Dell Inspiron 15R M501R

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 8 expert reviews

Excellent:

0
Good:

3
Average:

1
Bad:

4

Pros:

Blu-ray drive. Big hard drive. Nice display.
Well thought-out design. Excellent keyboard. Soft mouse buttons. Large 500GB hard drive. HDMI and eSATA
Good looks; above-average audio output; multitouch touch pad; HDMI and eSATA ports.

Cons:

Integrated graphics. Sluggish performance. Relatively short battery life.
Overpriced compared to its peers. Paltry battery scores. Bottom of the barrel performance scores.

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Last revision on March 25, 2016

Reviewers Liked

Blu-ray drive. Big hard drive. Nice display
Well thought-out design. Excellent keyboard. Soft mouse buttons. Large 500GB hard drive. HDMI and eSATA
Good looks; above-average audio output; multitouch touch pad; HDMI and eSATA ports
Inexpensive. Great-sounding audio. eSATA port. No pre-installed bloatware

Reviewers Didn't Like

Integrated graphics. Sluggish performance. Relatively short battery life
Overpriced compared to its peers. Paltry battery scores. Bottom of the barrel performance scores
Squeaky space bar on the keyboard; poor battery life; performance lags behind similarly priced Intel-based laptops
Poor performance. Heavy

Expert reviews and ratings

The Dell Inspiron M501R-1748MRB is an affordable desktop replacement laptop based on AMD's Vision Premium technology. Its performance and battery life are subpar, but the addition of a Blu-ray drive lets you view HD movies on its bright LED backlit...

By PC Mag on April 20, 2011

The Dell Inspiron M5010 is based on AMD's triple-core Phenom II N850 CPU and it's one of the great all-round 15.6in laptops on the Australian market. You can use it for office work, multimedia tasks and even gaming (although not for graphics-intensive...

By Good Gear Guide on February 02, 2011

AMD's updated processor plus graphics chip ‘Vision’ platform comes in Basic, Premium, ultimate and black – but how does the performance stack up?...

By PC Authority on August 25, 2010

The M501R is a capable desktop replacement as long as power is never far away at...

By CNET Australia on August 09, 2010

We'd like the attractive and affordable Dell Inspiron iM501R-1212PBL more if it wasn't so slow and...

By cnet on July 30, 2010

The Dell Inspiron iM501R-1655MRB is the most sluggish and battery-inefficient laptop in its group, yet it costs more....

By PC Mag on October 15, 2010

Dell's Inspiron M501R is a nice looking 15.6in notebook with a quad-core AMD Phenom II CPU and 6GB of RAM. It's a good performer that's suitable as a desktop replacement and even as an entry-level gaming machine. We just wish it wasn't so glossy and...

By Good Gear Guide on August 13, 2010

The Dell Inspiron iM501R-13230BK is a budget-minded mainstream laptop that offers more than just the essentials, but its performance is decidedly back of the pack for it...

By PC Mag on June 18, 2010