I started eyeing the Dell Inspiron 15 7000 for 2019 when it was released at Computex along with the much more hyped and anticipated Dell XPS 15 7590. I thought it didn’t really get much attention so I decided to record a video just to talk about the specifications and why i found it to be a very intersting machine. I’ve never produced these kind of videos before but find them very entertaining to make.

During the last few years I’ve been using one 17″ MSI laptop that has been great for power but really bad with battery life. I also used a Lenovo Miix 720 a lot that was great for portability but also really bad with battery life. I wanted something that could let me move away from these two laptops gradually and use one machine the whole time – so I decided to order the i5, GTX1650, 8GB RAM, 512SSD, Full DH and 97Wh version of the Inspiron 15. Unfortunately the fingerprint reader wasn’t available so I couldn’t get it with that. I recieved it and made the unboxing and first look:

I then brought it on a trip to Madrid and to Stockholm and got to use it both for regular productivity work, some gaming, some video editing and media consumption. I used it enough time to be able to produce a full review that you can see here:

I decided the computer was very worth keeping and therefor wanted to go through with some upgrading of the performance! I bought an extra 8gb ram stick (2666mhz) and a 2tb Intel SSD and installed both of them after having some issues with getting the lid off. While I’m not perfectly honest about it here I just messed up in removing the back screws that are not supposed to come out, but I screwed until they did ie until I destroyed them. Too bad because now I lack a few of the screws to hold it together but I love the performance the computer has after the upgrades.

There were quite a lot of debate and questions about the computers ability to stay cool and how much noise the fans produced and this sure was a big issue. Therefor I made this video to look into the thermals and how to improve them with undervolting and limiting turbo using Throttlestop.

Even though this isn’t actually a gaming laptop it has very good capabilities when it comes to gaming, both with the internal monitor with a quad HD external screen or a 144hz screen. See my gaming review:

The fan noise kept being the biggest issue of the computer. Even though you didn’t do anything with it the fans were running a lot! It would drive me crazy at times. However after about two months Dell released an updated BIOS that almost completely fixed the problem. Everyone was really when this happened as this fixed one of the major concerns with it.

In my original review I couldn’t get the thunderbolt to work with the Apple Thunderbolt display. This was quite a big thing for me as I usually use it with that screen when I’m in the Stockholm office and I didn’t know whether this was the fault of the computer or there was something else messing it up. After a few months I finally had the opportunity to try another thunderbolt setup with a lenovo Thunderbolt Dock and 2 monitors hooked up to it and it worked both with the dual screens and the charching through one port.

I really wanted to make a comprehensive 2 month review and therefor take input from all of the viewers so I made this video to get questions for a big questions and answers section in the 2 month review.

I put the work in and produced the 2 month review video where I both elaborated on the different good and bad things about the computer and answered all the questions that were posted in the last video. It turned into a 58 minute 2 month review and I’m very happy about this one!

To summarize the good and the bad with the laptop:
Good things:
The form factor is perfect. 1,7kg 15,6 inch
The performance is perfect for my needs
USB C Charging
Awesome battery life with 97wh battery
Easy to use outdoor with matte bright screen
Great Keyboard to type on
Numpad on the keyboard
Thunderbolt 3 port
Extra NVMe SSD Slot

The bad things:
Thermal management is less than ideal.
Screen could be brighter
Trackpad is good but not awesome.
Stays on when it’s supposed to be go to sleep.

I will continue updating this blog post when I make new content about the computer and also write whenever there is something necessary to add. You can see it as a never ending long term review that I will keep updating.

If you want to buy the Dell Inspiron 15 7000 here are some alternatives:
Dell Inspiron 15 7000, FHD, i7, GTX 1050, 8GB RAM & 256GB SSD
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Dell Vostro 7590 FHD, i7, GTX 1650, 16GB RAM & 512GB SSD
https://amzn.to/2yiSzyS