Dell Inspiron 13 5379 [I5358S2NIW-63G]

Performant laptop-transformer

The Dell Inspiron 13 5379 is a 13-inch laptop that transforms into a performant tablet.

It is designed as follows: the screen is attached to the base with a pair of hinges that allow you to rotate the halves of the laptop 360 degrees, turning it into a tablet. The hinges are quite tight, the screen does not dangle or shake.

The body of the laptop is made of plastic and looks strictly and unassumingly. You can't write this down as a definite con, but $1,000 laptops have been taught to look more refined. But for the sake of practicality, the case was made matte, not glossy, so it collects a minimum of fingerprints and dust.

Large touch display

The 13.3-inch IPS display has a resolution of 1920x1080 pixels, which can be considered the golden mean for such a diagonal. The screen is glossy touch and glossy with good contrast, colour reproduction and viewing angles. The sensor supports 10-finger multi-touch and quickly responds to commands. But the margin of brightness is sometimes not enough — indoors it is completely unnoticeable, but on a sunny day on the street, the picture sometimes lacks readability.

8th generation Core i5 processor

Dell was one of the first companies to equip its transformers with eighth-generation Kaby Lake-R processors. Was no exception and Dell Inspiron 13 5379, the heart of which is the Core i5 with operating frequencies of 1.6 GHz — 3.4 GHz. Complementing the picture are 8 GB of DDR4 RAM and a 256 GB SSD drive. The amount of "RAM" can be expanded up to 16 GB using an additional RAM slot, so problems with lack of performance do not threaten this model for at least a couple more years.

Virtually silent

The integrated Intel HD 620 graphics card completes the picture, which allows you to play World of Tanks with an average frame rate of just over thirty per second. However for this you will have to limit yourself to low resolution and medium graphics settings. At such moments, you can hear that the laptop has a cooler. The rest of the time, if the processor is not loaded to the maximum, the laptop works completely silently, and the fan does not even always turn on.

Modern means of communication

On the left side of the laptop are two USB 3.1 ports, an HDMI video output, a combo audio jack, and a power jack. On the right is a USB 2.0 port and a card reader. From wireless communications, Wi-Fi 802.11 and Bluetooth 4.2 modules are provided.

Dell Inspiron 13 5379 is perfect for those who are looking for a compact and performant laptop without unnecessary "frills". And its transformation capabilities can be considered as a bonus, because its price is comparable in level to conventional ultrabooks with identical hardware.