Fantastic value DELL Inspiron 15 laptop

Having written about a really cheap desktop from Acer recently, this time it is a laptop. DELL are offering an Inspiron 15 for just £179 including VAT, shipping, and a years warranty. With a discount code this can be further reduced to £166.
It is a fairly bare configuration of course:
- Intel Celeron Dual Core N2830 CPU 2.17GHz (turbo up to 2.4GHz)
- 4GB Single Channel DDR3 1600MHz (4GBx1)
- 500GB 5,400rpm SATA Hard Drive
- 4-in-1 Media Card (SD/SDHC/MS/MS Pro)
- Intel HD Graphics
- 15.6 inch LED Backlit Display (1366 x 768)
- Microsoft Windows 8.1 with Bing

So, no CD or DVD optical drive, Bluetooth or Ethernet. Still great for the price.

I ordered one yesterday and it was delivered this morning. The laptop seems well built, after setting it up and removing a lot of software c**p, is fine and reasonably responsive. As I repair PCs for a living, I see a LOT of slow laptops and this doesn't seem to be one of them. It processes most web surfing, emails, photo editing (with free Paint.net), word processing, etc. applications just fine. I ran a couple of Internet games on it as well (such as Forge of Empires) and these worked well too.

For £166, I'm really impressed. Fine for home use, students, old folks, etc. I'll probably keep it myself as a spare. Might fit a small 128Gb SSD to make it even better.