Dell Studio 17 User reviews

By Ty Pendlebury on 30/09/2008

More Dell reviews , RRP: AU$2305.00

The good:

  • Luxurious exterior
  • Backlit keyboard and numpad
  • Inexpensive
  • Decent performance
  • 1920x1080 screen great for multimedia...

The bad:

  • ...but too cramped and glossy for general use
  • Boring interior
  • No eSATA port
  • Imprecise trackpad

The bottomline:

The Dell Studio 1735 is a decent laptop which is best for multimedia and casual gaming, but the glossy, hi-res screen isn't suited to general usage.

Buying choices:

Editors' rating:

7.8/10

Users' rating:

7/10

Tags:

15 | 17 | 17-inch | 1735 | colour | dell | desktop replacement | laptop | studio | xps

Sup
30/09/2008, 06:38 PM

rating
9/10

Dells are unbeatable value. Disagree about 1920x1080 being too much for normal use - I'm using a Vostro 1510 with 1920x1200 res 15.4" display and it's brilliant.

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styleman
16/09/2008, 04:44 PM

rating
1/10

I have ordered one aswell and I have to wait a month.
I got the same excuse about parts.
Pretty pathetic, considering they are a major computer seller.
Unfortunately I can't find a laptop that looks as good as the studio.

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nativea
08/07/2008, 11:14 PM

rating
8/10

my advise is go to tesco pc world as going to dell direct you have to wait a month for delivery there feeble excuse is we are waiting for parts.MMMMMMM

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Blah
04/07/2008, 04:59 PM

rating
8/10

at that price, it's worth paying a bit more for the XPS line

Pros: good looks
decent specs
keyboard backlighting

Cons: a bit thick at the rear
dell wireless, ati graphics, 32 bit vista

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Lazymonkey44
Lazymonkey44
03/07/2008, 10:17 PM

rating
9/10

Looks Stunning, i am wanting the 15" one!

(Also, i want to give it 8.5)

Pros: HDMI, Looks great, Cheap

Cons: 4GB RAM and nor 64 bit vista?

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