Dell Inspiron 1526 Released

The Dell Inspiron 1526, the PC maker’s new AMD-powered 15.4-inch notebook, is now available.

The Inspiron 1526 is priced at $749 after instant savings and can be purchased through Best Buy. It comes with the AMD Turion 64 X2 processor at 2GHz, 2GB of system memory expandable to 4GB, a 250GB hard drive, DVD burner, and the ATI Radeon Xpress 1270 integrated graphics, which manages the notebook’s 15.4″ 1280-by-800 glossy display.

According to the product specifications, the 1526 has a built-in 2-megapixel web camera, an 802.11b/g wireless module, and Eternet LAN and 56k modem connections. There are also four USB ports, an ExpressCard slot, 8-in-1 media card reader, Firewire port, and VGA and S-Video outputs.

The Inspiron 1526 has the same chassis design as the Intel-based 1525. It weighs 6.2 pounds and is 1″–1.5″ thin, which is lower than 1.47″-1.65″ in previous Inspiron 1521 series. The laptop comes in seven different colors and runs Windows Vista Home Premium operating system.

The new notebook is not available through the Dell’s official online store.

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1526 - A very good laptop. I give good ratings but mine came with a defective motherboard and it took Dell about ten weeks to rectify the problem before returning unit to me
During this time I was without the use of a computer.
Indeed this was poor service Dell.
This has definitely tarnished your reputation. As a result, many of my friends and associates, have sworn that they would never purchase any product from Dell now or in the future.

I purchased the Dell 1526 for my mother while I was away in Iraq. A few days after the one year warranty I returned home and took the computer into Best Buy where I purchased it. It had been acting erratically since I bought it but since I was in Iraq and the computer was back in the US with my mother there was not much I could do about it. Mom does not drive so it was up to me to get it done. The motherboard was faulty on this computer and the repair stated that it was put in improperly from the start. They wanted over $500 to fix it. I told them to shove it and promptly bought a Toshiba. I will NEVER again buy a Dell and will no longer shop at Best Buy because of this.

AVOID buying a Dell, especially a Dell Inspiron 1526. My motherboard failed too, only a little more than a year after I bought it. unbelievable — upon doing some research, this is an incredibly common problem with this poorly made laptop. go with something else.

My motherboard failed also - 2 weeks out of warranty.

Never buy this laptop. In the first three months of buying this, the hardrive had to be replaced. They changed that and now the motherboard keeps playing up. It is a very common problem with this laptop. I will never buy Dell again. Am looking at getting a Toshiba

I have a dell 1526 for 8 mounths not and have no complants on it. I got water on the bottem of it a few mounths back but useing a hot air dryer on it got it quickly dryed out and working ok. I will have it a year in dec so perhaps something bad could still go wrong with it in the first year.

Gee, I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that my motherboard died 2 weeks after the warranty concluded. What a load of crap!

Don’t buy this laptop. I’ve had the same problems with it. It was faulty since i bought it, overheating, shutting off randomly, it wouldn’t read any cd’s or dvd’s. I took it to best buy after i bought it because there was something wrong and i was told it would cost over $500 to fix it. I will never shop there again, i’m not paying for them to fix a problem that it came with. Now just a month over warranty the graphics card is going crazy and as i type there’s blue and pink lines pulsing on the screen. Dell laptops are poorly made and they have terrible customer service, do yourself a favor and buy something else.

Had my dell 1526 one year and a half now and the motherboard went bad it powers on but no screen and nothing seems to be a very common problem ! Stay away from it !!!!

So sorry to hear so many problem about this laptop, especially since I own this piece of doo doo. Classic symptoms. Powers up but no screen. Bought as a demo from Best Buy (what was I thinking). The Mac is lookin better everyday……

I love my dell 1526. I have never had a problem with it, and Have had the computer since May 2008. The only thing I did have go wrong with my computer was my 3 year old son popped of 3 of the keys on the keyboard. I called dell, and had a new one shipped to me, at their cost, overnight. Thank You Dell…I purchased mine at Staples not Best Buy.

Hi - how about at 7months old, the motherbaord and the hard drive replaced and now again 11 months later, the same thing - AGAIN! Dell will not own up to the repair. Per a Dell Service Rep. somewhere in Asia - I guess, “it is not uncommon for a computer to go through up to 10 motherboards in one year.” Really?! I guess if it’s a Dell!!! JUNK

I would also have to chime in and say to not purchase this computer. Mine also just crashed, most likely due to overheating. I took it to a computer guy (friend of family) and he said it’s completely done. The fan on this model takes air from underneath and pumps it out the back. If it overheats, will burn out the computer. (mine received the blue screen of death, and will now turn on, but no images on screen). Some pre-cautions are to place the computer on a hard surface (not your bed, or anything) so that you get good air flow. Secondly, make sure there is no dust/dirt clogging the air intake…this may require removing the bottom of the computer once in a while to gently blow away all the fuzzies. These AMD powered laptops are apparently more prone to being destroyed when overheated. Go with Intel processor. Don’t know whether to even bother to try sending to Dell to get fixed, or just buy a different brand of computer. Probably the latter. Good luck to everyone else who has also had this problem. I wonder if it’s worth submitting any formal complaints? My computer was only 18 mos old.

Hi Melanie. I have the same problem with my inspiron 1526. What did you did about it?
Thanks.

I bought my wife a “pink” 1526 for mothers day at Staples in 2008. 1 year and 3 months later… Bad Mother board!! Dell will not apply any goodwill. I own 4 dell laptops and 1 desktop. Service after trying for days and waiting more than 1/2hr each try on hold, was unbearable. Bought my first Gateway last week, take that!

Motherboard needs to be replaced after 1 year 6 months. Unbelievable. Time to move to a different brand computer. Dell is dead to me.