Dell Inspiron 15 7559 Notebook Review

[Redaktion]

Maintenance miracle. This is unfortunately pretty rare nowadays: The maintenance hatch, which is very easy to remove, grants access to all major components of the new multimedia notebook from Dell. Thanks to its GTX 960M GPU, it should also attract gamers and another highlight is the high-resolution 4K touchscreen. Some issues unfortunately affect the good initial impression.

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Dell-Inspiron-15-7559-Notebook-Review.154635.0.html

[Lloyd]

Just bought ine of these (i7 FHD). Literally half the price of the Acer Nitro or Asus GL552VW over here during black friday sales.

Really hope they can get the fan noise under control. 40bB whilst gaming really would be ideal.

[Ernesto Prieto]

This laptop can't be compared with an Acer Nitro. First, Dell Inspiron screen is horrible, second, keyboard is, as the review says, spongy, and third, it seems made of toy plastic. Who is going to spend 1299€ on it? I don't. For that money I have an Apple MacBook Pro Retina, a million times better than this PC or that piece of crap Dell call XPS. I remember ten years ago, when the Texas brand was something good. Not anymore. My advice? STAY AWAY FROM DELL.

[Ernesto Prieto]

This laptop can't be compared with an Acer Nitro. First, Dell Inspiron screen is horrible, second, keyboard is, as the review says, spongy, and third, it seems made of toy plastic. Who is going to spend 1299€ on it? I don't. For that money I have an Apple MacBook Pro Retina, a million times better than this PC. I remember ten years ago, when the Texas brand was something good. Not anymore. My advice? STAY AWAY FROM DELL.

[Matthew8991]

Can someone review the little brother of this, the Dell Inspiron 14 7447 please? Barely any reviews of it online.

[Leonid]

It would be nice to see full  hd variant review. It makes more sense for gaming and it could be that 1080p screen isn't that awful as 4k used in this model

[stevieg20]

There are a few problems with this laptop.  My graphics display adapter always locks up and freezes.  Also, when the laptop comes out of hibernation, the Dell i7559 touchpad locks up every 10-20 seconds.

Other than that, the i7559 gets a thumbs up!

Learn more and see other reviews here:  http://7559.goering.in

[pocket]

Here in the US, many of us confirmed that the 4K panel is not true RGB but RGBW pentile. We have the same LGD04D9 / 156UD2 panel as in your notebookcheck review, but look at the subpixels:

http://imgur.com/yS4djZz

You can read the discussion here: http://slickdeals.net/f/8518351-dell-inspiron-15-6-4k-touchscreen-laptop-i5-6300hq-8gb-ram-1tb-hdd-gtx-960m-750-free-shipping?v=1&p=82354047#post82354047

Either there are two versions of the same panel, or the picture of subpixels in your review is wrong. I hope that you update your review with this new information (7559 4K screen is RGBW pentile in the US). Many of us bought the laptop because of this review, thinking the screen is true RGB.

[Richard Hamaker]

Even as I type this on my 7559 - I mutter to myself- This computer is unusable. It has already registered 5 errant mouse clicks, and i have only typed not even 2 full sentences. I am only going through the literal agony of typing this to save others from the same experience.

A lot to like from the snappy Intel 6700HQ CPU, but nothing to like from DELL. I am A+ certified...and sadly Dell certified too.  Don't buy this computer what ever you do. Sound issues, Graphics driver issues, Ships with Single channel memory requiring an upgrade to get performance. But it is the touch-pad that makes it completely unusable.

I give up, I can't even type. I give up with 3 or more errant clicks every sentence. It would be one thing if I was brushing on the touch-pad, but my hands are nearly a half inch above it and it still registered errant clicks. Stops when you cover the touch-pad with cardboard. But the touch-pad can't be disabled. Spent 2.5 hours on the phone with dell... touch pad can't be disabled in windows 7.

The following paragraph details what I have to (where did windows media player come from) do to actually type something. If it is unreadable it is because t(why did start just pop up) this computer is unusable.

So rather than fix each error, I am typing in (click back to bottom) what I have to do to type this. If this is unreadable (close chrome, where did that chrome window come from?) after (close st(close device manager)art) (click back to (close system manage(Close start) I ty(close notepad)(So after losing ty(how did my courser get here)(close start bar)pe (wait how did my courser get here? ) it is not because I suck at typing but because this computer is unusable!

(how did my curser get in a different place again?) After losing this three times and retyping it or as close as I can. I now opening a window that isn't web based and won't delete every thing with a single errant click, and when it does delete (close start)(close device manger)(would this computer please stop opening windows due to errant clicks?) I w(missing letter here due to errant - close start twice) ll have to copy and paist it in. So the touch-pad registered errant clicks and moves things on you. Deletes things on you. Opens windows on you. Things you type while th(how did that window open get selected I am just) The keyboard d(put cursor back)es not register keys while the touch-pad is registering the errant (close start bar) (3) (retype) (clos(how did my curer get g here?) )e start twice) clicks(2now i am here ).(how did I get (switch back to window) here)

-- Sorry this is the best I can do, I completely give up using this. Probably going to have to sue dell to recover my loses. This is simply unacceptable.

[mikeh]

We bought 3 of these laptops to use in the office. Could not install windows 7 on the laptop and we're now forced to go to windows 10. Dell said the laptops don't support windows 7. Can't even get windows 10 installed on one of the laptops ,and it was a headache to get that laptop to stop booting into a Seagate Linux type is.  How can dell sell this in the first place ?

[keithb1973]

I recently bought one of these beauties and the keyboard is brilliant, as is the track pad (i have no idea what the guy reporting errant clicks is waffling about - but he seems to say exactly the same thing on ever thread i have read).

Unfortuntely the one draw back (not the screen which is beautiful) is the poor battery, which gets around 2 hours when i use it connected to wifi, surfing and working with word, some google chrome use. That part is very disappointing, as is the lack of Dell batteries or choice of extended life variants :-(

Other than that though this is brilliant

[Waqas Tariq]

Even as I type this on my 7559 - I mutter to myself- This computer is unusable. It has already registered 5 errant mouse clicks...

Start Menu > Settings > Devices > Mouse & Touchpad and then under Touchpad disable the touchpad altogether, or turn off "Leave touchpad on when a mouse is connected"

Thank you.

[Richard Hamaker]

I wrote a horrible review for this system 7 months ago.  Most the issues were software, so after 7 months my computer is now usable. 

Touch-pad:  I have finally reconnected my touch-pad wire (internal), and found not only a way to resolve the issue by putting several layers of tape over the touch-pad.  But also I have found that windows has added additional features though an update to correct the original issue.  The touch-pad now disables when typing and stays disabled quite nicely, there are also now many ways to disable it.  These were added through a Windows 10 update sometime early this year.

Windows 7:  I never had an issue with this.  In order to install windows 7, you must load USB 3.0 drivers during the install.  Becuse windows 7 can't access an external drive or USB stick through the USB ports you must load these drivers during install (or compile them into your USB stick).  You will find that everything but Bluetooth operates correctly, and Bluetooth works with "most" devices.  I have now fully upgraded to windows 10 as Microsoft has resolved the issues in windows 10.

Freezes UPs:  Both the Intel and Nvidea drivers had issues.  It didn't matter what video card you used, you would experience freeze ups when using any 3d intensive program ( game, video editing, or drafting program).  New drivers became available in February.  Installing these updated drivers resolved the issues.

My system now is very responsive.  Dell should have resolved many of these issues before it shipped.  In Dells defense many of the issues where Microsoft's, Nvidea's, and Intel's.  Its just sad to see a machine ship with so many software issues that should have been resolved before it shipped.

[Imglidinhere]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B015PYYDMQ?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00

This is what I got back in January, had it for over six months and it's easily one of the best machines I've ever purchased for the money. Disregard the 4K model here. It's overpriced and you'd be better off buying an XPS for that price anyway if you want a 4k screen. Besides, a 960M can't drive 4k anyway.  :p

The review score would still be about the same, except the i5 model doesn't throttle under 100% load and the PSU is plenty for the lower power draw the i5 manages with. :D

[Keisuke]

Great review, it's very detailed and well explained. I got the Dell Inspiron 15 7000(7559) with an i7-6700HQ, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD, with an Anti-glare UHD Screen. I was inspired to use this review as a reference for our class activity. This is the link for my blog: https://techsider.wordpress.com/2016/07/27/budget-gaming-laptop-early-2016/