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March 23rd, 2009 16:00
XPS vs XPS Studio?
I am finding the current Dell laptop line-up and configuraition options very confusing. In particular, the XPS and XPS Studio lines seem very conflicting. By the base price configuration, the XPS Studio appears to be more 'higher end' compared to the XPS line. However, once you upgrade the CPU and RAM on, say, the XPS M1330, to match the base specs of the XPS Studio 13 (C2D@2.4Ghz, 4GB memory), the 'lower end' XPS M1330 is more expensive! This seems counter-intuitve, especially considering the XPS Studio 13 has DDR3 memory to boot. Are the XPS Mxxx lines due for a upgrade? Or will the XPS Studio replace them?
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zak89
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March 23rd, 2009 16:00
Is that the case? That would make a lot of sense. Though I wish they could have made it simpler and just had an XPS 13 and XPS 16. That would make a perfect Dell Laptop line-up:
Mini 9, Mini 10, Mini 12;
Inspiron 13, Inspiron 14, Inspiron 15,
Studio 15, Studio 17
XPS 13, XPS 16
Nice and simple, almost Apple-like lineup, with clear deliniations between each catagory. Tacking "Studio" onto XPS somehow implies that these machines are "between" the Studio and XPS lines.
ejn63
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March 23rd, 2009 16:00
The Studio 13 is the replacement for the M1330 and the Studio 16 is the replacement for the M1530.
Mario Pietzsch
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March 26th, 2009 01:00
Well, i would put, they are between Studio and XPS line.
As the Studio is somewhat lacking power but featuring style the old XPS was featuring power at all cost (heat, noise, price, weight)
The new Studio XPS is featuring style but lacking the devastating power. Still silent but very hot it is also quite expensive but slow on graphics.....it is absolutly the middle but featuring all the bad characteristics of both...silly!
As you can see, i am very disapointed on the performance of mine, so i would suggest not to buy it again. For a lightweight, silent but powerful notebook i would have looked in Samsung R560 linup.
Mario Pietzsch