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    My Review of the Dell Studio 15

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by sarge mat, Jul 17, 2008.

  1. sarge mat

    sarge mat Notebook Enthusiast

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    Well my dell studio 15 has arrived and as it’s quite a new model I thought I would post a little review to help out people who are thinking about getting one.

    So the whole package arrived in a nice little box with a very clear and quick set up guide to get you going which was nice. As with all dell machines the first thing I did was to uninstall all the Google crap that comes with it as well as the software from different ISP networks trying to get me to switch. With this minor announce over I was able to play around with my new toy.

    The laptop its self looks very nice and has a quite well designed cooling system, cool air gets drawn in the bottom and out through a vent on the back. I have heard some laptops tend to blow it out the side which is annoying if you are using a USB mouse.

    It’s very quiet most of the time you can hear the gentle hum of the different parts working away and every so often the fan will need to step up a bit to keep everything nice and cool.

    Being mainly a desktop user the keyboard and mouse set up does take a bit of getting use too but I found the one on the dell studio is well designed and nice to use.

    I would like to tell you what the sound quality is like but I can't. Like a lot of other studio users I am having problems with the internal speakers and have been posting on the dell forums about this. But I think I will just call them tomorrow. On the good side you do have two ports for headphones and one for a mic. The extra headset port is very nice indeed.

    The screen is very good quality and helped along by the ATI graphics card. I found the little GPU can handle quite a bit I ran supreme commander today on quite high settings and was getting a very good frame rate. I have also been able to use 3D Max with no problems.

    Over all the studio is a really nice laptop and should be great for anyone who is into design and that sort of thing or even if you want something nice to use around the house and bring with you. It’s quite well priced for what you get and I would really recommend it to anyone looking for a laptop.

    9/10

    Spec's
    Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T5750 (2.0 GHz, 667 MHz FSB, 2 MB L2 Cache)
    Genuine Windows Vista SP1™ Home Premium - English
    WEBCAM 2.0 Mega pixel Integrated Web Camera - CCFL
    Jet Black Colour with Matte Finish
    15.4" Wide Screen WXGA (1280 x 800) Display with TrueLife™
    3072MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [1x2048+1x1024]
    250GB (5400RPM) SATA Hard Drive
    256MB ATI Mobility RADEON HD 3450
    Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Slot Load Drive including Software
    Primary 6-cell 56 WHr Lithium Ion battery

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    sarge mat, Jul 17, 2008
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  2. purplegreendave

    purplegreendave Has a notebook.

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    *golfclap*
    10/10!
    :p
    (stealthy thread subscription)
     
    purplegreendave, Jul 17, 2008
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  3. sarge mat

    sarge mat Notebook Enthusiast

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    lol got it posted now :D

    If anyone has any questions about it ask away.
     
    sarge mat, Jul 17, 2008
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  4. purplegreendave

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    Pretty good. Would be better with pics, but more than I've ever done!
     
    purplegreendave, Jul 17, 2008
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  5. sarge mat

    sarge mat Notebook Enthusiast

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    I can post some tomorrow if anyone whats to see but its getting later here so it will be a few hours. lol
     
    sarge mat, Jul 17, 2008
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  6. dramamoose

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    Would you mind posting your specs? I"m looking for a Studio 15, but I don't know how to outfit it.
     
    dramamoose, Jul 17, 2008
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  7. lotta221211

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    Please post specs and pictures when you can :)
     
    lotta221211, Jul 17, 2008
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  8. cat mom

    cat mom Notebook Evangelist

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    @ sarge mat
    I sent you a PM. Please check it. Thanks.
     
    cat mom, Jul 17, 2008
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  9. Cin'

    Cin' Anathema

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    Nice :D ...pictures pictures pictures...Yes, when you have them..please post them ;) :)




    Cin' ;) :)
     
    Cin', Jul 17, 2008
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  10. sarge mat

    sarge mat Notebook Enthusiast

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    added the specs and a few photos to the post. I fixed a typo as well.
     
    sarge mat, Jul 18, 2008
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  11. JamesTBrewer

    JamesTBrewer Notebook Guru

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    Any idea if the CPU is soldered to the board or a removable chip?
     
    JamesTBrewer, Jul 19, 2008
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  12. sarge mat

    sarge mat Notebook Enthusiast

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    no idea sorry.
     
    sarge mat, Jul 19, 2008
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  13. Cin'

    Cin' Anathema

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    Hey there! Thanks for adding the photos! ~ Very nice ;) :) :D

    Enjoy! :)

    Cin ;) :)
     
    Cin', Jul 19, 2008
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  14. studio15comehome

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    cheers for the photo anticipation for mine is killing me
     
    studio15comehome, Jul 20, 2008
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  15. studio15comehome

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    Hey sarge could you tell me if the remote came with! i have heard that it is not standard in the UK
     
    studio15comehome, Jul 20, 2008
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