Dell Studio XPS 16???

AIR-AUSSIE

Just wondering if anyone has owned one of these and what experience they had with them?

Cheers

Voodu Child

They're a good laptop.

The RGB LED screen is considered one of the best screens used on any laptop, its very good in terms of contrast, black levels etc. They are known to run pretty hot - not in the sense of 'overheating', but just that its not the type of laptop you'd actually want to use on your lap. They are already available with the ATI HD4670 in other markets - it is almost twice as fast as the 3670, so if you plan on doing any gaming i'd wait for that.

mfm

Just ordered one thanks for the advice on the 4670

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo P8600(2.40Ghz, 1066MHz, 3MB)

Memory
4096MB 1067MHz Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM [2x2048]

Video Card
1GB ATI® Radeon™ HD 4670 graphics card

Hard Drive
500GB (7,200rpm) Free Fall Sensor Hard Drive

Microsoft Operating System
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium SP1 (64 BIT) - English
(Windows 7 update when available)

Optical Devices
INTERNAL BLU-RAY ROM COMBO (BLU-RAY, DVD AND CD READ, DVD & CD WRITE) SLOT LOAD DRIVE WITH SOFTWARE

Wireless Networking
Intel WiFi Link 5100 (802.11 a/b/g/n 1X2) 1/2 MiniCard

Bluetooth
Dell Wireless 370 Bluetooth Module

Primary Battery
Primary 6-cell 56 WHr Lithium Ion battery

Camera
2.0 Mega Pixel Integrated Camera with Facial Recognition Software

TV Tuner and Remote Control
Integrated DVB-T TV Tuner and Antenna (MLK base)

LCD
Black Leather back cover : 15.6" (inch) Truelife 1080p Full HD WLED Edge to Edge Display

€1,268.99

AIR-AUSSIE

Voodu Child wrote: »

They're a good laptop.

The RGB LED screen is considered one of the best screens used on any laptop, its very good in terms of contrast, black levels etc. They are known to run pretty hot - not in the sense of 'overheating', but just that its not the type of laptop you'd actually want to use on your lap. They are already available with the ATI HD4670 in other markets - it is almost twice as fast as the 3670, so if you plan on doing any gaming i'd wait for that.

I'm thinking of maybe going for the DELL Studio XPS 13 as it s a more portable size. I believe this has the same 'overheating' problem though. Is that one significantly different to the '16' other then size wise?

Also I've seen in the reviews on the DELL website that these have back-lit keyboards. But I can't see this option anywhere on the accessory page. Can somebody confirm if this is available on all the XPS studio 13s?

AIR-AUSSIE

Mr.S wrote: »

Both the Studios XPS 13 and 16 come with backlit keyboards as standard.

The 16 has the better quality screen and better graphics card, 1 extra USB port. After that its pritty much the same between the two, ram and CPU are the same (as standard).

13 is 2.2 kg and 16 is 2.91 kg, so weight wise there isn't that much difference.

Head into a laptop shop and have a look around for 13" and 16" laptops to play around on, see which screen size you prefer.

Oh and don't worry about the heat "issue" it doesn't affect how the laptop runs, with every laptop if you use it for long times/doing heavy stuff it gets hot. Just make sure you don't cover up the vents and everything will be fine:)

Both are actually in Pc WOrld in Jervis centre. Preferred the 13 for its size and weight. Currently still looking around trying to see if I could HP, toshiba or something else. Although the DELL xps Studio seems to be ahead for looks.

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If you intend buying the Studio XPS 13, I'd recommend you wait until they fix the overheating/freezing issue. I've had a few replacements and all had this problem. I ended up getting a refund.

Take a look at this.