The Dell 15″ Laptop with Core i7, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD is on sale for $749.99 right now, which is $220 off the usual price. If you have been putting off a laptop upgrade, this checks a lot of boxes without getting into gaming-laptop money. You get a 13th Gen Intel Core i7-1355U with 10 cores that can go up to 5.0 GHz, so you can run a bunch of browser tabs, office work, light photo editing, and streaming at the same time without the system choking. Paired with 16GB of DDR4 memory, you will be able to keep apps open all day without that laggy feeling you get on lower-end machines with 8GB. For day-to-day work, school, or home use, this setup feels fast and stays that way longer.
Storage is also set up in a way that will make your life easier. You get a 1TB PCIe NVMe solid state drive, which means fast boot times, quick app launches, and a lot of room for photos, videos, games, and work files. You will not have to babysit your storage space quite as much or juggle an external drive the second you install a few big programs. The 15.6″ full HD screen with a 120Hz refresh rate and IPS wide viewing angles gives you a smooth picture for scrolling, video, and casual gaming. The panel is anti-glare and rated at 250 nits, so it is fine for indoor use, and the high refresh rate makes basic tasks like moving windows and scrolling look cleaner than on a standard 60Hz laptop.
For day-to-day comfort, there are a few things that stand out. You get an English US backlit keyboard, which is nice if you work at night or in dim rooms. The precision touchpad makes the cursor feel more steady and accurate, which sounds small but matters when you use the laptop for long stretches. The chassis comes in Platinum Silver aluminum in this setup, which feels more solid than plain plastic and looks a bit more grown-up for work or class. The palmrest has a fingerprint reader, so you can log in with a touch instead of typing your password every single time. You also get Wi‑Fi 6 and Bluetooth, so your wireless connection and accessories stay stable with newer routers and devices.
Port selection is solid for a thin 15″ system. You have two USB Type-A ports, so your mouse, keyboard, or flash drives are covered. There are two USB-C ports, including one that supports DisplayPort 1.4 and power delivery on the aluminum chassis model, so you can hook up an external display and charge through the same port if you want to run a cleaner desk setup. An HDMI 1.4 port lets you plug into most TVs and monitors with a basic HDMI cable, and the SD card slot is nice if you move photos or video from a camera. The laptop has a universal audio jack for wired headsets, plus two tuned speakers for video calls and streaming. You get Windows 11 Home out of the box, a 30-day Microsoft 365 trial, and a 30-day McAfee+ Premium trial, so you can get up and running with office apps and security right away. There is also a year of basic onsite hardware support after remote diagnosis, which is helpful peace of mind if this is your main machine. At $749.99 with these specs, you are getting a lot of power and storage for the price, and you probably will not feel the need to upgrade again anytime soon.
