We purchased two of these laptops for the Pre Black Friday sale price of $349 each. Not a bad laptop. This is our first time owning a laptop with SSD (Solid-State Drive). The SSD is very impressive on the speed. Only issues we have had so far with these laptops is that the laptops are activated with Microsoft's Windows S-Mode. Anyone purchasing a new lap top will need to remove S-Mode to install most any programs on this laptop. We tried installing Microsoft Office 365 Personal, which should be a Microsoft trusted program, on our brand new laptops and because the laptops were in S-Mode we were unable to install this program until we removed S-Mode. The Best Buy employees selling these never mentioned anything about "S-Mode". The employees should be mentioning this on every sale of a new laptop.

I love having a laptop, but I don't need one these days for any significant work. I use mine mainly for web browsing and some light work on Word (mind, you have to pay for Microsoft Office now) and a couple of other programs here and there. The specs on this won't let you down for basic laptop use including most school work I would think. Also, it's lightweight and great to use around the apartment, but I'd probably be a little careful with it if you're taking it on the go a lot. It's not cheap cheap, but it's certainly not indestructible. As others have mentioned, this started up in S mode. A quick google search helped me get into the normal Windows 10. No problem. I also got an occasional screen flicker after I downloaded google chrome, but a slight color modification in settings fixed that (this I also googled how to fix). I bought this at the doorbuster sale price of 350.00. Great deal for what I need. There are higher quality laptops, but if you're looking for an efficient, every day unit, then this should do and very tough to beat that price!

I also bought it as a Black Friday doorbuster and so far so good. It has a very fast startup and I was able to enable the S mode quite easily. The only thing I'm NOT HAPPY with is the display. The colors seem washed out and dull compared to other laptops. Not sure if this is a defect on my screen or all Inspiron 153000 are like this. Any thoughts? I would give a lower rating because this really disappointed me, but as far as the functions, everything works great.

This is a pretty good deal for a quad core with ssd. A few adjustment are needed for a good end user experience. 1) Turn off Disk Encryption(if you need to switch out of S mode) 2) Switch from S Mode to Window 10 home. 3) Install Intel graphics command center from Microsoft store. Adjust the color settings as per your preference. I set mine to a saturation level of 80 and the display now is lively.

Windows 10 s mode is easy to convert to Windows 10 Home. 3 things have to happen before it converts. 1) activate windows 10 s mode. 2) update windows store In windows store ( 3 dots in top corner). 3) reboot and go back to the activation page and it should be activated now. Only then the option will appear to convert. I did pick this up as a doorbuster (great value) and was going to return it if I could not get it into windows 10 home for free. Cheers

I purchased this Dell laptop as an early Black Friday doorbuster deal for $349.99, and this has been one of the best purchases from Best Buy in a long time. The laptop is quick to start up thanks to its Intel Core i5 and Solid State Drive. This is my first experience with an SSD instead of an HDD (hard disk drive), and the difference of speed between the two storage units is huge. It was also great that there weren't a lot of unnecessary programs preinstalled like other computers that I have purchased in the past, saving me time to figure out the programs that I prefer to have on it. Combine the fast processing speed with Microsoft Edge, which I haven't used before (I have used Firefox), and you've got a very fast computer for a bargain of more expensive models. Lastly, I wanted to give props to Best Buy for delivering my item to my doorstep in only one day for free! Now, that's great customer service.

First, I am an old school computer guy (at 47 years old), building computers since the 80's. Start there. When I build gaming rigs, they have longevity that are years ahead of the curve and go up in value (my Christmas 2012 build is a 5GHz, 32GB ram, overclocked 6 core that still outranks many modern computers built today). So when I tell you that I was looking for a new laptop to use on the road for work and that I was fortunate enough to be buying this week, I did my research and feel lucky I found this deal... Why? At $349, you aren't finding this deal anywhere else, I promise. For that, you get: - An 8th Generation i5 QUAD CORE (not dual), with a turbo speed of 3.9Ghz (on 1 core), with the latest technology for this chip set. - 8GB of DDR4-2400 ram (fast ram, not slower DDR3 or even slower DDR4) - 256GB SSD PCIe hard drive (not 32 or 64 or 128, a decent amount here. No additional 2nd space for additional drive, however, between cloud computing and how cheap flash memory is, pickup the Easystore 5TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive deal Best Buy has right now as that can't be beat either! - Windows 10 S which can be upgraded to Windows 10 Home, free, in just a few clicks during registration - 15.6" HD touchscreen and the audio, wow! I had in on 60 and it was LOUD AND CLEAR. Possibly the best audio I've heard on a laptop as most cannot be heard. - Fast wireless internet connect and bluetooth Oh, and it's a Dell. I won't criticize other brands here, but I will say that Dell beat out other major competitors over the years and some of the remaining others have gone down in terms of build quality so... Major factor here. - And an SD card reader (So if you already have a 64, 128 or larger SD card, you can use it as a fast transfer hard drive as well). I forgot, it's got a gorgeous black finish with a tuxedo pattern similar to what I've seen on high end Bluetooth headsets in the past and at only .8 inches when closed. The specs for the CPU with integrated Intel graphics is such that not only is it fast (to boot and use in browsing and tasks), but the battery life is quite decent as well, as long as 12 hours so. Make sure to download the FREE Intel graphics command center to enhance the look of your screen (enhance saturation, trust me!). As of this writing (11/29/2019) it appears to be sold out, and rightly so. THIS is the deal you want to look out for, if they should have them again before or for Christmas! :)

Only had it a few hours, but I want to mention that it starts up in S mode and you have to activate out of it. Product key is integrated into it already (i had to use the troubleshooter to get mine up because it wasn't showing up) but it was FREE to activate out of S mode. Anyways after getting it into home mode it seems to work great!