Dell Inspiron 16 5645 Laptop - 16.0 16:10 FHD+ (1920 x 1200) Display, AMD Ryzen 7-8840U, 16GB DDR5 RAM, 1TB SSD, AMD Radeon Graphics, Windows 11 Home, Onsite & Migrate Services - Midnight Blue

So far great. Battery life is great, using several days without recharging. It does not have a touch screen, but not needed for what I do. Quality seems more than adequate. Setup was simple and relatively quick. Quick in general, system loaded and ready to work in less than 20 seconds. I am pleased with the purchase and would recommend it to a friend or love one.

Had this really good looking laptop for a week, very happy with it. Upgraded to Windows 11 Pro (mashable, $15) today (easy). Works perfectly, very fast, brilliant screen, excellent keyboard, added a Logitech wireless mouse (also easy). It was quick and simple to add it to my existing Dell account, their support site says I have a 6-month warranty. I have a 64 Gb Crucial memory kit (B0BLTG7TN6) on the way from Amazon. Will probably upgrade to a 4Tb NVMe next. I'll have this laptop for a long time.

The documentation is very good on Dell's website and everything is replaceable. I've upgraded to 64GB of RAM. The internal 2230 NVMe drive is actually on an adapter/heat spreader in a 2280 slot, so either is fine for upgrade paths. Said adapter has screws on the sides, so don't lose those nor will the adapter/spreader likely fit on another machine if you want to use the original 2230 elsewhere in a 2280 slot. I've also upgraded my storage so I may repurpose the original for my raspberry pi. I was doubtful I'd use the SDcard reader, but it does come in handy. The only downside is that the integrated reader seems to be capped at about 30miB/S in either read or write, even if the card can go faster. Tested on both Windows (with driver installed from dell) and Ubuntu. Fast enough for audio and some video, but definitely not large transfers or games. Filling up a 512gb card with a backup of my files took AGES. I got better performance with a USB SDCard reader. I wish there was a dedicated ethernet port or more USB slots, but removing them seems to be a trend on all laptops this gen except for dedicated gaming laptops. I highly recommend getting a USB-C dock with PD. USB PD specified to 15W but this seems to be for output power. Charging seems to be the same as the dedicated charger when used as a power input with a dock. For games the 780m performs well. Expect the newest titles to run on low/min, but my backlog has a lot of games that run well on medium and high. Good performance when using Proton. Some hiccups occurred on some games when switching desktops, but most got better after a few mesa drivers got released. As for windows: If you re-install, do keep drivers or a USB-ethernet adapter on hand. Windows' generic wifi driver did not work with the installed card, so grab at least that from Dell's website beforehand so you can grab the rest. Microsoft update also pulls graphics drivers that are a bit old, so grab that from AMD as well. Battery lasts a few hours, depending on use-cases or connected USB devices. For the performance, I'd say that is a good trade off, but I keep mine plugged in most of the time unless I am moving between rooms.

Hello. After so many of my attempts to resolve this simple issue, this Dell response is the poorest customer service. It is clear that the Dell agent who responded to my message did not take the time to read my entire message before responding. Like all customers, I want my concerns to be heard and acknowledged. I clearly stated that returning the laptop was not a business option due to the requirement of retaining my original 2024 financial billing. I also can not accept a grey laptop because my business documentation clearly states a "blue" laptop. To maintain accurate financial billing statement, I must have the Midnight Blue laptop that I ordered. Dell should not have advertised on Amazon and sold me a midnight blue laptop if Dell did not possess such a laptop. From my limited legal perspective, that is false advertising. I really do not want to go down the legal path for such a solvable predicament. Dell is a world wide international company, I can not accept that Dell is not able to find a single midnight blue laptop from somewhere in the world to send it to me. This would clear up everything. Please forward my issue to someone else who has better customer service skills. It has been over 3weeks since I ordered a business laptop that I am now unable to use for my business. I would like this issue escalated. Sincerely, Dr. Bryan Taylor

Good value. Very good processing power. Decent battery life for basic tasks like note taking and videos. Probably around 7-9 hours if you turn on the battery saver around half brightness. I use it for engineering and it suits me just fine.

Runs pretty well. Only use it for school and sometimes light gaming on the side.

6mo later - still solid. Love the keyboard; has backlight. Excellent screen display (IPS-like) and being larger than your average 15" is key. Solid performance, but does get loud oddly fast. Very solid construction for its price. Fingerprint scanner works well. Fast wifi. Battery is excellent.

This had everything I was looking for. 1TB, FHD camera w/cover, fingerprint reader, decent RAM, backlit keyboard, several USB 3.2 ports, Wifi 6E/AX. However, first thing I did was upgrade to Win 11 Pro. Once all set up, I realized the wireless was flakey and slow getting data...it frequently throttles to under 100 mbps (though I have the 600 plan). Very consistent using the speed test site. My other laptops consistently stay near 590mbps. Even after many resets and troubleshooting, the Realtek Wifi 6E card is deemed unstable in this laptop. Enough time wasted, so I put in a spare Intel AX210 Wifi 6E card (Intel does support AX on AMD)....wow it's so stable now (btw, my other laptops have this same Intel NIC). Oh, also upgraded to 32GB (2x16gb) Kingston Fury ddr5/5600. Aside from that, this laptop is awesome and fast.