Dell Launches Studio XPS Laptops
Since a couple of months I'm searching for the best thin-and-light laptop to buy and it seems that the day has finally come. Two days ago, Dell unveiled the new Studio XPS laptops. I can hear you say MacBook but it is more expensive and lacks a lot of features.
Both the Studio XPS 16 and Studio XPS 13 feature beautifully crafted genuine leather, edge-to-edge display, backlit keyboard, slot-load DVD drive, and a high-gloss Obsidian Black finish.
They've taken the sleek lines and brushed aluminum accents from the XPS line and combined it with the multimedia features and a few chassis design elements from the Studio line to create a great mix.
The Studio XPS 16 delivers advanced performance and entertainment capabilities, including 16-inch edge-to-edge Full HD widescreen and 7-watt Dolby 5.1 audio with subwoofer, and 512 MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3670 graphics.
The Studio XPS 13 offers digital nomads the choice of conserving battery life or boosting performance with the optional NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GE with Hybrid SLI technology. Similar to a hybrid car, users can choose to boost performance for playing games or watching high definition videos by enabling a discrete graphics processor and graphics memory, or can extend battery life by switching to the integrated graphics solution, better for E-mail, surfing the Internet, and listening to music.
After customizing a Studio XPS 13 laptop, here are my specs:
- Obsidian Black with Leather Accent
- Intel® Core™ 2 Duo P9500 (6MB cache/2.53GHz/1066Mhz FSB)
- 4GB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1067MHz
- Edge-to-Edge 13.3" HD WXGA LCD with 2.0 Megapixel Camera
- NVIDIA® GeForce® 9500M - 256MB
- Slot Load DVD+/-RW (DVD/CD read/write)
- 320GB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive
- Dell Wireless 1515 802.11n Half Mini-Card
- Dell Wirless 370 Bluetooth Module (2.1+EDR)
- High Definition Audio 2.0
- 56 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery
- Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition SP1, 64-bit
- Microsoft Works 9.0
- 1Yr In-Home Service, Parts + Labor,24x7 Phone Support
The price of this configuration is $1,519 before taxes. Does it worth buying it? May be.
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