Dell Inspiron 15 3000 (w/SSD Upgrade) Review

Introduction

When it comes to laptops and computers in general, Dell needs no introduction. The company got their start back in 1984 when Michael Dell started PC's Limited. Fast forward to 1988, and the company changed its name to Dell Computer Corp, at which point it officially went public raising $30 million. It is after this that Dell released their first laptop, the 316LT, in 1989. That said, it has not always been smooth sailing for the company either with many bumps in the road between then and now. Even so, they remain the third-largest PC manufacturer today with a market share of 15%.


In today's review, I take a look at Dell's Inspiron 15 3000, specifically model 3576. This is a system I personally bought as a Christmas gift, and what self-respecting enthusiast gives a basic gift? Certainly not me, so a minor change was made: I installed an entry-level SSD to replace the slow 1 TB HDD the system comes with. Packing an Intel Core i3-8130U and 8 GB of DDR4 2400 MHz memory, it definitely qualifies as entry level. However, it is still a step up from Intel Celeron N and Pentium N series laptops, so for this review, I will take a deeper look at the performance a $320 laptop before taxes can provide with an SSD upgrade, which makes for a total of just under $400.