Feb 14, 2016 01:08 PM
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(Updated Feb 14, 2016 01:13 PM)
The biggest advantage of Dell Inspiron 13 ( i7359-1952SLV) could be the processing power. See, there’s a new processor architecture Skylake ( 6th Generation) to which the Intel Core i3-6100U, the processor in this laptop, belongs. It’s a dual-core model with 2.3GHz clock rate, there’s no turbo available. Hardly any benchmarks exist yet, but it’s rumored to be closer to some 4th Generation i5s – for example, the i5-4200U that reaches ~ 3300 points in CPU Mark.
If the new i3-6100U reaches the same, it’s indeed a great achievement for mobile i3. For most purposes this new processor is good; it should even cater to power users with programs of higher system requirement than a mere web browser.Other things “under the hood” aren’t that interesting: 4GB RAM is installed, the motherboard houses just one SODIMM slot so 8GB would be the maximum here. Storage drive belongs to the “mechanical” family, it’s a 1024GB 5400RPM hard drive plugged in to a SATA 3 interface. It’s not a bad investment to switch it to SSD if you care more about performance than huge storage ( SSDs are fast but only around 128GB or 256GB big while hard drives are slow but huge, like the current 1024GB) .
The 13.3? display should be very useful, in that it rotates 360 degrees. It’s a modern trend to have laptop and tablet in one physical machine and that’s exactly what you’re getting here. Resolution isn’t excellent, just 1366×768, but for this compact screen it works fine in my opinion. Panel type seems to be IPS, contributing to wide viewing angles ( about 160 degrees with this screen) .
