Dell Studio 17 Overview

Dell announced today the Studio 17, a new 17-inch highly customizable consumer laptop.

The Dell Studio 17 is based on Intel’s Centrino mobile technology, which includes Intel 965GM/PM chipsets and Core 2 Duo processors. The notebook supports up to 4GB of RAM and comes with up to 640GB of storage space, using two 320GB hard drives. It is equipped with a slot-load DVD burner or Blu-Ray Combo, depending on customer’s choice. Laptop’s 17″ widescreen display with glossy coating features two resolution options: 1440×900, with optional LED backlight, and 1920×1200. The display is managed by the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 integrated GPU or the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650 256MB dedicated graphics.

Dell’s Studio 17 sports a 2-megapixel web camera, fingerprint reader, and HDMI port. There are also wireless modules with support for 802.11b/g and optionally 802.11 draft-n standard, Bluetooth and various mobile broadband options, Gigabit Ethernet, 5 USB ports, an ExpressCard slot, 8-in-1 media card reader, Firewire port, and VGA output.

The newly designed 17-incher starts at 7.87 pounds. It has an optionally illuminated keyboard with a numeric pad and comes in seven different colors, as well as in four gray designs.

The Studio 17 runs Windows Vista OS. Dell says the laptop PC also includes the Dell Dock software “that places the most frequently accessed programs front and center”, and Dell Video Chat for video and voice communication.

The notebook is available now through Dell.com and has a starting price of $999.

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