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    Studio 15 1535 VS / OR XPS M1530 UK

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by bazza88, Oct 27, 2008.

  1. bazza88

    bazza88 Newbie

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    I have the choice of the following systems -

    Dell Studio 15

    Intel Core 2 Duo T5750 (2.0GHz)
    Hard Drive 320GB (5400rpm)
    Memory Dual Channel 4.0GB (2x2048) 667 MHz
    Display LCD 15.4 WXGA CCFL TLF
    Optical Drive Blu-ray (DVD+-RW + BD-ROM)
    256MB ATI Mobility RADEON HD 3450
    2.0 Mega pixel Integrated Web Camera
    Midnight Blue Microsatin Finish
    Battery 6 Cell 56WHR
    Windows Vista SP1 Home Premium

    Price - £404.88

    Dell XPS M1530


    Intel Core 2 Duo T5750 (2.0GHz)
    Hard Drive 250GB (5400rpm)
    Memory 3072MB (1x2048 + 1X1024) 800MHz DDR2
    Display LCD 15.4 WXGA
    DVD+/-RW (8X)
    256MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 8600M GT
    2.0 Mega pixel Integrated Web Camera
    Finger Print Reader
    Tuxedo Black
    Battery 6 Cell 56WHR
    Windows Vista SP1 Home Premium

    Price - £417.84

    I would be grateful if you could state which one you would picks as well as any reasons etc for doing so. Alternatively any opinions / views on each system would be much appreciated.

    In my opinion the two big differences is that the Studio has the Blu-ray where as the XPS has the 8600m GT.

    Thanks in advance
     
    bazza88, Oct 27, 2008
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  2. nizzy1115

    nizzy1115 Notebook Prophet

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    Id choose the studio because it has good graphics card that will not fail and a blue ray player and more memory and the blue lid. It will be worse in gaming performance though as the trade off.
     
    nizzy1115, Oct 27, 2008
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  3. bazza88

    bazza88 Newbie

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    Cheers, am I right in saying that the Studio system I have listed does not have LED but a higher resolution panel. However I thought all Studio systems come with LED LCD panels? Maybe I am wrong.
     
    bazza88, Oct 27, 2008
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  4. shadowlaw

    shadowlaw Notebook Consultant

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    I would choose the studio as well

    That kind of spec is not good enough for XPS :p

    and oh, i owned an xps m1530. There is nothing wrong about the laptop. People are just complaining too much ...
     
    shadowlaw, Oct 27, 2008
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