The keys have just 1.08 millimeters of vertical travel, which is far less than the 1.5 to 2mm we hope to see on a mainstream laptop and, considering that the Inspiron is a normal thickness, there's no reason Dell couldn't have added more depth. The Inspi2-in-1's keyboard offers a mediocre typing experience, due to a combination of shallow travel and a sharp front lip that chafed my wrists during testing. If you're not happy with the default sound, the included Waves MaxxAudio software gives you fine control over the equalizer settings. Better still, sound was accurate and layered, without the distortion we see on so many mainstream laptops. When I played AC/DC's "For Those About to Rock, We Salute You," I could hear a clear separation of sound between vocals on one side and percussion on the other. The Inspi2-in-1 provides rich audio that's loud enough to fill a medium-size room. MORE: How to Use Microsoft Excel Like a Pro However, the Acer Swift 3 had about the same limited color gamut (78 percent).ĭell plans to sell the Inspi2-in-1 with an optional 4K screen that promises over 350 nits of brightness, but that configuration wasn't available yet at publication time. That score is well below the 102-percent category average, the Yoga 720 (114 percent), the Lenovo F(133 percent) and the VivoBook Flip 14 (131 percent). If you're having trouble streaming a video or your Skype calls keep getting cut off, the pre-loaded SmartByte software could be your savior.Īccording to our colorimeter, the Inspi2-in-1's screen can reproduce a modest 77.4 percent of the sRGB color gamut. Considering that this laptop starts at $849, screen quality this poor is completely unacceptable and disqualifying. By comparison, the Lenovo Yoga 720 15-inch (272 nits), the Lenovo F(270 nits), the Asus VivoBook Flip 14 (250 nits) and the Acer Swift 3 (177 nits) were much more luminous.ĭell claims that the screen is rated for 220 nits, so even if the panel hit this optimistic number, it would still be dark. The Inspiron's dark display registered a dismal 148 nits of brightness on our light meter, which is the fifth-lowest score we've ever recorded and over 100 points less than the mainstream laptop category average (256 nits).
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