Dell Inspiron M5030

For about the same price as a netbook, the Inspiron 15 delivers a larger screen and plenty of oomph for basic computing.

Available for purchase at Best Buy, the Dell Inspiron IM5030-874B3D ($429.99 direct) bears the attention to design detail and functionality that typify all of Dell's laptops. But, in accordance with its price, you'll have to sacrifice a fair amount of...

The Dell Inspiron IM5030-3413B3D ($629.98 list), available at Staples, is an unremarkable desktop replacement laptop. It's bulky and heavy, with poor application performance, below average battery life, and a relatively sparse feature set. That said,...

alaTest has collected and analyzed 73 user reviews of the Dell Inspiron M5030 from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 3.0/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.0/5 for other products on Amazon.com.

First, my screen started flickering and had to be replaced. I spent a lot of time trying to reach Dell, because they promised to call me back and did not, they tried to check something remotely and so on, and so forth. Finally, a guy came and replaced...

I'm writing this review on my 5-year-old Dell Inspiron 1501. The low price and reliability were the main reasons I went for another Dell Inspiron which I got from Staples for exactly the same price as the old one (on sale for 479.95+). I would have...

For the first year and 8 months, I was quite pleased with this machine -- if for no other reason (and there were actually many), it was infinitely faster than my old PC. Then the infamous "7 beeps of death." Thankfully (I think?), I still have the...

Bought this system in may 2011. purchase and setup were easy. The hard drive crashed last week. Dell hard drives don't last long.

After 1 year, 1 month and 17 days I got what others are calling the 7 beeps of death. Turned off computer one night and the next morning when I needed to check my bank account it would not even boot. Blank, black screen and 7 loud beeps repeated. After...