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Dell Dell Inspiron 1525

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Pros
Fast for a budget laptop
Lots customization options
Cons
Dedicated graphics not an option
Productivity apps not bundled

Performance: Good: 79
Features: Good: 75
Design: Good: 76

Find out how these scores, and their relative weights, combine to produce the PC World Rating.

Performance
Adobe Photoshop CS2	573
Autodesk 3ds max 8.0 SP-3 DirectX	561
Autodesk 3ds max 8.0 SP-3 Rendering	810
Battery Life (Video Playback in hh:mm)	4:04:43 AM
Doom 3, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit	9.03
Far Cry, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit	14.64
Firefox 2	329
Microsoft Office 2003 with SP-1	384
Microsoft Windows Media Encoder 9.0	275
Multitasking	449
Nero 7 Ultra Edition	894
Number of Included Batteries	1
Roxio VideoWave Movie Creator 1.5	245
Winzip Computing WinZip 10.0	279
WorldBench 6 Score	78
WorldBench 6 Word Score	Very Good

What You Should Know about the Dell Inspiron 1525

Multitask and Not Bog Down

The more memory a PC has, the faster your programs run and the more windows you can work in simultaneously. Equipped with memory between 1GB and 3GB, this laptop should be able to handle just about any task you can throw at it without bogging down too much. For instance, if you're a multitasker and you'd like to burn a music CD in one window while watching your favorite DVD movie (for the umpteenth time) in another--while flipping between your inbox and your browser to work on your blog during the movie's boring parts--this laptop can manage it all without a hiccup.