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    Dell Studio 1558 refurb question

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Jedis, May 28, 2010.

  1. Jedis

    Jedis Notebook Consultant

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    Anyone bought a refurb off of Dell Outlet lately? My last purchase was a Inspiron 1520 that I am typing this on now, still running great.

    I picked this up earlier, I think I got a decent deal. What do you think? What resolution can it support? It doesn't say.

     
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  2. JustBrowsing

    JustBrowsing Notebook Consultant

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    Your particular notebook supports 1280x768 (plus/minus a few pixels). I bought a Dell Studio 1558 from the outlet about a month ago to replace a year and half old MacBook. I really like it, although now that I've updated the BIOs to A05, and now the damn fan is always on now. (Pretty annoying.) Other than that, it's a great bang for the buck laptop. Excellent screen, so-so battery life though (3 hours on the 6-cell battery) :-/ Slight keyboard flex, but nothing really terrible, just slight flex to it. The lighted keyboard is such a nice option too!
     
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  3. Jedis

    Jedis Notebook Consultant

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    Really? Only 1280x768? My old 1520 does 1680x1050...
     
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    JustBrowsing Notebook Consultant

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    I may be a little bit off but it's a 720p screen. Thus as the specifications state:
    Laptop Screen
    15.6 inch High Definition (720p) LED Display with TrueLife

    It's very likely that the resolution will be 1280x7xx or something like that.
     
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  5. michael_recycled

    michael_recycled Notebook Deity

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    1366x768 is very common with the 16:9 displays these days.

    Michael
     
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  6. JustBrowsing

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    That's what I meant! 1366!!
     
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    yeah you need to get 1080p- to bad there is no 1600x900 res. everything else is cool, We have a 1558 that is my daughters, its nice-
     
    Raether916, May 29, 2010
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    That's a decent price for the refurb but really, you can get a brand new Studio 1558 for about the same price, with potentially better specs. Price a new one out @ Dell first before committing to the refurb.
     
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  9. Jedis

    Jedis Notebook Consultant

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    Tried building something similar. Price doesn't even come close for what that refurb has. $1,324.99 for similar stuff, with a new screen and bluetooth.
     
    Jedis, May 30, 2010
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  10. billabong08

    billabong08 Notebook Consultant

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    If you are a student you can go to dellU and get the same notebook with a 500gb hdd 7200rpm, any color, and bluetooth for the same price as that notebook you listed.
     
    billabong08, May 30, 2010
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  11. Jedis

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    Any more info you could provide? I tried looking and the i7 is not offered at anywhere near that price point that I could find. The i5 is $1,259.99 after discount similarly configured on DellU.
     
    Jedis, May 30, 2010
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