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Dell Studio 15 review

Dell includes an industry-standard one-year parts-and-labor warranty with the system, which includes extra features such as 3GB of online backup storage space though Dell's DataSafe program. Support is accessible through a 24-7 toll-free phone line, and an extensive online knowledge base and driver downloads.

Multimedia multitasking test (in seconds)
(Shorter bars indicate better performance)
Dell Studio 15
1,040 

Adobe Photoshop CS3 image-processing test (in seconds)
(Shorter bars indicate better performance)
Dell Studio 15
202 

Apple iTunes encoding test (in seconds)
(Shorter bars indicate better performance)
Dell Studio 15
167 

Video playback battery drain test (in minutes)
(Longer bars indicate better performance)
Dell Studio 15
166 

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System configurations:
Dell Studio 15
Windows Vista Home Premium Edition SP1; 2.1GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T8100; 2048MB DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz; 256MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD3400; 250GB Western Digital 5,400rpm

Dell Inspiron 1420
Windows Vista Home Premium Edition SP1; 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T5750; 3072MB DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz; 128MB Mobile Intel 965GM Express; 250GB Western Digital 5,400rpm

Inspiron 1525
Windows Vista Home Premium Edition SP1; 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T5750; 3072MB DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz; 128MB Mobile Intel 965GM Express; 250GB Western Digital 5,400rpm

Dell XPS M1530
Windows Vista Home Premium Edition; 2.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T7500; 2048MB DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz; 256MB Nvidia Geforce 8600M GT; 160GB Hitachi 5,400rpm

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Quick Specifications

  • Release date06/23/08
  • Processor Intel Core 2 Duo T4400 / 2.1 GHz ( Dual-Core )
  • Memory 3.0 GB / 4.0 GB (max)
  • Hard Drive 250.0 GB - Serial ATA-150 - 5400.0 rpm
  • Display Type 15.6 in TFT active matrix
  • Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista Premium Edition
  • Optical Drive CD/DVD Burner - Integrated
  • Graphics Processor 512MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570
  • Video Memory 256.0 MB

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