Dell Studio 15 Notebook

Dell continues to try to upgrade their notebook models this year, and the new Dell Studio 15 is the latest consumer 15-inch notebook highlighting these new models. Is it possible to take design elements of 13,3 inch XPS M1330 and 15.4″ Dell XPS M1530 and a budget notebook.

The first time you look at Studio 15 is as if Dell has removed the metal palmrests the XPS M1530, added a little bulk, and offered a little more ways to customize its appearance. The end result is impressive looking for a desktop replacement.

The Dell 15 was equipped with the Intel Core 2 Duo T5750 processor (2.0 GHz) which offers reasonable performance in terms of number crunching and video encoding. The system of 3 GB of RAM is sufficient to meet Vista and still provide enough RAM for most needs. The 250 GB Western Digital Scorpio Blue disk drive (HDD) in our consideration is a hard 5400 trs / min with good performances.

While Studio 15 is not exactly a thin and light notebook designed for mobility, it offers solid design and construction like XPS M1730 for gamer. As mentioned above, Studio 15 has several design elements of the last XPS notebook: the wedge-shaped profile, down hinge, the slot-loading optical drive and tactile media buttons are all characteristics of the XPS M1330 and M1530.

With FireWire, four USB ports, a media card reader, two taken headset, microphone, ExpressCard slot and an Ethernet port you are well equipped ports wise. The 6-cell lithium-ion provides battery life reasonable for the Studio 15. With Vista, the power management functions to “balanced”, the screen brightness set at 50 percent and wireless, 6-cell battery delivered approximately 3 hours and 41 minutes of battery life.

Here is the Dell Studio S1535-113P specification, are as follows:
* Screen: glossy 15.4″ WXGA 1280 x 800 display
* Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T5750 (2.00GHz, 667MHz FSB, 2MB Cache)
* Memory: 3.00 GB RAM
* Storage: 250GB HD (5400rpm)
* Optical Drive: Slot loading DVD+/-RW
* Wireless: 802.11b/g
* Graphics: Integrated Intel X3100
* Built-in 2.0MP web camera
* Ruby Red color lid
* Ports: 4 USB 2.0, HDMI connector, 15-pin VGA video connector, Ethernet 10/100/1000 LAN (RJ45), AC adapter connector, Audio jacks (1 line-in, 1-line out, 1 Mic-in), 4-pin IEEE 1394 port, 54 mm ExpressCard slot, Consumer IR
* Battery: 6-cell 56WHr Li-Ion Battery
* Dimensions: Width: 14.0″ (355.6mm), Height: 1.0″ (25.3mm) front / 1.3″ (33mm) back, Depth: 10.3″ (261.5mm)
* Weight: Starting weight of 6.11 lbs