Dell Studio 15 notebook review

Does the funky new line deliver?

Dell Studio 15 notebook. Hardware, Laptops, Dell 0
Reviewer
Stephen Patrick
Review Date
8 October 2008
Manufacturer
Dell
Price as reviewed
£650
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Our score

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Quick review

The good
Great screen, decent performance
The bad
Poor battery life
Verdict
It looks like an expensive XPS but this is the budget offering and is reflected in price and performance
Key specs
15.4-inch screen, 2 megapixels, Ethernet, HDMI, Li-ion battery, QWERTY keyboard, USB, VGA, Wi-Fi, Windows Vista

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Comments

  • The battery didn't last 3 hours so battery life was terrible!? I wiould be thrilled if my Toshiba X205 got even 1 and a half hours. I understand that there are notebooks with 5,6,9, even more than 15 hours of battery life. But to say that just under 3 hours is horrible batter life is a bit of a stretch. Was that on the 6-cell or 9-cell battery. If it was on the 6-cell battery, 2 hours, 45 minutes is the norm. And, if it got almost 3 hours of battery life on the 6-cell battery, then the 9-cell battery should provide 5 or 6 hours of battery life, which I'd consider outstanding. Posted by SpeakerGeek, USA
  • Idiot.
    You're trying to tell a website that reviews over 100 laptops a year just what the average battery life is, based on your experience with a tatty old Toshiba laptop?

    I haven't seen one laptop in the past two years that offers less than three hours battery life - the average is actually around four.
    Posted by dave, uk

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