Dell Vostro 15 3546 review
Dell Vostro 15 3546 — 2.2 kg, performance 0.
Technical specifications
| Type | Business |
| Screen | 15.6" · 1366x768 |
| Max. RAM | 4 GB |
| Weight | 2.2 kg |
| Battery | 40 Wh |
Performance scores
Vostro 15 3546: the early-2010s budget body with a floor sheet
The Vostro 15 3546 is an early-2010s 15-inch budget business machine, and its record reads at the tier's floor: a 4 GB pool, office index of 1.1, performance of 0.37 — the same numbers the D-series classics carry in this batch. Between those eras the badge changed more than the data did.
Where it holds up
No axis clears the low band decisively enough to be claimed as a strength. Portability reads 34, low band but ahead of the Vostro 1015's 20 in the same tier here, and the 15-inch-class body remains the machine's practical identity — the budget big-screen for offices that bought on footprint. The 4 GB row is period-standard, marking a unit configured for its era's office suite.
Where it falls short
Graphics is the flagged weakness at zero — a coverage gap rather than a measured zero. Overall performance reads 0.37 with the office index at 1.1, both at the measurement floor; every task axis sits on the low-band floor constants (gaming 19, modeling 12, engineering CAD 19, photo work 13), and the composite score of 3 against a business-class median of 49 is the batch's floor tier. The 3546 generation was an incremental step over the 1015, and the data preserves exactly that increment — a few points of portability and nothing else.
Practically: no modern workload claim is supportable from this sheet.
Price and depreciation
No listing price is recorded for this configuration and no depreciation curve is modeled — there is no resale math to quote and no dollar projection to weigh.
Alternatives to consider
The Vostro 3549 in this batch is the direct successor (8 GB, office 4.8, portability 28.6 — trading carry for memory); the 3568 level again (office 4.8, portability 31.3). For the budget big-screen brief with actual receipts, the HP 250 G1 ($191, three green minimum game flags) in this batch is the priced redirect.
Bottom line
Fairly priced for the class, the Vostro 15 3546 is the budget big-screen at the data floor: low-band portability, unmeasured graphics and floor-level compute — a footprint purchase from an era the indices have closed the book on.
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graphics performance absent (no data or feature not provided).
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overall performance is lower than typical business class (+99.1%) (low tier).
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composite score is lower than typical business class (+93.9%).
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⚙️ Configuration analysis
Top configuration is built for office apps, web browsing, and basic daily tasks.
🤔 How to choose
Universal advice for any use case.
- Reliability vs price: reliability (median 42.5) ↔ price (median 297.4).
- Weight vs CPU: mobility (median 60) ↔ overall performance (median 41.5).
- Upgradeability vs battery: upgradability (median 62.5) ↔ battery life (median 3.3).
Vostro 15 3546: verdict
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