DELL STUDIO 15 REVIEW

Studio 15 – Right out of the studios of DELL

Until now, Dell has proffered 2 laptop series for personal customers. On one hand were the Inspiron notebooks, chiefly intended for the price conscious newcomer, and on the other the XPS series, well-known for its presentation and slick intend. The new-fangled Studio line bridges the gap connecting the existing variants, orienting itself towards the design alert multimedia user.

Design
Even at 1st sight, the resemblance between a Dell Studio 15 and a Dell XPS M1330 or even an XPS M1530 is apparent. The chief marker of this is the artistically distinguishing hinge design, by which the concluding mechanism is fixed firmly to the unit's edges, building the exhibit fold back at the rear the base unit upon opportunity. Aside from its fascinating manifestation, this arrangement makes both hinges astonishingly muscular, due to their superior dimensions.

Performance
Like virtually all of Dell's laptops, the Studio 15 has a complete range of apparatus configurations to prefer from depending on craving and wallet size. Aside from those constituents configurable in the web shop, there is frequently also further substitute gear accessible through more straight communication with Dell. This chiefly applies to changes in hard disk arrangement, which can only be prearranged via phone order.

Our test replica came planted with the tried and true Santa Rosa podium with an Intel 965 Express chipset. This signifies any CPU from the Intel Penryn array with an FSB of up to 800MHz can be utilized. presently, Dell's online offering from this series spans from the T5550 CPU with 1.83 GHz, 2MB L2-Cache and 667MHz FSB, up to the mainly influential CPU presently accessible in this range, the T9300 (2.5 GHz, 6MB L2-Cache, 800 MHz FSB).

The test system we established was en suite with an Intel T8300 processor with a clock speed of 2.3 GHz, 3MB L2-Cache and 800 MHz FSB. Specified its price and presentation, another high-quality choice would have been the T9300 CPU at an added cost of 100 Euro. In its fundamental configuration, the Dell Studio 15 comes with a 6-cell Lithium Ion battery with a capability of 56Wh. Depending on exercise, the Studio 15's battery life can be described as somewhere between quite adequate and to some extent too short.

Overall
The Dell Studio is a motivating mechanism for the price conscious multimedia tenderfoot who places significance on a pleasingly intended case and a high-quality flaunt. Anticipations should not be set too high in terms of 3D graphics presentation however as the present variant's resources in this esteem are pretty limited, when evaluated to other sculpts presently accessible. For those with higher graphical aspirations would possibly feel more at home with one of the XPS series.

Pros
+ Tailored housing intend possible.
+ Forceful and solid framework.
+ Wide-ranging range of marginal connectivity.
+ Blu-Ray accessible.
+ Gigabit LAN, UMTS voluntary.
+ Contented input devices.

Cons
- Positioning of associations.
- Only displays with insightful surface accessible.
- Judicious multimedia presentation.
- Restrained sound output.

Value For Money

Our Rating