Dell Inspiron 1525

The Inspiron 1525 is an entry-level laptop designed to include most of the features required for everyday home and business use. The design represents an evolution and slimming-down of the 1520 series laptop, which was criticised as being too bulky. In the USA, Dell are offering the laptop with Ubuntu pre installed, therefore it should be a breeze to set up as an Ubuntu workstation. The 1525 is generally praised for presenting good value, including features such as HDMI-out or optional 7200rpm HD that one would expect in more expensive multimedia laptops, while the integrated Intel X3100 graphics solution is seen as a weakness, meaning the users of this laptop won't be spending too much time playing 3d games! Dell does not offer an optional dedicated graphics card with this laptop.

Manufacturer site: http://www1.ap.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/inspnnb_1525?c=nz&cs=nzdhs1&l=en&s=dhs

Reviews

• http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Dell-Inspiron-1525-Notebook.8005.0.html

Ubuntu on Inspiron

• http://linux.dell.com/wiki/index.php/Ubuntu_8.04 The Dell Linux Wiki
• http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=256 General Ubuntu and Dell forum
• http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=665242 Help with Ubuntu and 1525

Modem problem on 64-bit

• Download driver config utility from: http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/hsf/downloads-installer.php

sudo sh cnxtinstall.run