Dell Studio 17 Series Laptop

Dell Studio 17 Series Laptop

The Dell Studio 17 laptop is powered by 2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T5850 with 2-MB L2 Cache, 667 MHz FSB featuring Mobile Intel 965GM Express Chipset, 3-GB DDR2 667 MHz SDRAM (upto 4 GB max in 2 slots), 250-GB 5400 rpm SATA hard drive and a 8X DVD Super Multi Double layer (8.5 GB) DVD Writer.

Weighing 3.5 kgs the Dell Studio 17 laptop PC features a 17-inch (43.1) Ultrasharp widescreen WXGA Widescren Active Matrix LCD TFT display powered by Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator GMA X3100 graphics chipset with upto 256 KB shared video memory built-in into Intel 965GM mainboard offering upto 1280 x 800 pixels screen resolution with 16.7 million colors.

The Intel GMA X3100 graphics chipset offers support for Direct x 9.0 acceleration, Dual independent display option, Dynamic Display Detect, and Open GL 1.4 graphical environment.

The new Dell Studio 17 comes with Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium edition preloaded and it is equipped with wireless 1390 – WiFi 802.11a/b/g Dell Mini Card for wireless networking and it also features integrated 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN controller, 4x USB 2.0 ports, IEEE 1394, VGA video output & S-Video and integrated stereo speakers.

All in all, the Studio 17 is good enough if you’re going to use it for normal computing processes with a little gaming on the side. However, if you want to subject it to rigorous graphics rendering, then you will be definitely disappointed with the Studio 17’s performance. The Studio 17 is priced from $659-$939.