- Conclusion Get the lowdown
- Features How they compare
- Performance Real world benchmarks
- Differences Technical showdown
- Reviews Word on the street
- Competition Others to consider
- Discussion Answers and opinions
Compare with...
- Apple MacBook Air 4th Gen
- Sony VAIO E Series
- HP Pavilion dv6
- Dell Inspiron 15R
- Dell XPS 15 (L502x)
- 15.6"
- 2.3 GHz Dual core
- 6 GB
- 750 GB HDD
Released June, 2011
Rated 80% by by sid (Feb, 2012)Z570 build quality is very good, although its weight is slightly on the heavier side, keyboard is not flimsy like other laptop brands and touchpad is nice and smooth to use, startup is fast (intel core i7, 6gb RAM) and EE 2.0 makes it easy to optimize the startup speed.
- 15.6"
- 2.2 GHz Single core
- 6 GB
- 640 GB HDD
Released October, 2010
by LaptopMag (Jul, 2009)The display’s 1366 x 768 resolution is standard for this screen size.
Conclusion Which is better for you?
Features Key features of the Lenovo IdeaPad Z Series Z570 compared to the Dell Inspiron 15
GHz2.3
Rated 100% by by flutehero (Sep, 2011)If you're looking for portability, battery life, fast processor, amazing display and great speakers, THIS is the computer to get!
2.2 GHz
by LaptopMag (Jun, 2011)Unlike other Dells we've seen recently-such as the Inspiron 17R and the XPS 15z-the Inspiron 15 trades the hinge-on-the-deck design for a dropped hinge design, which we prefer.
screen size
15.6"
15.6"
IdeaPad Z Series Z570 by Joey (Aug, 2011)The screen quality is very crispy, and big enough for you to enjoy movies on.
screen resolution
IdeaPad Z Series Z570 by amznfan (Aug, 2011)My last laptop had the same screen resolution but was crystal clear and I couldn't see the pixels like I do with this laptop.
Inspiron 15 by LaptopMag (Jul, 2009)Like many consumer notebooks we’ve reviewed in the past 12 months, the Inspiron 15 has a wide, 16:9 display, whose extra pixels make it ideal for multitasking, as well as for watching movies (for the record: a 16:10 display would have been fine, too).
cpu speed
| 0 GHz | 2.3 GHz | 3 GHz |
IdeaPad Z Series Z570 by porterThe other funny thing besides it saying it has turbo boost , which I can't find any info anywhere for an i3, is that it was suppose to come in silver.
Inspiron 15 by LaptopMag (Jun, 2011)Compared to other mainstream notebooks, the 2.3-GHz AMD Athlon II P360 processor inside the Inspiron 15 M5030 didn't blow us away, but it's fine for getting online and completing productivity chores.
processor
IdeaPad Z Series Z570 by Ricardo-J.-Oliveros--JAVIMEJ (Oct, 2011)Now if a real UPDATE: a. - I52430M second generation processor, it really is good, but it just does.
Inspiron 15 by J.-Hernandez (Sep, 2011)It's single core low powered Intel Atom processor is hyper-threaded, but that's not saying much these days.
memory
| 0 GB | 6 GB | 6 GB |
IdeaPad Z Series Z570 by Arnold-Law (Sep, 2011)It's also got a lot of space, 750GB and the RAM can easily be upgraded with $50 to 8GB with the Corsair chip mentioned in one of the previous reviews in less than 10 minutes.
Inspiron 15 by Gordon-Abbot--Gordon (Feb, 2011)My guess is 2 gig ram might help for more seamless video on the White Collar site, but I see no real need for additional ram at this point.
Performance Real world tests of Lenovo IdeaPad Z Series Z570 vs Dell Inspiron 15
Differences What are the advantages of each
Advantages compared to the Dell Inspiron 15
| Has a Blu-Ray reader | Yes | vs | No |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somewhat common; watch high-definition movies on Blu-Ray discs | |||
| Marginally newer | Jun, 2011 | vs | Oct, 2010 |
| Release date 8 months later | |||
| More cores | Dual core | vs | Single core |
| Twice as many cores; run more applications at once | |||
| More storage capacity | 750 GB | vs | 640 GB |
| Around 20% more storage capacity | |||
Advantages compared to the Lenovo IdeaPad Z Series Z570
Sortable is not aware of any important advantages of the Dell Inspiron 15 vs the Lenovo IdeaPad Z Series Z570.
Reviews Word on the street
Lenovo IdeaPad Z Series Z570 | Dell Inspiron 15 | ||
 |   Rated by 55 users at amazon.com Rated 80% by by GSD-Guy (Oct, 2011) Rated 100% by by Warren-Sproul (Sep, 2011) Rated 80% by by amznfan (Aug, 2011) | Rated by 200 users at amazon.com Rated 80% by by Luke--USMC (Jan, 2011) Rated 60% by by A.-Ebel--gccradioscience (Dec, 2010) | |
|---|---|---|---|
Competition What else you should consider
 | 1 | Apple MacBook Air 4th Gen Really fast internal storage |
 | 2 | Sony VAIO E Series 2-way tie: Has a memory card reader |
 | 3 | HP Pavilion dv6 Newest on the market |
 | 4 | Dell Inspiron 15R 2-way tie: Has a memory card reader |
 | 8 | HP dv6-6180us 2-way tie: Good CPU benchmark score |
