Dell Studio XPS 1340/1640 now available for purchase on Dell's site !!!

Nobody received them yet. Try again in a week or two.

 

i dont think anyone has received one yet. I believe that some1 in this forum will be receiving theirs sometime this week. I cant Wait for their "positive" review, for my own sanity

 

wow, that's crazy, I thought so, just needed to confirm, I was told that mine won't be shipped till early Feb LOL crazy demand!

 

Don't really understand why people are saying that the 1640 is not a gaming laptop, with my below spec's, it should play anything at maxed settings, even with the 3670 512 video.

My 512MB NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M on the 900K did.

I maxed it out

XPS 1640, Intel Core 2 Duo P9600 (2.8GHz/1066Mhz FSB/6M L2 Cache)
Obsidian Black High Gloss Finish with Leather XPS 1640
8GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz 2 Dimm forXPS 1640
16.0 inch Wide Screen 16:9 1080p FullHD RGBLED LCD W/2.0 MP, XPS 1640
ATI Mobility RADEON M86XT - 512MB
320GB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive
Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 Ultimate 64-bit Edition English

 

Ya, I am one of the people in the Boxing stage for my Studio XPS 16 order and should be receiving it later this week. I had a ship date of Jan 29th if it matters to anyone.

 

Man I can't wait to see some youtube videos, see this baby in action

 

just remember vishank, that you have a duty to review this baby as soon as the fedex guy knocks on your door! no ifs,buts, or whys.......just do it soldier youtube would be cool 2 if ya feel up to it!

 

I hope someone who receives this baby soon, will install Windows 7 and report back asap

 

If its not rude, may I ask what you spent on that beast? That should easily be close to $3000 correct?

 

$3,586.75

I'm thinking about cancelling the order and get a maxed out Alienware M17

 

I'm seriously checking out the 1640 but seem to be stuck in the same boat as a few people - I want a mid level screen resolution! Has anyone who has chatted up the Dell reps asked whether a 1600X900 screen is in the pipeline? And if so when?

 

That is one of the first things I plan on doing I just cannot go back to Vista after using Win7 for the past couple of months.

 

I agree, for that price that you can get one heck of an alienware laptop.

 

That will be tough since I do not have a digital camera or a video camera. But, I will try and see if I can borrow one. I can't guarantee it though.

 

4.85 lbs is a little heavy for the xps 1340, does everybody think so?

 

Not for me, though I am used to carrying around a chunky 15.4 inch lappy, so anything is lighter than what I have now (except a 17in desktop replacement that is... ) I am seriously looking forward to when they start adding more customization options to the 1640 and the 1340.

I am in the market for a new laptop, but was planning on waiting till Windows 7 came out and maybe the mobile i7 chips to increase the power of a laptop I want to buy. Though I doubt Dell will be in any rush to put either of these on a laptop when they are released though.

 

That would be cool I'd like to see some feedback on that.


Cin

 

you can get a much better gaming laptop for $3500.
i consider you will be using it for games as you got a maxed out one, right?

why not get a 17" alienware, m1730(wait for revise?, if thrs one), sager, gateway. and you could get it cheaper. i mean they iinclude dual 3870's and dual 9800gt's which are. they get 14000ish on 3dmark compared to 4000-5000.

 

Mine was like $1414ish or something, before tax and shipping, and that was with Blu Ray and a 2.53ghz/6MB CPU.

I mean I wish the GPU was a lot better. I'd pay hundreds more gladly for a 9800 class thing, or even a 9700GTS.

I didn't get an extra warranty though, as I sort of don't trust Dell anymore to honor it, and I guess I'll just hope for the best.

 

one thing i wanna add no offense to people who bought the studio xps...i really hate the leather part on the top cover...i wish later on they would add more options maybe like a black satin finish or metal brushed finished...what do you guys think?

 

I honestly don't mind the Leather on the back. Won't wear any worse then plastic in my opinion. Plus as the rest of the lappy appears to be a fingerprint magnet, gives a place to hang onto without going all CSI on it with prints.

Could have done without it, but that it is there, doesn't bother me.

Plus, it goes with my Leather Chapps

 

Anyone ordering 1340 as a desktop replacement laptop? I mean plugging it into external display and doing some 1024x800 High Settings gaming ? I mean I have M860TU with 9800GTS which is really powerful however I realized I don't do as much PC gaming anymore (more 360, PS3). I just want to have portable powerful system (1340 packs powerful CPU and RAM as well as OK GPU) where I could still do some COD4 and similar system hungry games . Anyone with the same point of view?

 

I asked a Dell rep a couple of days ago and he said yes. I asked him when & he said he doesn't exactly know, but it would be in the "coming weeks". Now that could be next month or May. It makes sense that Dell would eventually offer screen resolutions that Sony & HP offer on their own 16" models. I also asked about the Blu-ray writer & 9-cell battery and he said "same story as the screen".

I wasn't thinking of asking about a matte screen option, but according to plasma, a matte option is available on Dell's Australian site. He thought it was a mistake. Maybe not...

 

I am supposed to have my 1640 by tuesday if that helps anybody.

 

When did you put your order in?

 

Thats more than 2x the weight of my 11.1 inch VAIO TZ... although, its aimed at a different market and not remotely as powerful.

 

I will be ordering 1340 as a desktop replacement that I plan to connect to an external monitor. But i'm buying it for work, not gaming, it would be ridiculous, it's not a gaming notebook at all.

 

When you people receive your 1340s / 1640s... pics and reviews!

 

No SSD?

And btw, the 2500M is a lot better than the 3670. And you won't be maxing out modern games with the 3670 unless you scale down the resolution.

Can someone please receive one of these so we can end all this guessing about the GPU? Come on Dell

This is what I'm considering:

Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Duo Processor T9600 (2.80GHz/ 1066 FSB/ 6MB Cache)
Genuine Windows Vista(R) Ultimate 64 bit SP1 Edition (English)
6GB (1x4GB/1x2GB) 1067MHz DDR3 SDRAM
Dell(TM) Backlit Keyboard with Touchpad (English)
512MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3670
128GB Solid State Hard Drive
Slot Load Fixed Blu-ray BD-ROM / DVD + /-RW Combo Drive
Hardware Maintenance 2-year XPS Premier Service with 1-year CompleteCover
Intel(R) WiFi Link 5300 (802.11a/g/n) Half Mini-card
Dell(TM) Wireless 370 Bluetooth Module
16 " 1080p Full HD WUXGA (1920x1080) Anti-Glare RGBLED Display with 2.0MP webcam
XPS-NB Handling & Insurance Charges(Australia)
Standard Delivery: Delivery 9am-5pm - Monday to Friday (excl. public holidays)

Total: $2781 USD (I know, the AU store is very cheap)

 

Yes, only gaming. The Alienware M17 seems to be the biggest winner maxed out at $4600.

The Dell seems very interesting as an all purpose notebook.,not sure I need both

 

January 27 delivery date, if I dont cancel the order.

The 2500M is faster than the 3670?..really?

 

Of course, the 2500M is based on the 7900M GTX, which I believe is faster than the 3670.

Most of the times Workstation cards are faster than their GeForce counterparts anyways.

Look: 2500M is a 256bit 512MB GDDR3 GPU. The 3670 is only 128bit. that's a big difference.

 

Here's a good sleeve that's made for the Studio XPS 16

 

Plasma - Sounds like you're close to taking the plunge with the 1640. If you do, could you drop us a note about whether the Anti-Glare RGBLED Display is a real option or an error on the AU Dell web? Thanks!

 

So why would anyone buy a 3670?, it seems to be a waste of money.

 

Yes, It may appear to be a waste of money at the maxed out version, however, for us buying one at the $1500-1800 (Taxes in) range, it is a steal. Decent game playability, form factor and included features, IMO.

 

I am with you - the 1340 is a mobile powerhouse. I can get by with less graphics power as the games I play aren't that demanding (COD4, The Witcher, NWN2, etc), and for everyday use it will be a screamer. I am going to add an Intel X-25M HDD and clean intall Vista when I get it which should make it a bit quicker as well.

 

Wait a week or so and Dell may add the 256GB SSD option that is available on some of their other laptops.

 

Anybody's order ship yet?

 

You mean Intel's SSD, not HDD. Also, better install Windows 7 beta, if you want a bit faster performance.

 

Maybe there will be a "wood trim" option later, like the first pictures we saw in august.

I personally don't care about the leather.. but i'll hope one can upgrade/change it later if the leather begins to look ugly

 

does anybody have a review for the 1340?

anyways, I think dell has done a good job with the design, but I still can't believe that they failed on the weight. I am very disappointed because this is supposed to be dell's top-of-the-line and they can't even get the weight down. Come on dell, even an inspiron 13's weight is near your 1340's !!!

 

thats what i was thinking cause the leather could dry up and crack.

 

I was going to order today, but i want that 256GB SSD on my order and DELL can't say when it's going to be available on the XPS 13

What to do now? Wait a week or two?

 

i sent a message to a guy who works for dell on another forum the other day about the screen and this is the response.

The RGB LED screen (when you go in to customize it says 16 " 1080p Full HD WUXGA (1920x1080) Anti-Glare RGBLED Display with 2.0MP webcam [Included in Price]

yet on the info page it says has the only option being Edge-to-edge Glossy 16 inch Full HD RGB-LED LCD display (1080p)...
which one is it? is there a matte (anti-glare type) display as this is what i am after...

his response:

With the screen there is no matte finish screen. It only comes in the glossy finish.

so appears to be an error from what has been said
cheers
Greg

 

I posted this a while back ago. Other than this crude translation, there doesn't seem to be any in English reviews yet. I tried quite a few combinations of the Studio XPS 1340 name, and nothing came up except for this one and links to various Chinese forum posts about it.

 

Actually, the upcoming Adamo is their new top of the line, for 13 inchers anyways. But, i agree that close to 5 lbs is prob. too heavy for a high-end 13 incher in 2009... its packing a lot of hardware though and seems well built.

 

The Studio 15 was delivered to my house in exactly 1 week.

I am currently using a 6-year old Inspiron 1100. I order the Studio 15 2 days before the Studio XPS 16 came out. I received my Studio 15 exactly 1 week later (configured! wow!)

Needless to say, I immediately returned the Studio 15 and order the 16. I was hoping I'd get it in 1 week. But apparently, judging by this board...that won't happen! Hopefully I get it soon...can't wait to see someone unbox it.

 

Is the graphics card soldered to the motherboard on the 16, or is it like the older Inspirons were, and changeable?

 

Someone mentioned about their system shipping soon if they didn't cancel it... CAN you cancel it after it's already in testing or whatever? I thought you could only cancel if it was prior to it being built?

You're not going to be happy with it. I mean the 3670 in the 1640 is barely passable. The 1340's GPUs are just bad. I mean if you need a 13" notebook, but...

Well, I'm sure not getting a 1640 for the GPU

I don't know, I have such a 'weird' set of requirements I'm having to majorly compromise on the GPU. Other than that the 1640 seems perfect for me, and hopefully...well I have a big backlog of older games anyway (of course ATi's drivers tend to break older stuff from my experience)...umm...well hopefully this isn't a mistake.