

i purchased for my niece...its a great laptop ...all the bells and whistles needed for basic computing

I bought this laptop and found it to be the best laptop, the features it has are awesome and the ease of using it is great!!!

I got this when the $299 sale dropped on Thursday the 27th. Ordered it online and it was delivered quickly. The laptop itself is great! Not as fast as others but for the price, it cant be beat! I priced the same machine out there for a lot more! The touch screen is responsive and the keyboard has a nice feel. I was happy to see it has a full numbers pad! That's a plus for what I do. My only issue was with the default low volume level. I fixed it and chalked up to setting up a new PC. If you have low volume, here's what you do to correct it. You can fix the default sound settings. Go to your volume adjustment and click on the speakers/headphones icon. Then go to properties/enhancements and make sure these are checked..... (Environment-Equalizer-Virtual Surround-Loudness Equalization) This is a MUST! Fixed all the low volume issues. See the photo!

While this laptop may look like a "Black Swan," don't let the outward appearance deceive you. For the price, you're getting a very good entry level computer that will do most all tasks asked of it. Another huge plus is how easy it is to work on. One screw/cover on the bottom and you can gain easy access to the most commonly upgraded items. And yes, the memory is upgradeable under the same cover. Touchscreen works great with Win 8.1 and IMO, this computer is not slow at all for me with an Intel i3!! Plus, 6 months of security software included!

Pros • Low price - New $310. Refurbished $270-$280. • Intel Core i3-4030U - same features (incl. hyperthreading) as Core i5-4210U but a bit slower; according to CPUboss website. • RAM and hard drive are upgradeable; only 1 screw to open panel. • Fast boot-up & shutdown, less than 10 seconds. • Battery life 7 hours. • 15.6" screen, good for working on large spreadsheets. • Full-size keyboard with number pad. • Touchscreen • DVD player/burner Cons • Touchpad/mouse is *sometimes* unresponsive, too sensitive, or unpredictable, due to Windows processing tasks in the background and Windows touch/swipe gesture design. The touchpad can be better designed so as to avoid accidental touch & "jumping" cursors. • Keyboard is not lit. Num Lock lacks indicator light. • Entire laptop casing is plastic. I bought this laptop to replace my old Dell Vostro laptop (Intel Core2 Duo T5470) and work on large Microsoft Excel spreadsheets with over 10,000 rows and 50 columns of data, formulas, plus some charts. This laptop is at least twice as fast. MS Excel takes 15-20 seconds to calculate my spreadsheets vs 40-60 seconds on the old Dell. MS Excel shows "4 processors" (dual-core Core i3-4030U has hyperthreading) vs only "2 processors" (dual-core Core2 Duo T5470 lacks hyperthreading.) Antivirus software McAfee (pre-installed) and WebRoot (free download) each offers only 6 months of free service. I don't use them (I uninstalled McAfee). I use AVG free version and Windows Firewall. Dell Inspiron I3542-6003BK is a good value,