1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:06,640 I'll be the first to admit that I'm usually all about the extreme stuff. If 2 00:00:04,480 --> 00:00:11,599 it's the thinnest notebook in the world, you've got my attention. If it's the 3 00:00:08,720 --> 00:00:15,679 biggest, baddest curved display, you've got my attention. So, why on earth then 4 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:21,920 am I bothering to cover the Dell Inspiron 177000 series, a hyper 5 00:00:20,080 --> 00:00:25,840 mainstream model that bears more resemblance to my wife's compact from 6 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:32,800 college than it does to anything else that I've ever covered on this channel. 7 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:35,160 because it folds up to be a 17in sixlb 8 00:00:32,800 --> 00:00:44,079 tablet. What the 9 00:00:44,079 --> 00:00:50,719 Whoa. Mass Drop is featuring the M220 10 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:53,520 semi-open headphones from AKG, boasting 11 00:00:50,719 --> 00:00:58,000 a pretty steel black and white color theme. Check them out at the link in the 12 00:00:55,760 --> 00:01:04,320 video description. Let's open up with the basics. When I 13 00:01:01,039 --> 00:01:06,960 say the Inspiron 177000 series is 14 00:01:04,320 --> 00:01:13,520 mainstream, I really do mean it. This is a moderately thin 17-in machine with 15 00:01:10,880 --> 00:01:19,920 solid build quality in the $900 to $1,400 price range. Not cheap enough to 16 00:01:16,720 --> 00:01:22,240 be a commodity box made of plastic, but 17 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:27,360 it's not trying to be some kind of mobile workstation powerhouse. So, the 18 00:01:25,520 --> 00:01:32,560 hardware inside is pretty modest, keeping the overall cost fairly low. 19 00:01:29,439 --> 00:01:34,880 It's available with a Core i5 6200U or a 20 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:39,600 Core i76500U. But like I mentioned in the Techquicky 21 00:01:36,799 --> 00:01:46,880 episode about what i3, i5, and i7 actually mean, the 6500U, while an i7, 22 00:01:44,159 --> 00:01:53,280 is actually a dual core hyperthreaded 15watt low power skew, not designed for 23 00:01:50,320 --> 00:01:58,799 more than moderate productivity or light content creation or gaming. Anyway, mine 24 00:01:56,720 --> 00:02:05,759 is the middle-of the road model, rocking the Core i7 processor option, 16 gigs of 25 00:02:01,759 --> 00:02:09,119 DDR4 RAM, a 128 gig SSD with a 1 TB hard 26 00:02:05,759 --> 00:02:11,200 drive for overflow, and a GeForce 940MX 27 00:02:09,119 --> 00:02:16,319 2 gig dedicated graphics card. Something I was pleased to see even on the 28 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:20,720 entry-level model since a DGPU can make a big difference in certain video 29 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:26,160 editing workloads, as I covered in my can you edit 4K video on an Ultrabook 30 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:29,520 video here. In terms of I/IO, on the 31 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:32,800 right is an SD card reader and a Are you 32 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:34,239 for serious right now, Dell? 33 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:41,200 Starting to remember why I don't cover mainstream stuff. A USB 2 port. This I 34 00:02:37,920 --> 00:02:43,760 got to see for Yeah, that's a USB 2 35 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:50,480 port. Damn it, Dell. Anyway, on the left is a headphone microphone jack, a USB 3 36 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:53,280 port, an HDMI 1.4 port, and a USB type-C 37 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:57,680 port that'll handle USB and DisplayPort duties. and you can actually charge the 38 00:02:55,120 --> 00:03:01,760 laptop with it. So, that's kind of cool, I guess. Even if the IO isn't 39 00:02:59,920 --> 00:03:06,239 impressive, at least I can find some comfort in the solid construction. Good 40 00:03:04,239 --> 00:03:09,920 build quality actually doesn't really surprise me anymore since everything 41 00:03:08,159 --> 00:03:14,720 Dell has shipped me since they took the company private again has been very 42 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:20,080 solid for the price. And the Inspiron 177000 continues this trend. The palm 43 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:24,319 rests don't really flex unless you put a lot of pressure on them. The speakers 44 00:03:22,159 --> 00:03:28,239 are surprisingly good for bottom-mounted ones and don't suffer from that sounds 45 00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:32,959 like it's coming from behind you thing that I've experienced before. And the 46 00:03:30,239 --> 00:03:36,720 webcam is a solid pretty good. Though, if I was using this regularly for video 47 00:03:34,959 --> 00:03:42,720 conferencing, I would probably wish for a better microphone. Moving on to the 48 00:03:40,159 --> 00:03:47,599 experiential things. The keyboard is a little spongy, but it's quiet and didn't 49 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:51,519 slow me down too much with a basically bog standard layout and the number pad 50 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:55,519 being one of the nicest things about carrying around something this size. 51 00:03:53,599 --> 00:03:59,599 Side note, I'm glad keyboard backlights are standard now. The touchpad tracks 52 00:03:57,599 --> 00:04:04,560 well and is thankfully an appropriate size for the 17inch 1080p IPS 53 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:09,519 touchscreen display. Another huge improvement over the displays of 54 00:04:06,239 --> 00:04:11,680 mainstream notebooks of your and I 55 00:04:09,519 --> 00:04:16,880 hadn't really used Windows Hello much, but the facial recognition from the 56 00:04:13,599 --> 00:04:19,840 integrated IR camera is really, really 57 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:24,080 fast, even in pretty poor conditions. Though, I haven't experimented much with 58 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:30,160 having other people try to break through it, so your mileage may vary. Let's talk 59 00:04:27,280 --> 00:04:35,680 about the killer app now, though. The laptop by day, tablet by night, twoin- 60 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:52,960 one conversion that can be done with a quick backflip of the LCD panel. 61 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:58,479 Honestly, whether it was watching 62 00:04:56,000 --> 00:05:03,520 movies, playing casual touchscreen games, or 63 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:08,880 what else do people even do on tablets? I really wasn't sold on this feature. 64 00:05:06,320 --> 00:05:13,919 Dell's promotional images are all focused on touchscreen DJing 65 00:05:11,280 --> 00:05:19,680 applications and people enjoying concerts. So, I guess there's a market 66 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:25,280 there that they're going to go in and corner. But from an average user's 67 00:05:21,919 --> 00:05:27,680 perspective, the weight, something Dell 68 00:05:25,280 --> 00:05:32,800 either forgot or conveniently omitted from the product page and size end up 69 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:38,720 being more of a hindrance than a help for the Inspiron 177000 in this 70 00:05:35,840 --> 00:05:43,360 operating mode. But that's okay as long as the tablet mode doesn't hurt the way 71 00:05:40,880 --> 00:05:49,919 it functions as a normal laptop. So, does it? In a couple ways, maybe, but 72 00:05:45,840 --> 00:05:53,440 not much. The display is a bit heavier, 73 00:05:49,919 --> 00:05:55,600 making actual laptop operation less 74 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:59,360 feasible since it's poorly balanced and will easily fall off your knees if you 75 00:05:57,039 --> 00:06:05,600 move around too much. And my guess is that the 360° hinge is the reason that 76 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:07,520 it can't be lifted with one finger. But 77 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:10,560 that's about it. Screen wobble, which some of you are probably noticing when I 78 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:15,360 bang on this table, is almost entirely due to this table being unstable. It's 79 00:06:12,319 --> 00:06:18,000 not a laptop issue. So then if I was to 80 00:06:15,360 --> 00:06:22,160 completely ignore the twoin oneness, there's a lot to like here. Battery life 81 00:06:19,840 --> 00:06:25,520 is really solid. Thermals are a strong point with the aluminum chassis 82 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:29,600 remaining at much lower temperatures than I'm accustomed to with all the 83 00:06:27,520 --> 00:06:34,240 gaming laptops that come through here, even while under heavy CPU load. And on 84 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:38,319 that note, the dedicated GPU doesn't cause overheating either, even when it's 85 00:06:36,080 --> 00:06:43,280 working hard at the latest casual games like Lego Batman 2, making this machine 86 00:06:41,199 --> 00:06:48,000 suitable for keeping the kids busy, as long as they don't expect to be playing 87 00:06:44,639 --> 00:06:49,680 the latest AAA titles at 4K or whatever. 88 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:55,600 This is what Tomb Raider looks like, by the way, at 720p, all lowest details. 89 00:06:53,520 --> 00:07:00,560 Not pretty, especially at less than 30 FPS. So, that's the bottom line here, 90 00:06:58,080 --> 00:07:04,000 then. If you can forgive the weight, something folks who desire a 17-inch 91 00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:08,720 laptop are probably going to have to deal with one way or the other, the 92 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:13,199 Inspiron 177000 gets a solid recommendation, even if I personally 93 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:18,160 think the tablet mode contributes nothing to the experience. And beyond 94 00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:22,639 that, made me feel kind of ridiculous while using it. Every time I do one of 95 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:26,000 these spots for Blue Apron, it kind of annoys me because they're not available 96 00:07:24,479 --> 00:07:29,199 in Canada yet, and I have heard absolutely rave reviews about the 97 00:07:27,599 --> 00:07:34,000 service. It's really cool. So, Blue Apron allows you to create delicious 98 00:07:31,280 --> 00:07:37,599 chef-designed recipes at home. 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