Dell Inspiron I17R-2950MRB

Dell Inspiron I17R-2950MRB Powered Intel Core i5

Powered by the Intel Core i5-460M CPU. Dell Inspiron I17R-2950MRB is a dual-core, 64-bit processor with 4 processing threads. The cores operating at 2.53GHz normally, but can be boosted up to 2.8GHz with TurboBoost technology. It has 3MB of L3 cache and uses 35W. The laptop comes with 6GB of DDR3 SDRAM and can be expanded to a maximum of 8GB. That’s plenty of memory for all of your multitasking needs.

17.3 Inch WLED-backlit widescreen display with a resolution of 1600×900. That’s a aspect ratio of 16:9 and native support for 720p HD content. The screen is driven by Mobile Intel HD Graphics with 64MB-1696MB dynamically allocated shared graphics memory. This is not the laptop you want, if you want to play today’s games at their highest resolutions.

For storage you get a 640GB Serial ATA (SATA) hard drive rotating at 5400RPM. That’s a huge drive for a laptop, and should cover all your storage needs. The optical drive is a Blu-ray Disc-enabled DVD±RW/CD-RW drive. Enjoy movies in full HD resolution on this large display. The media reader supports Secure Digital, Secure Digital High Capacity, MultiMediaCard, MultiMediaCard Plus, Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO and xD-Picture Card formats, so that should have you covered.

Built-in Dell 6250 wireless networking mini card to walk around Starbucks and still be connected. On the wired side you get a piddly 10/100 Ethernet card accessible through the RJ-45 port. Use these networking options with the built-in 1.3MP webcam and microphone to Skype to your hearts content.