Parsing the intended markets for Dell's ever-shifting in-house brand names requires a bit of tea-leaf reading, although it's been easier of late, with the company stripping down its consumer brands to just the Inspiron and XPS lines. Now the company is adding a new line between the budget...
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Dell continues to try and update their notebook designs this year, and the new Dell Studio 15 is the latest consumer 15-inch notebook that highlights these new designs. Is it possible to take design elements from the 13.3" XPS M1330 and the 15.4" Dell XPS M1530 and make a budget notebook...
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bahalana
There are so many ways to configure a Studio 15 that it's hard to categorize completely and Dell also periodically changes options that are available with each model from time to time. When I bought mine over a year and a half ago, there was a huge selection. I went with a powerful CPU,...
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hurley81388
The Dell Studio 1555 notebook is a great machine. i have mine spec'd out relatively high (blu-ray, Intel P8600, 4 gigs of RAM, ATI Radeon 4570) but still got a great price on it. When Dell is running a good sale, this notebook has great bang for your buck compared to its competitors (namely...
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MJRoberts
Respectable laptop, let down by tiny fan, which causes PC to overheat.
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MetalSnake99
I have had this laptop for more than a year and it has worked ok except the occasinal eject dvd noise. I had it for less than 6 months and the cd keept ejecting after contacting dell and doing all their troubleshooting steps they sent out a technician to take a look and replace the dvd dirve....
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justinhub2003
I've switched to a Mac but ths laptop will be my go to laptop for intensive applications. just wish it were thinner and lighter
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adelwyn
I have been really enjoying my Studio laptop for almost a year now. It runs some of my older pc games really well, and all of my applications have performed solidly and reliably since my purchase. The Vista experience has been a pleasant one, despite poor perception of the operating system as...
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shatheesh
Good for a daily user at home. Battery is not well enough to carry outside for long. But it performs what it preaches.
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