Dell’s first release from its studio line, the Studio 15 sits between the Inspiron and XPS lines and offers a good mix of features for the price. Although the design of the notebook gives it the appearance that looks rather thick, this is actually close to the same thickness or even thinner comparatively to other 15-inch laptops.

Design:

Dell’s Studio 15 does offer solid design and construction. It does take several design elements from the latest XPS notebooks including the wedge-shaped profile, slot-loading optical drive, drop hinge and touch-sensitive media buttons. Additionally, there are a few extras in the design of the Studio 15 offered ahead of what is available to Dell’s laptops. Those comprise graphic imprints along with personalization options including lots o different colours: plum purple, tangerine orange, flamingo pink, midnight blue, ruby red, spring green and standard jet black.

Pre-configured unit comes with the ‘ruby red’ paint job and looks absolutely perfect. The matte paint has an almost rubber-like texture alike to the paint used for both, Inspiron and XPS notebooks. An additional nice touch that makes Studio 15 laptop stands out of the rest of Dell’s laptops is the use of an imprinted design on the palmrest area. The design looks like a close-up view of a topographical map and is yet another way of differentiating this notebook.

Continuing, rather than having the typical RAM cover, hard drive cover and main panel at the bottom of the notebook, Studio 15 uses a single, massive panel that provides access to the notebook at once. This is extremely helpful for people who want to make multiple modifications or service their laptop. However, removing seven screws and exposing the entire bottom of the notebook might be a little intimidating for those who just want to upgrade their RAM.

Features:

Studio 15 follows Dell’s new and current trend of putting HDMI outputs and touch sensitive control buttons on just about every single machine. Similarly to the XPS M1530, Studio 15 notebook comes with a slot-loading optical drive as well as with an express card slot that doubles as a holder of a credit-card-style media remote.

Moreover, the notebook comes with a 15.4-inch LED-backlit display with a native resolution of 1,440×900 pixels, standard for higher-end mid-size laptop computers. Dell’s cheapest Inspiron 1525 has a 1,280×800-pixel display. However, the extra screen real estate at the higher resolution in the Studio 15 makes for a much less cluttered desktop. Those newer LED displays are liked better over older LCD models lit by a fluorescent lamp because of their brighter whites, lighter weight as well as lower power consumption.

Performance:

The most important parts of a laptop are the internal components that do all the work. Studio 15 notebook comes equipped with the Intel Core 2 Duo T5750 processor, which offers reasonable performance in terms of number crunching and video encoding. The 3GB of system RAM is enough for gratify Vista and still provide enough RAM for most needs. The 250GB western digital scorpio blue hard disk drive (HDD) is a 5400rpm drive with good performance.

Conclusion:

To sum up, Studio 15 constitutes a solid offering in the 15-inch laptop computers category. The combination of build quality, range of customizable options, expandability, style and price make it an excellent option. It is perfect for using the Internet, making documents, listening to music, make videos and edit pictures. Backlit keyboard is a very good choice. In general, the laptop is fast with very good graphics, efficient to use and provides excellent comfort.

Issues such as lack of VGA cable screw posts and lack of a simple RAM expansion cover are of minor consideration, while experienced users may find the all-in-one access panel at the bottom of the notebook extremely helpful.

Bottom line, if you are looking for your next 15-inch notebook with nice multi-media and personalization options then the Dell Studio 15 deserves serious consideration.

To find out more click on the link below: Dell Studio 15

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