Dell Studio 15

Student Lounge College Life
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<p>Does anyone have an opinion on this laptop?</p>

<p>Type: Dell Studio 15
Screen: 15.6 in
Backlit Keyboard</p>

<p>Processor: i5-520 M 2.4GHz
RAM: 6GB
Hard Drive: 640 GB </p>

<p>Video Card: ATI Mobility Radeon
Wireless Card: Intel Centrino Advanced N-6200
Sound:Soundblaster X-Fi High Def audio</p>

<p>Software:
-Microsoft Home and Student
-Roxio Easy CD and DVD Burning
-Adobe Photoshop Elements
-Adobe Premire Elements</p>

<p>Price: $1,387 (w/o printer and shipping)</p>

<p>How long do you think this laptop could last? Anybody have any prior experience? Is it portable, reliable etc... any help would be greatly appriciated</p>

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<p>Son’s lasted one year! Actually, more like 10 months. Hope you have better luck.</p>

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<p>It looks all right. Two of my friends have the Studio 15 but with lower specs and it’s been working out for them so far.</p>

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<p>I have last year’s Studio 14, and I have to say, it’s worked really well. However, the 15’s to me seem to be a bit big: the people I know with them didn’t take them everywhere (only classes they needed a computer for), whereas I would pop my computer into my backpack just on the off chance I might need it.</p>

<p>Secondly, Dell’s build quality cannot be guaranteed. If you want something that’s survivable, get a Lenovo. Less sexy, but built to survive. And another thing in college: battery life is king. If you can go for 8 hours, you’re in great shape. 4 is acceptable: anything less than that and you’ll have to plug in way too often.</p>

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<p>You can purchase the studio 15 for 650 on dell website, must be a different version. These deals only last until June 16th.</p>

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<p>I have it with worse specs and I’ve only ahd it for about a year and a half, but for as long as I’ve had it it has worked very well and fast (of course it’ll probably begin to start slowing down soon). Overall, as far as my experience goes, it’s a very good laptop.</p>

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<p>The hinge is plastic and a lot of people’s hinges break withing 1 yr. In fact my close friend’s studio 15’s hinge split like a toy after 11 months.</p>

<p>watch out for those physical wear and tears. Your internal hardware is good though.</p>

<p>And I really do not think you need 6 gb of ram. Almost nothing will use more than 4 gb of ram in college. Unless you know you’re going to do something hardcore, stick with 4 gb and save money. And more RAM consumes energy (a little).</p>

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<p>Do you guys think I should get the same specs on the studio 14 instead? It comes out to slightly more money. The above price includes a 9-cell battery btw</p>

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<p>Not worth it for the price. Those Dell Studios are quite flimsy.</p>

<p>Spec out a Dell Latitude and see how the pricing comes out. 4GB of RAM should be more than enough. If you need the extra HDD space, get an external.</p>

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<p>If you want something good looking and strong- Sony Vaio EA, EB, or CW series
If you want something that is super super strong without the looks- Dell latitude or Thinkpad</p>

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<p>So is Sony better than Dell?</p>

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<p>I’m not of that opinion. Never been a fan of Sony laptops.</p>

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<p>I’ve heard Sonys (Sonies? lol) are worse than Dells. I just ordered a Studio 14 with an i5 processor. Let’s see how it works out for the both of us :)</p>

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<p>There are quite a bit of posts on Dell’s website about the Studio 15 freezing up and that the recommended fixes (bios upgrade) aren’t working.</p>

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<p>I’ll send you my bank account number after you make the purchase ;)</p>

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<p>srry for my bad opinion. I was just trying to generalize…</p>

<p>no company is perfect. People also have their preferences. Depends on which style u like.</p>