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    Dell Studio 17 Gets Multi-Touch

    Discussion in 'Notebook News and Reviews' started by Charles P. Jefferies, Nov 20, 2009.

  1. Charles P. Jefferies

    Charles P. Jefferies Lead Moderator Super Moderator

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    Dell Studio 17 Gets Multi-Touch
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    Dell has updated its Studio 17 notebook with a multi-touch screen. The Studio 17 features a 17.3-inch display, Core 2 Duo processor, and Windows 7. The multi-touch version starts at $999, or just over $100 more than a comparably-equipped non-touch Studio 17.

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    Charles P. Jefferies, Nov 20, 2009
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  2. Wolfpup

    Wolfpup Notebook Prophet

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    Umm...I guess if it doesn't add to the price, and doesn't detract from the display quality...it would be...still sort of pointless?

    Interesting, but I don't want to be touching a display I use, so that kills it for me right there. I'm curious what Windows 7 does with it though. Probably SOMETHING it would do better than a mouse...I guess.
     
    Wolfpup, Nov 20, 2009
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  3. sgogeta4

    sgogeta4 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    This alone isn't really significant IMO but it's all just part of help to advance technology. :)
     
    sgogeta4, Nov 21, 2009
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    Serg Nowhere - Everywhere

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    It does add a little to the price.

    More like a gimmick to me, but hey, new tech...always good.
     
    Serg, Nov 21, 2009
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    I honestly don't see the point of touch based screens on something where the screen is that far away from you and not as prominent. I mean, compare it with something like a tablet PC or a cell phone and I can get why the latters have a touch screen, but for regular laptops it's really more of a gimmick.
     
    Melody, Nov 21, 2009
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  6. Vogelbung

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    Looking at my already lightly flour-dusted Sony L11, probably not the thing for 'arrrgh! fingerprint!' analists...

    I don't quite get it. Cool idea in theory, but still... You're going to need long sleeves all the time.
     
    Vogelbung, Nov 21, 2009
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    catennacio Notebook Consultant

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    Is it resistive or capacitive touch screen for the panel?
     
    catennacio, Nov 22, 2009
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    I'm curious why touch screen notebooks often come with an IGP and not a discrete GPU. Does anyone know why?
     
    Howitzer225, Nov 22, 2009
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    Ahbeyvuhgehduh Lost in contemplation....

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    Agreed - 100%.
     
    Ahbeyvuhgehduh, Nov 22, 2009
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    At this level, purely a matter of cost I'd imagine.
     
    Vogelbung, Nov 23, 2009
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    Personally, I would've preferred that Dell create a consumer level tablet PC rather than add a touch screen on a regular laptop >.> Currently, Dell's only Tablet PC is the TX2 IIRC and that's a more expensive business line tablet.

    It's probably cost as Vogel said. Touch based machines are very niched and not many people would get them for actual needs; a tablet PC would far better suit their uses if they needed some form of touch based computing. Therefore, it's not worth it for manufacturers to put anything more than IGPs in them(even tablet PCs are too niched to put more than IGPs in most of them)
     
    Melody, Nov 23, 2009
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