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Dell Studio Series Laptops

Dell today introduced “Studio,” a new notebook line designed for self-expression and creative living.

Dell Studio products are highly expressive and personalized - inside and out – combining aesthetics and technology into a fresh approach to hi-def mobile lifestyles.

“People seeking stunning design, brilliant colors, and innovative new technology find inspiration in Dell’s new Studio brand,”

said Michael Tatelman, vice president of Dell consumer sales and marketing worldwide.

“These products are built for today’s digital nomad based on the millions of conversations we have every year on dell.com, Ideastorm and community forums. With Dell Studio we’re answering the call for personalization, connectivity and simplicity.”

The first Dell Studio Series are two distinctively styled laptops, the Dell Studio 15 and Studio 17.

These notebooks combine sleek designs, striking visual color elements and personalization options with features such as built-in webcam, touch media control buttons, slot load drives, and optional mercury-free LED displays and built-in mobile broadband.

They are available today on dell.com/studio starting at $799 (Dell Studio 15) and $999 (Dell Studio 17).

Tech Specs:

CPU - Up to Intel® CoreTM 2 Duo Processor T9300 (2.5GHz, 6MB L2 Cache, 800MHz FSB)

OS - Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium (Genuine Windows Vista® Ultimate)

Memory - Up to 4GB6 Dual Channel 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM.

Chipset - Intel® 965PM / GM Express Chipset

Graphics - Intel® Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator X3100

Discrete Graphic Card: 256MB ATI® Mobility Radeon HD 3650

LCD Display - High resolution, glossy widescreen 17.0 inch display (1440×900 or 1920×1200), High resolution, glossy LED widescreen 17.0 inch display (1440×900)

Audio & Speakers - Intel High Definition Audio 2.0 (Optional Integrated Sound Blaster Audigy Advanced HD Software Edition)

Laptop Hard Drives - Up to 320GB3 configured with a single 5400 RPM SATA hard drive. (Up to 640GB configured with a dual 5400 RPM SATA laptop HDDs.)

Optical Drives - 8X Slot Load CD/DVD Writer (DVD+/-RW) (6X Slot Load Blu-ray/CD/DVD Combo Drive)

Power - 90 watt power supply (6-cell 56WHr Li-Ion Battery or 9-cell 85WHr Li-Ion Battery)

Camera - Built-in 2.0MP webcam

Wireless

• Wi-Fi Options: Dell Wireless 1397 802.11b/g Half Mini Card / Dell Wireless 1510 802.11n Half Mini-Card
• Mobile Broadband Options: Verizon Wireless Mobile Broadband Built-in Card (Dell 5720 EVDO Rev A) / Sprint Mobile Broadband Built-in Card (Dell 5720 EVDO Rev A)
• Bluetooth Options: Dell Wireless 370 Bluetooth Internal (2.0) mini-card

Ports, Slots, Chassis:

Externally Accessible

• (4) USB 2.0 compliant 4-pin ports
• HDMI connector
• 15-pin VGA video connector
• Integrated network connector 10/100/1000 LAN (RJ45)
• AC adapter connector
• Audio jacks (1 line-in, 1-line out, 1 Mic-in)
• 4-pin IEEE 1394 port
• 54 mm ExpressCard slot
• Consumer IR

Internal Card Slots

• 3 Mini-Card

Dimensions & Weight

• Width: 15.46″ (392.6mm)
• Height: 1.18″ (30mm) front / 1.69″ (43mm) back
• Depth: 11.36″ (288.6mm)
• Weight: Starting weight of 7.87 lbs. (3.57 kg)7 (17″ WXGA TL display, 6 cell battery, DVD +/- RW, integrated graphics). Weights will vary depending on configurations and manufacturing variability.

News source: dell.com

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