I'm disappointed in DELL's new Inspiron 545/546 range of desktops, colourful though they maybe. The Intel-based 545 uses the older G33 chipset with the Intel GMA 3100 graphics, whilst the Vostro 220 uses the newer G45 with higher specification Intel GMA X4500 graphics. On the AMD-based 546 range wich starts at a lowly Sempron LE1250 CPU and expensively rises to the previous generation Phenom quad processors. What happenned to the great Phenom II CPUs?
It is great to see a range of coloured fronts but all are a £29 option on the standard black. It is a pity the rest of the case isn't coloured at that price. And the colour choice is limited to the 545 only. Why?
An obvious market for a coloured case would be the value gaming market, yet no suitable jaw dropping CPU and graphics combination is possible. The Intel Quad Core Q8200 and ATI Radeon HD3650 256MB graphics card is the expensive top-of-the-range model, which don't even make it to the entry level of the XPS range. The Vostro 220 also offers a RAID 0 (striped) disk capability as well.
In general on paper a poor addition to the product offering from DELL, who have now officially dropped to number two in the US market behind HP.
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