
The average premium laptop illuminates to 320 nits. At just 243 nits, the Inspiron's screen is considerably dimmer than the displays on the Spectre x360 (340 nits), ZenBook Flip 14 (274 nits) and XPS 15 2-in-1 (387 nits). It's a shame that the potential of this rich panel is stunted by a low maximum brightness. As expected, the more-premium (and pricier) XPS 15 2-in-1 (160 percent) has an even more vivid panel.

The Inspiron also beat the premium laptop average (116 percent). I had no issues using the touch screen to navigate the web or doodle a primitive drawing in Paint 3D.Īccording to our colorimeter, the Inspiron 15 7000's display reproduces 122 percent of the sRGB color gamut, making this screen more colorful than those on the Spectre x360 (119 percent) and the ZenBook Flip 14 (115 percent). White balance was a tad warm on this display when I visited some of my favorite websites, but saturated colors and crisp text made internet browsing a joy. The 15.6-inch, 4K touch-screen display is exceptionally sharp and vibrant, though I wish it were brighter. When Black Manta makes his brief appearance in the trailer, the supervillain's blood red eyes burst with rage against his matte-black shell. The tattoos covering Jason Momoa's hulking body were easily discernible, and I could see every notch in an elaborate ancient cipher. Packed to the bezels with pixels, this crisp display didn't leave out a single detail when I watched the trailer for the upcoming DC Comics film Aquaman. The Inspi2-in-1 has fewer ports than most 15-inch laptops, but there is a decent variety that will meet most use cases. Of course, the 14-inch Asus ZenBook Flip 14 (12.9 x 8.9 x 0.5 inches, 3.3 pounds) is the smallest and lightest of the bunch. The Dell XPS 15 2-in-1 (13.9 x 9.2 x 0.6 inches, 4.4 pounds) is thinner and lighter than the Inspiron 15 7000, but not by much. In fact, the 15-inch HP Spectre x360 (14.1 x 9.8 x 0.8 inches, 4.6 pounds) has an even larger footprint and weighs more than the Inspiron. This is an Inspiron laptop?' I said with a satisfied smirk when I first opened up the Inspi2-in-1.Īt 14.2 x 9.5 x 0.7 inches and 4.5 pounds, the Inspi2-in-1 isn't much larger than some of the most compact 15.6-inch convertibles. While such a display is a fairly common feature at this point, the thin bezels on the Inspido wonders for the 4K screen, appropriately shining a spotlight on the centerpiece of this laptop. It's nice to see this Inspiron laptop adopt the edge-to-edge display made famous by Dell's very own XPS products.
