The dell inspiron 1525 rocks. It is a nice value for money product, I had bought it a year ago and I really like it.
The only problem with dell is that they have a very poor service in India esp. when the product is more than a year old as we have to then buy a warranty pack worth thousands as if they are doing some great work by giving service to their own product and then they even claim it to be the best.
But else, it is a nice product to try that too available at a meagre cost compared to other laptops with the same configuration. I would definitely recommend it to any of my friends. Another thing I liked about dell was the configuration that they provide at such a low cost.
One more problem with dell is that it has authorised distributor only in Bangalore in India and therefore if u need to purchase it, either do it from retailers who charge a lot or directly through dell in Bangalore which charges 1000 Rs more for delivery.