Dell Inspiron 1520

= Hardware =

15.4 inch display @ 1280x800 or 1440x900 or 1680x1050 (1520) Intel Core 2 Duo processors Intel 965PM chipset (ICH8M) Up to 4 GB RAM Intel GMA X3100 or NVIDIA Geforce 8400 GS / 8600M GT Synaptics touchpad hard drive DVD+/-RW or Blue-Ray optical drive Broadcom BCM4401-B0 Fast Ethernet Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG / 4965AGN or Dell Wireless 1390 / 1490 / 1505 wifi Dell Wireless 355 Bluetooth Dell Wireless 5520 HSDPA or Dell Wireless 5720 EVDO card Intel High Definition Audio with Sigmatel STAC9205 codec and built-in microphone USB 2.0 ExpressCard slot Ricoh R5C832 Firewire controller Ricoh R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro adapter Ricoh R5C592 Memory Stick adapter Ricoh xD-Picture Card controller OmniVison webcam

= Order hints / linux compatibility =

When you order this model, some hints on some of the available components:


 * Graphic card:
 * Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100: It offers basic 3D acceleration. There is an opensource drivers integrated into Xorg: xf86-video-i810.
 * NVIDIA Quadro NVS 135M: This is a dedicated graphic card and offers advanced 3D acceleration. There is a proprietary driver available: nvidia-drivers.
 * NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS: This is a dedicated graphic card and offers advanced 3D acceleration. There is a proprietary driver available: nvidia-drivers.
 * WLAN card:
 * Dell Wireless 1390 802.11g: This card is supported by the kernel driver b43.
 * Dell Wireless 1490 802.11a/g: This card is supported by the kernel driver b43.
 * Intel 3945 802.11a/g: This card is supported by the kernel driver iwl3945.
 * Intel 4965 802.11a/g/n: This card is supported by the kernel driver iwl4965.

All other hardware devices are fully supported.

= Hardware Status Overview =

Dell Inspiron 1520