Dell Studio 1555 15.6-Inch Laptop Review
January 1st, 2010
Dell Studio 1555 15.6-Inch Chainlink Black Laptop Review from Wesley Davis. Excellent Value, I got one of these from Dell and have been immensely satisfied with it.
Pros:
- Truly gorgeous and bright screen.
- Laptop’s cheese-wedge-shaped design is great because there’s not a large “ledge”
- Good performance, comes with good video card and supports up to 8 GB RAM. I do a lot of 3D modeling and this has made my life so much easier compared to my old machine.
- Second headphone jack makes it perfect for watching DVDs with your buddy while you’re stuck in Afghanistan
- Windows 7 works like a champ and looks great
- Facial recognition software (FastAccess) makes login fast, easy, somewhat fun (not sure if Amazon config has this)
- Attractive design, battery has good life but doesn’t stuck out like the badonkadonk my wife’s HP.
- Laptop speakers that don’t suck. Awesome. Also convenient, responsive media controls.
- Quiet keyboard. Not sure if this config has the backlit version, but if so you are in for a treat. Very nifty and useful in low light.
- Easy 1-door access panel on bottom for upgrade action
Cons:
- Can get warm. Best used in combination with a Zalman ZM-NC2000 Notebook cooler. The cooler runs off USB (but you don’t lose a port because it has some on it), keeps the laptop from getting warm, and fits perfectly. I suggest the black one.
- Somewhat hefty. But hey, it’s a “desktop replacement” size.
- Only 3 USB ports
- Card reader is confusing to operate, not sure how
All things considered I’m very pleased with my purchase and I can definitely recommend this model laptop for for someone who travels sometimes but not all the time.
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I would add that the Dell Studio 1558 will not support Windoze XP even though the drivers for all the hardware can be found. Dell purposely crippled the BIOS so that it is virtually impossible to boot XP.