Dell's new 16:9 Studio XPS 16 adds upscale extras such as a leather trim and a backlit keyboard to a fairly standard set of components, without jacking up the price (too much).
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The Dell Studio XPS 16 is designed for those who want power, cutting-edge features, and style. If you're someone who likes to make a statement with your notebook, the metal and leather looks of the Studio XPS 16 will help you in that area too. Sleek design combined with a 1080p display and...
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Stephenbank
This laptop is among the most beautifull laptops ive ever seen. it is amoung the macbook air, and the voodo envy. now even though it is nowhere as thin as those two, it is pretty thin. the design is a shiny black finish with real alluminum, accents and a strip of lether running across its back....
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Uncompliant
I have had this computer for about 3 months now and I love it. Mine has a 2.66Ghz Centrino 2, 4GB ram, 1080 RGB screen, and the 6 cell battery. I have Windows 7 7100 build on it and it works great for everything I use it for ( school, email, few games). As others have said the battery life is...
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Maelstrome26
The Dell XPS Studio is a great laptop for multimedia and light gaming, as well as other daily computing tasks. The Intel i7 (Quad Core) CPU and standard 4GB of RAM make mincemeat of anything you throw at it. The only thing that is lacking in this laptop performance wise, is the graphics chip,...
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phucnguyen
Great graphic, heavy, fake-looking metal/ chrome style and expensive
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aungye91
It is not an ultrabook nor gaming laptop. It is designed for performance and design. I customized with SSD and so I don't have any noise except some fan noise when using high performance. The battery is pretty bad even I use 9 cell battery( 3 hours max). The display part is very great. I have LED...
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DICEMAN60
This laptop has the worst build quality of anything I have ever had. I have had to have several parts replaced several times. I am currently upgrading to 8gb of RAM and I am very interested into putting in a faster CPU for gaming such as a T9900. I have a P8700 and the boot time is slow with...
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rob108
A great laptop all around. I've had it since Jan. 2010 and the SSD makes up for an ultimate upgrade. Very pleased with the speed and performance. No problems with this laptop what-so-ever! I'm very happy with this product. My next laptop will be the XPS model.
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