Looks like Dell has accidentally spilled out details of the Inspiron 1545 laptop via the support pages of their website. The new notebook is a considerably updated version of the Inspiron 1525 and 1526 with a tad larger screen, a powerful processor, a new chipset, and a Blu-Ray drive.

Full specifications include a 15.6-inch widescreen display, a Core 2 Duo processor onboard with a maximum clock speed of 2.53 Mhz, an Intel Cantiga GM45 chipset, a 4GB RAM (DDR2 800MHz), and Intel GMA handling the graphics department. There's also an optional Blu-Ray burner, Wi-Fi, 3 USB/1 VGA ports, an Express Card slot, Bluetooth 2.0 +EDR, LAN, a 1.3 megapixel webcam, and an 8-in-1 card reader. Windows Vista or Ubuntu Linux are the OS options.

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Dell Inspiron 1545

 In these financially troubled times, the budget sector is more important than ever. Considering it's a notebook from the world's third-largest PC manufacturer, Dell's Inspiron 1545 (also known as the Inspiron 15) has a lot to live up to, especially since the last Inspiron we had through our labs, the Inspiron 1525, walked away with our coveted Recommended Award. Let's find out if the 1545 is worthy of similar praise.

As with many new budget notebooks, Dell's latest is available in a few different colours if purchased direct. Matte Black is standard, but for an extra £29.99 you can choose Microsatin Blue, Red or Pacific High-Gloss Blue lids. Not exactly much choice, especially given Dell's usually prolific customisation options, but any choice is better than none. Our particular model, available from PC World for £429.99, came with a blue 'high-gloss' lid. While not quite as bad as piano black at showing fingerprints, it will still require regular attention and there is no cloth provided for this.