Dell Studio 17

Notebook Specifications

Reviews for the Dell Studio 17

80% Dell Studio 17
Source: APC Mag
Dell has taken full advantage of the Studio 17’s larger footprint by packing it with ports and connectors; it comes with five USB 2.0 ports, HDMI, FireWire, VGA, infrared, ExpressCard, and an eight-in-one memory card reader on-board, as well as an external USB RJ45 modem jack for those still clinging to dial-up. Otherwise, the 802.11n Wi-Fi and Gigabit Ethernet covers standard network and Internet connectivity, and you can add built-in mobile broadband as an optional extra. To top it all off, Dell also throws in a two-year next business day parts and labour warranty.
(von 10): 8, Preis 8, Ergonomie 9, Leistung 9, Display sehr gut
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 10/03/2008
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 80% performance: 90% display: 90% ergonomy: 90%

Dell - Studio 17 review
Source: IT Reviews
The Studio series neatly dovetails in between two well liked product lines and certainly lives up to its name in the choice of colours and styles for the lid, but it could do with a boost in the gaming department.
Leistung mangelhaft
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 09/17/2008
performance: 50%

70% Dell Studio 17
Source: PC Mag
Dell is not known as a premier product designer, but it does a decent job with the design of its ultraportable and mainstream laptops. Its 17-inch laptops, like the Inspiron 1720, are unflattering bulky 10-pound machines whose buyers are mainly hard-core users and gamers. The Studio 17 gets major style points over its predecessors, but it lacks a few key features it needs to keep up with the competition.
3.5 von 5, Display gut, Mobilität gut, Leistung mangelhaft
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 09/16/2008
Rating: Total score: 70% performance: 50% display: 80% mobility: 80%

80% Review: Dell Studio 17 NR73502 notebook PC
Source: vnunet.com
Gaming performance isn’t great, but otherwise this is a well-designed and solidly built notebook
(von 5): 4, Ausstattung 4, Leistung 4, Verarbeitung gut, Mobilität schlecht
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 08/29/2008
Rating: Total score: 80% performance: 80% features: 80% mobility: 40% workmanship: 80%

73% Dell Studio 17 review
Source: CNet
The Studio 17 is by no means as attractive or desirable as an XPS laptop (excluding the gaming XPSs, they're pig-ugly), but it is slightly more appealing than an Inspiron. With that in mind, it achieves its objective: to be cheaper than an XPS without sacrificing too much in the way of looks. Laptops such as the Asus M70 offer more in the way of storage and connectivity, but the Studio 17 just about holds its own.
7.3 von 10, Preis gut
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 08/04/2008
Rating: Total score: 73% price: 80%

60% Dell Studio 17 Desktop Replacement Laptop PC
Source: Comp Reviews
Dell's Studio 17 laptop certainly provides a good level of value. It is one of the best price to performance desktop replacement notebooks on the market and has a wide range of options for customization. The problem is that the design of the case makes the system a bit akward to carry and the expansion ability could be problematic for many people.
3 von 5, Preis sehr gut
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 07/16/2008
Rating: Total score: 60% price: 90%

Dell Studio 17 Review
Source: Notebookreview.com
All things said and done, the Dell Studio 17 is the most impressive 17-inch consumer notebook we've seen so far this year. The build quality, range of customizable options, expandability, style, and price make this an excellent choice if you're in the market for a 17-inch notebook. Still, we would have liked to see more graphics card options than just the integrated Intel X3100 and dedicated ATI Radeon HD 3650. While issues like lack of VGA cable screw posts, dedicated docking station connector, or lack of a simple RAM expansion cover might prevent some buyers from purchasing this notebook, there's a lot to like about this notebook. The Studio 17 has virtually every cool feature you'd want in a 17-inch notebook ... with the exception of a built-in TV tuner. Bottom line, you'll be hard pressed to find a better 17-inch notebook in the same price range at the time of this writing.
Mobilität gut, Ausstattung gut, Preis gut
User Review, online available, Medium, Date: 06/26/2008
Rating: price: 80% features: 80% mobility: 80%

70% Dell Studio 17
Source: Laptop Mag
Sometimes you want more performance than what a typical big-screen machine offers, and on that front the Dell Studio 17 delivers. You get a fast dual-core processor, discrete graphics, a humongous hard drive, and a beautiful high-res display. And we really like what Dell has done with its Dock interface and webcam software. However, the look of the system isn’t for everyone, and we’d like to see less-finicky volume controls.
3.5 von 5, Display gut, Leistung sehr gut
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 06/25/2008
Rating: Total score: 70% performance: 90% display: 80%

Foreign Reviews

86% Test Dell Studio 17 Notebook
Source: Notebookcheck
online available, Medium, Date: 08/20/2008
Rating: Total score: 86% performance: 87% display: 90% mobility: 67% workmanship: 86% ergonomy: 87% emissions: 81%

Multimedia für die Massen: Dell Studio 17 im Test
Source: Netzwelt
online available, Medium, Date: 08/07/2008
Rating: performance: 80% features: 80%

90% Dell Studio 17
Source: Techno Zoom
, Length Unknown, Date: 08/15/2008
Rating: Total score: 90%

Comment

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650: The Hd 3650 is a middle class graphics card (in 2008) and compareable to an 8600M GT GPU from Nvidia. It is fabricated in 55nm process and due to Avivo video engine the graphic card can support the processor with several video operations (HD video too).

These cards should be able to display all current games with fluent framerates but not all with high detail settings. Especially demanding games like Crysis, Age of Conan, or Mass Effect are only playable with lower settings. Less demanding (and older) games, like Fifa 08, Command & Conquer 3, or Battlefield 2142 can be played with higher detail levels.

Intel Core 2 Duo: This is the Core Duo and Core Solo successor with a longer pipeline and 5-20% more speed without more power consumption. As an addition to the Core Duo design there exists a fourth decoder, an amplified SSE-unit and an additional arithmetical logical unit (ALU).

The Core 2 Duo for laptops is identical to the desktop Core 2 Duo processors but the notebook-processors work with lower voltages (0.95 to 1188 Volt) and a lower Frontside bus clock (1066 vs 667 MHz). The performance of equally clocked notebooks is 20-25% lower than Desktop PCs because of the lower Frontside bus clock and the slower hard disks.

T8300:
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.

17.1": Nowadays, meanwhile the 17 inch display size is a more frequently offered standard format for desktop-replacements. 17 inch laptops are built only in 16:10 format.
The DTR-Laptops can't be carried easily, need much current, but on the other side texts can be read easily and high resolutions are no problem. DTR mainly are intended for stationary usage on desks, where the weight and the energy need are unimportant.

>> To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.

3.47 kg: This laptop is heavy below average, compared with the average of notebooks. Therefore especially desktop replacements fit in this class of weight.

Dell: Dell is one of the biggest international manufacturers according market shares and the number of notebook models, which are reviewed in German and English speaking countries. Some of these reviewed laptops achieve top positions according total rating and price/value relation.

Dell reviews

76.13%: This rating is not convincing. It must be considered, that there exist hardly any laptops, which receive a rating below 60%. This notebook is evaluated below average, this is not really a recommendation for purchase.

>> Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.