The Dell Inspiron 15z has a great, slim design for a budget-minded 15-inch touch laptop, and even includes an optical drive. This product also offers the unique experience that gives that cool satisfaction for work and play.
It's at the top end of the budget
category, and for the same money, there are more-upscale systems available. Low
screen resolution looks cartoonish.
Dell's Inspiron line continues to
look sharper than its budget reputation would suggest. The new touch-enabled
version of the 15z works as a reasonably priced Windows 8 laptop with a big
screen and an optical drive.
The
majority of touch-screen Windows 8 laptops seen during the first wave of new
hardware for this new operating system have had screens on the small side.
There have been plenty of 13-inch laptops and hybrids, and several 11-inch or
smaller tablets. What we have not seen as much of is the traditional midsize
laptop. 
Dell
takes a stab at combining touch with Windows 8 and a larger screen in the
Inspiron 15z. The "z" designation means this is part of the higher
end of Dell's lower-end laptop line (if you can follow that logic). The
affordable Inspiron series tacks on the "z" to designs that are
slightly thinner and sleeker, while not rising to the level of the more
Both the Inspiron z and, to a lesser extent, the
regular Inspiron line have made great strides in design in the most recent
generation. Laptops such as the Inspiron 14z, despite an occasional hint of
plastic construction, look and feel like more-expensive laptops, and certainly
much better than the thick, clunky Inspirons of just a couple of years ago.
The configuration of the 15z we reviewed costs $899,
and includes an Intel Core i5 processor, a 500GB, 5,400rpm hard drive with a
32GB solid-state drive (SSD), and 6GB of RAM. Less expensive versions are
available, but they lack the touch screen, making them less suitable for the
tricky Windows 8 interface.
To be fair, for $899 or a little more there are a lot
of excellent options, although fewer for touch-enabled 15-inch laptops. Only
the low screen resolution, stuck at 1,366x768 pixels, keeps this from being an
excellent go-to recommendation for anyone needing a midsize touch laptop.
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