Where's the Studio 1555 review?

I know it's not in the US yet. But still, what about a review from someone that has one that's not in the US?

I really am interested in buying one for the new GPU. I hope the battery life is as good as it is on the 1535. Also happy that it doesn't have the media touch-sensitive buttons either.

But yeah, where's the review? The Benchmarks? The battery life tests?

 

It is out in the US as of yesterday - According to my knowledge.
http://www.dell.com/content/product...op-studio-1555?c=us&cs=19&l=en&ref=lthp&s=dhs

Review posted below.

Dell Studio 15 Laptop (S540218IN8)
Base System, Genuine Windows Vista(R) Home Premium SP1 32 bit (English)
Unit Price: Rs.49,991.88
Ruby Red Colour with Black U-Trim
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T6400 (2GHz/ 800 FSB/ 2MB Cache)
Genuine Windows Vista(R) Home Premium SP1 32 bit (English)
1 Year Complete Cover Accidental Damage Protection
15.6” 720p WLED (1366x768) Display with TrueLife™ and Built-in 2.0MP Web Cam
4GB (2X2GB) DDR2 SDRAM Memory
320GB SATA Hard Drive
Slot Load 8X DVD+/-RW Drive with DVD+R double layer write capability
Integrated Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD
Integrated Stereo Sound with Subwoofer
Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 (802.11a/g/n) Half Mini-card
Dell(TM) Wireless 370 Bluetooth Module
Silver Palmrest
9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery
Keyboard
Dell(TM) Backlit Keyboard with Touchpad (English)
Dell(TM) Bluetooth Travel Mouse

Purchased: 2 April 2008.
Delivered 13 April 2008
Review Date 28 April 2008
One so the Best Purchases I have ever made
Pros:
First Impression: Wow. Looks great.
Really fast
Great looking Backlit Screen.
Amazing Battery life (9 Cell) Lasted more 5 hours when I was browsing internet, installing updates and applications, downloading files and copying CDs - all at the same time
(Power button lights up and as well as the power cord connector near the computer jack.)
Fantastic Backlit Keyboard. (Must get Upgrade. I cannot stress this one enough.)
Touchpad feels great.
Silver Palm rest: Feels very good and looks great.
Media Control Buttons are built in with the function keys work very well.
Really fast DVD/CD Drive.
Battery meter really helpful.
Amazing speakers for a laptop.
Subwoofer extremely good.
Fantastic Noise isolation ear buds. (Comes with the system)
Hard drive capacity is immense (320 GB) and very very quiet.

Neutral Points:
Took me 1 minute to find the Power On/Off Button on the right hand side of the hinge. First time I have ever had trouble finding a power button on a Dell.
Ruby Red color is good but not great (Would have preferred Blood Red). Attracts (permanent?) fingerprints.
Laptop does heat up a little bit but nothing to complain about.

Cons:
Windows Vista. Absolutely hate it. Will take some time to get used to it - 3 months or so. Would have preferred almost any other OS to Vista: XP, 2000 Ubuntu, Red Hat, Mac OSX.
Vista suddenly uses up all my CPU and Memory after hibernation and/or sleep modes. Needs reboot to get back to normal.
Bloatware in Vista and by Dell (Sorry Dell)
Face recognition software sometimes fast and also not very fast at times. Depends upon distance of face from screen. Need brightly lit room to function. Sometimes easier just to login manually.
Touchpad decreases/increases font size on web browser unintentionally. Touchpad a tad troublesome. Once I found the touch pad configuration it was easy to turn it off.
DVD/CD Slot near Power Cord and USB port makes it awkward to connect Power Cord and a USB device and eject DVD/CDS at the same time.
Slot load DVD drive will take some time getting used to. Doesn't read my scratched CDs very well even though my other Dell does.
Had to run a bunch of Windows updates and several reboots including a couple for McAfee right after getting it out of the box. That's not very unusual but some people might find it annoying.
Be careful with the F2 button. It is also the wireless network and Bluetooth switch on/off button.
I turned off my wireless networking and Bluetooth by accident and couldn't figure it out even after several driver updates and reboots.
Laughed myself silly over this, but if a person is not used to multi use switches; they can get very easily frustrated.
Had trouble initially, configuring the with Dell BH-200 Bluetooth headset with this laptop. If you are an expert you can get it after a couple of tries.
Not happy with Power button - sometimes the computer goes to sleep or hibernate. Still haven't figured out how long to hold the button to switch off; always end up doing it from Vista.