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    A "girly" review of the Studio 17

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by MissKris721, Jul 19, 2008.

  1. MissKris721

    MissKris721 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I don't know a lot of computer lingo or tech lingo so this is just my simple "viewpoint of a typical girl" review of the Studio 17 and Vista.

    I ordered Plum Purple and the color is really like the skin on a plum (purple with a tinge of redness). The laptop is really cute. It is very comfortable to type on. I love how the touchpad was easy to disable. I perfer an external mouse. The backlit keyboard rocks and I was typing in the dark just cause I could :). I love the dock at the top of the screen, I hate my desktop being cluttered with icons (I can see more of my pretty desktop picture with less icons). I had a little trouble with iTunes. It kept bringing up an error message about Apple Mobile something or other wasn't working right. The same error message kept popping up like every few minutes. If anyone gets that message I can tell you how to fix it. I really like the volume control...how you can make your music louder, but keep the window sound bites lower (instead of raising the volume in general which makes all the sounds louder).

    I am just very impressed with this machine. I do have an external hard drive attached with all my itunes music. Don't want that cluttering up the hard drive...that was the problem on my old laptop.

    If anyone has any non technical questions about the Studio 17, I'd be happy to answer.
     
    MissKris721, Jul 19, 2008
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  2. outdoorsygal

    outdoorsygal Notebook Geek

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    Howdy MissKris, me being a girl myself, I am sure I'll have many questions, so be learning all you can for me lol! I don't know much about these things either! Hoping mine hurries and gets here!
     
    outdoorsygal, Jul 19, 2008
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  3. legato

    legato Notebook Geek

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    i'm looking to purchase the studio 17 tomorrow.
    how are the speakers? i've never had a laptop. but im wondering if it's as bad as some ppl say.
     
    legato, Jul 20, 2008
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    surfasb Titles Shmm-itles

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    A picture is worth a thousand words! upload!!!
     
    surfasb, Jul 20, 2008
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  5. MissKris721

    MissKris721 Notebook Enthusiast

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    The sound is good for me. I bought speakers though...can't wait to get them...they took longer to ship than my computer!
     
    MissKris721, Jul 20, 2008
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    legato Notebook Geek

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    thanks.

    could i ask what's ur specs like and how much did you pay?

    this is what i'm getting offered right now:

    17" STUDIO
    T8100 processor
    WLED display
    3gb memory
    320gb hdd space
    ATI 3650 HD graphics card


    For a price of $1319 CDN + taxes.


    I'm wondering if it's a good deal.
     
    legato, Jul 20, 2008
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