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Dell Studio 15 - 15.4in Notebook
| Author | Andy Vandervell |
| Published | 24th Sep 2008 |
| Manufacturer | Dell |
| Price | £722.55 (Exc VAT) |
| as reviewed | £849.00 (Inc VAT) |
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Comments for Dell Studio 15 - 15.4in Notebook
ilovethemonkeyhead said on 25th September 2008
piesforyou said on 25th September 2008
Oh man, i've just checked the dell website for prices because I thought the reviewed price was a bit high. The price of the studio 15 seems to have gone up by about 100 quid over the past week. I used to be able to build a system with a t8300, 3gig of ram and the 1440x900 screen for only £709 quid. Now its £828! DAMN i should have ordered it last week!
>£800 puts it well within the range of some other very tempting systems :(
piesforyou said on 25th September 2008
Ah, actually I see what has happened. My exact configuaration included a 250gb hard disk, not the 360, which puts it at 758.9 quid. Previously dell had a £50 off offer on the range, making it ~£709. Pants.
Andy said on 25th September 2008
@ilovemonkeyhead - the flex issue isn't terrible. You'd have to physically press down to actually see it and, in a perverse kind of way, the way it does bend ensures nothing will actually break. I guess it's kind of similar in concept to a crumple zone on a car, if that isn't misrepresenting the concept too much. On a more general note, though I've always found Dell's to be largely well made, I think the slightly modular way they're designed does sometimes cause issues like this. Not deal breaking ones, but the the kind niggles that are kind of distracting.
@piesforyou - yes, the vagaries of Dell's pricing system have caught out many a man. At least these days it seems you can't get different prices depending on how you navigate to the page, which is something I encountered in the past. I remember vividly being mightily narked when I discovered it cost more to configure a laptop with integrated graphics instead of discrete; paying more for less doesn't equate a good deal to me!
Luan Bach said on 25th September 2008
Dell pricing and offers have always seemed strange to me. Last year I bought a desktop from them, for a few months afterward every couple of weeks I get an email with special discount vouchers, now those have stopped coming. Surely the best time for money off voucher to tempt me is sometime after I bought a pc ? I'm not going to get another one right after just having bought. Strange marketing.
piesforyou said on 25th September 2008
@Andy
Yeah, I think you're right, it seems that now it doesn't matter how you go about configuring your system, it will always be the same price at the end. Thats good to know actually.
Also, I noticed that now I don't seem to be able to configure a system with a t8300 and only a 250gb hard drive, but my SAVED system in my account has that configuration and looks like it should checkout if I wanted it to. Interesting...
gdawg304 said on 28th September 2008
Looks interesting but I'm still confused as to why they don't offer the 15.4" WLED screen on the XPS M1530 - that's the premium model after all. The US version does have the option...for that reason alone there's no way I'd buy one, until they decide to offer us the better screen! There are threads on Dell Ideastorm about it but no comment from Dell.
James L Carver said on 20th October 2008
Brilliant laptop. I went for a slightly more budget one than tested. There was an early driver issue causing the processor fan to work overtime- they reinstalled the drivers over the internet for me whilst I chatter to the pleasant man on the phone. No complaints- except that I hear they have now introduced backlit keyboard as an option which would have been good to have.
Stevie G. said on 3rd November 2008
Just wonderin as I havent seen it mentioned anywhere, does it have an integrated microphone? I have one ordered and I would like to know.
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would have been nice to see it with a hd 3650 (like it's 17 inch cousin), but as long as i can play command and conquer generals then this'd be a worth purchase. nice review, but the slot loading drive flex thing you mentioned almost had me going off the machine.