Display and Design
The Dell Inspiron 15 3542 features a 15.6-inch HD LED Backlit display screen with a resolution of 1,366 x 768 pixels. The display is sharp and bright, and renders good graphics. With the dimensions of 381 x 267 x 26.6 mm and weighing only 2.1 kg, the Dell Inspiron 15 3542 maintains a good balance between usability and portability. It's a sleek and lightweight device, wrapped around a part plastic-part aluminium body.
Processor and OS
The Dell Inspiron 15 3542 laptop depends on the power of a 1.7GHz Intel Pentium dual-core 4th Gen processor, which is combined with 4GB of DDR3 RAM. For a better effecting of graphics, the machine is provided with Intel integrated graphics. The works pretty well handling your day-to-day computing requirements seamlessly. It comes with Window 8.1 OS out of the box.
Camera, Storage, and Multimedia
The Dell Inspiron 15 3542 is equipped with 1.0MP webcam to facilitate video chatting, and can capture 720p HD videos. For storage, it has a SATA hard disk drive of 500GB. Music lovers will also be pleased with two inbuilt stereo Speakers, with HD Audio Solutions. The DVD-RW optical drive with tray-load support is an additional benefit. Touchpad with multi-touch gesture support is also supplied with this machine.
Connectivity and Battery
For connectivity, this laptop supports Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 1 x USB (2.0), 1 x USB (3.0), HDMI port and Multimedia card slot. A 4-cell Li-Polymer battery claiming a back-up of 3 hours fuels the machine.