Midnight Blue Dell Inspiron 1420 Review + Pictures!

Ok so i received my 1420 about a week ago...I had an E1405 however i broke the touchpad ...Overall i'm extremely satisfied with the 1420...it is just as good as the E1405 if not better.

Here are some pictures:











Coming from XP, Vista does take some getting used to...but after i messed around with it for a while i actually like it better. Essentially its a visual upgrade from XP, but its nice. Keyboard is great, performace is excellent. I don't really use the speakers b/c i have the logitech x230's which are amazing & only $40. After playing with Windows DVD Maker for a while i finally figured out how to import movies (need codecs) & i have to say its very simple yet is full of features...it makes its own scene selection menu and makes its own scenes which is really cool...on the menu screen it plays small clips from parts of the movie in the background which is sickk...i used to use NERO but not anymore


The ONLY negative is the placement of the USB ports & headphones port...as you can see from my pics the wires are everywhere


any questions, comments, post em.

 

yeah, the audio jack in the front is a big disappointment.

 

If that is your biggest complaint you really ahead of the game

-LQ

 

why put two in the front, when they could have put one in the back and one in the front? i don't understand why they gotta put two

 

Can you get 5.1 audio from those ports??

 

i have no idea.

 

I have a 7.1 surround sound speaker system on my desktop, I'm hoping theres the hookups I need to use it. But nice looking laptop, mine is coming tomorrow!

 

you can have two earphones attached at the same time. i guess it's the ipod generation dell's following...

 

Looks awsome, first I have seen in that colour. Enjoy your new laptop!

 

do you have any odd sounds coming from your notebook? earjack/processor?
What wireless card do you have and how is it?

Thanks a lot man

 

i don't even know what you're trying to get at.

 

there is absolutely no sounds coming from headphone jack..no static in speakers or anything...i have the Intel Wireless and it has no problems connecting to my network at home...always connected.

 

That is a very Sleek and sexy looking machine, congratulations!!!

 

thanks.....

 

2 headphones jack are for when 2 people are watching a movie together on the laptop. It's the convience factor for not having to use a dual-port adapter I guess.. But I, too, would rather see one in the front and one on the rear for external speakers.

Jay

 

Nice Pics!!
Cannot wait to get mine!!
My very first laptop