It’s a laptop! It’s a tablet! It’s… both! (But mostly it’s a laptop) Just note that if you buy a model with a hard drive, it will likely have slower read/write speeds and may have shorter battery life than the model featured in this review Dell does plan to offer models with solid state drives again in the future… but not until the InspiSeries special edition is updated from Broadwell to Skylake chips. Or you could save some money and buy a refurbished version of the model featured in this review for around $829. Dell’s service manual shows that both the storage and memory are user replaceable.
Sadly Dell discontinued this particular model when making the switch from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10: You can’t buy a new model with an SSD anymore, although you could buy a model with a 2.5 inch hard drive and replaces it with a faster SSD. On the other hand, if you’re primarily interested in using the computer as a tablet, you’d probably best look elsewhere unless you relish the idea of using a 13.3 inch, 3.9 pound tablet with mediocre battery life.ĭell loaned me $999 model with a Core i7 Broadwell processor, Windows 8.1, 8GB of RAM, and a 256GB solid state drive to review. And after using the computer for a few weeks, I’m pretty confident in saying that its battery life rarely comes anywhere close to the 9 hours of run time that Dell promises.īut if you’re looking for a powerful notebook that can occasionally serve double duty as a tablet, there’s still a lot to like about the Dell InspiSeries Special Edition. There are certainly cheaper notebooks on the market, or more portable tablets. What’s so special about this version? It features a 1920 x 1080 pixel display, an aluminum case, and a backlit keyboard, among other things. Want something a little more powerful? Dell also offers an Inspiron 13 700 Series 2-in-1 Special Edition for $750 and up at and Best Buy. Prices for the InspiSeries 2-in-1 start at $500 for a model with an Intel Pentium processor and a 1366 x 768 pixel display.
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