DELL STUDIO 17 REVIEW

Dell launches a classy outfit in Studio 17

Preceding year Dell to conclude realized that customers don't desire another anonymous, faceless black and gray notebook that gets gone astray in the crowd. Today's mobile cohort needs laptops that are as exclusive and fashionable as feasible. The result was the astonishingly nice-looking and astoundingly accepted 13.3" XPS M1330 and the 15.4" Dell XPS M1530. Taking things one step advanced, Dell revealed the extremely customizable Studio 17 laptops.

Design
The 1st time you witness at the Studio 17 it's as if Dell added a small number of inches to the XPS M1530, cut out the brushed aluminum components, and presented a few more ways to tailor the look. The end effect is a remarkable looking desktop replacement notebook. I use the expression "desktop replacement" for the reason that the majority of the people in the market for a 17-inch laptop aren't planning to lug their laptop everywhere and utilize it during customary airline travel.

Performance
At the conclusion of the day the most significant components of a notebook are the internal parts that do all the necessary work. Our review component came planted with the Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 process (2.5GHz) which proffers outstanding performance in terms of integer crunching and video encoding. The 3GB of structure RAM is sufficient to satisfy Vista and still offer enough RAM for most requirements. The 320GB Toshiba hard disk drive (HDD) in our assessment unit is a 5400rpm drive with high-quality performance but it's meritorious mentioning that you can endow the Studio 17 with a 2nd HDD for additional storage and presentation.

The ATI Radeon HD 3650 devoted graphics accelerator card gives adequate power for standard gaming or 3D graphics work, but it would have been pleasant if Dell presented added devoted graphics options.

Conclusion
All things said and done, the Dell Studio 17 is the most striking 17-inch consumer laptop we've witnessed so far this year. The construct quality, choice of customizable variants, expandability, approach, and cost make this an exceptional choice if you're in the marketplace for a 17-inch laptop. Still, we would have preferred to observe more graphics card variants than just the incorporated Intel X3100 and devoted ATI Radeon HD 3650.

Pros
+ Gorgeous design
+ Solid assortment of obtainable configurations
+ Levelheaded battery life
+ Pleasant keyboard, touchpad and media buttons
+ Great constituent arrangement
+ Dell Dock is a pleasant attribute
+ Good assessment for the price

Cons
- No screw posts for VGA wire and no docking station connecting option
- No alternative for enhanced graphics than ATI Radeon HD 3650

Value For Money

Our Rating