Is this a good deal for studio 15???

http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=us&cs=19&fb=1&l=en&oc=DNDORZ1&s=dhs

the offer end on 3/14, i just want to know is it a good price to buy this model? i will upgrade the wireless card.
but i heard a lot of bad stuffs about this model. should i get it??

 

That's a fantastic deal. When I bought my Studio 15, I only got the Intel T5750 processor, 3GB of RAM, and no backlit keyboard, and I paid $750, and I think that was a good price!

Definitely get this deal.

And I can assure you most of the "bad stuffs" you've heard about the Studio 15 are exaggerated. The only issues I've encountered are the bugged touch-sensitive media buttons, but that only affects the disk eject button for me, and there's a million other ways to eject the disk.

Keyboard flex seems to be a common complaint, but mine really doesn't flex at all under normal typing pressure; I have to try hard to force it to flex.

The graphics card is decent, it's plenty powerful enough for most of the gaming that I do. As long as you're not trying to run Crysis or Call of Duty 4 at full settings, it should serve you well.

I would definitely buy it if I were you!

 

how long u had ur studio 15. would u still go for it again if u need a another laptop? i really like the studio than the inspiron, the only things is holding me back are the bad stuffs about the studio. some said really bad, some said bad. so i m just so confuse.

 

I've had this Studio 15 since August of last year, and it's running just as good as the day it came in the mail. If I needed a new laptop for the same price, I would not hesitate a moment to buy another Studio 15, although maybe with a few different options.

Just out of curiosity, what are these "bad stuffs" that people say that hold you back from buying it?

 

the light for the eject button is automatically lit up, then once windows has started the eject button stays lit up and for about 5 to 10 minutes and none of the touch sensitive buttons work, then eventually the CD drive will eject what ever is in there and the light on the eject button will go off and all the buttons will work normally. I’m finding this incredibly annoying.
sound problems, and some others

 

You can fix that temporarily with a quick discharge. All you have to do is turn the thing off, take out the battery and unplug it, and hold the power button down for 10 seconds or so. Then the touch buttons work just fine. I usually have to do this every other week or so, and it's not really annoying, it's just routine for me.

The sound isn't too bad. The built-in speakers aren't of great quality, but no worse than I would expect for a laptop. And if you uninstall the IDT audio drivers and let Vista install its own high-def audio drivers, it sounds much louder (and better in my opinion). Of course, it's not a problem at all if you use external speakers or headphones, which is what I use 90% of the time.

If you're not too bothered by unplugging the battery and holding the power button every few weeks, then it's really not an issue at all. I still highly recommend this laptop, especially for that deal price.

 

is unplugging the battery the only thing u have to do every few weeks?? is there anything else to u have to do to reset other stuffs?? and 1 more thing,
u r very helpful. for real.

 

No, that only solves the problem for a few reboots, then it comes right back. I hate shutting the system down and waiting for Vista to boot up, so that's why I use the sleep mode. If I need to shut down and discharge the capacitors every other day, that defeats the benefits of sleep mode and I might as well shut down and cold boot every time.

I'm just really disappointed with Dell recently. I've always used their computers and they've always been reliable; however, this Studio 15 (and the first one it replaced have really made me question Dell's quality control these days.)

Their tech support tries to solve the problem but they seem less knowledgeable than me. One agent told me to reinstall the OS because it was a software issue even when clearly it's not as it happens in all the operating systems I own.

Even if it was a good deal, we, as customers, should not have to "just live with" a malfunction because Dell's negligence and inability to fix things. I'm disappointed and will probably not go for a Dell in a while.

Sorry for the rant, just my 2 cents

 

so there's no other ways to fix those problems, even dell's tech?? i have dell pc at home for 3 years now. that's y i want to go for dell's again, but there's somethings about this studio 15 is holding me back.

 

If you really think you're going to rely on the touch-sensitive buttons all the time, then perhaps it's not worth it. For the record, every function of those buttons has an alternate way of working.

If you don't care too much about the touch buttons, then go for it.

If the touch buttons are an extremely important feature for you, then don't bother.

 

wait, let me get this clear, there's touch button problem and eject disc problem? how many problem r there?? i just want to get this right.

 

I keep hearing about all these touchbutton problems, but I've never experienced any of these myself. Do people have Dell Quickset installed?

 

It's not the fact that I'm relying on the touch buttons, it's the fact that they're broken and are doing a function (ejecting a disc) when I don't want it to. Even if I don't want to use the touch buttons at all, it doesn't stop the fact that it's trying to eject a disc. With that touch button bar there, you have a chance of it not working/causing problems regardless of whether you use it or not.

The eject problem is caused by the touch button problem. Because of the broken touch buttons, there is an eject problem in which the drive tries to eject a disc without human command. The two problems are actually the same thing; one is describing the source, one is describing what is observed.

Edit:
Yes, I have quickset installed. Dell tech then reinstalled it but it made no difference.