Gizmodo 
Enter your username and password.
Tip your editors:
Editorial Director:
Brian Lam | | Twitter
Editor:
Jason Chen
| AIM | Twitter
Features Editor:
Wilson Rothman
| Twitter
Senior Contributing Editors:
Jesus Diaz
| AIM | Twitter
Mark Wilson, Reviews
| AIM | Twitter
Contributing Editors:
Matt Buchanan
| AIM | Twitter
Adam Frucci
| Twitter
Sean Fallon
| Twitter
Jack Loftus
| Twitter
John Herrman
| Twitter
Dan Nosowitz
Chris Mascari
Kat Hannaford
| Twitter
Rosa Golijan
| Twitter
Chris Jacob
Columnist:
Brendan I. Koerner
Interns:
Don Nguyen
Kyle VanHemert
Comment Account Questions:
Original material is licensed under a Creative Commons License permitting non-commercial sharing with attribution.
07/26/09
As for the optical drive, well I don't really use 'em on a laptop that much anymore.
Maybe for installs, but all my media has been ripped to my computer at this point and even installs are on my server now.
I dunno, it only seems important for installs nowadays, at least for me.
07/25/09
But my number one priority right now is a tablet netbook.
Also, I'm still stuck with my Dell XPS 1330 which had to have it's mainboard replaced 3 times (in two years) already due to NVidia chipset failure. Warranty is over now, so I can't even play games on it fearing the chipset will overheat again.
And I promised myself to never ever spend this much money on a laptop with NVidia graphics card. I don't care if ATI is worse, overheats or whatever... my old Acer lappie had an ATI X700 mobility card and never failed on me once.
07/25/09
07/25/09
07/25/09
07/25/09
07/25/09
07/25/09
07/25/09
07/25/09
And legally purchased windows doesn't come in anything except a cd.
07/25/09
07/25/09
07/25/09
07/25/09
But yeah, I guess most people still buy the optical media.
07/25/09
No reason for you maybe, but tons of people will be interested in this.
I for one only use a DVD drive only when I need to backup some stuff, so it's dead weight when I carry my laptop around.
07/25/09
Well considering this laptop is deadweight in general, then it should be fit with an optical drive. Its not thin its beveled from 0.8 inches to 1.22 inches. Its not small its a 14 inch laptop. Also most laptops with a screen size greater than 13 inches are for media or pro use.
05/28/09
The one thing that's stopping me from getting a Dell Studio (either the XPS or this one) is the lack of a 512mb video card option. HP's got a seemingly decent machine that has a 512mb vid card, though it's not the Nvidia GeForce 9600M that I would prefer. Hopefully Dell will get it together and come up with 9600M option by July 1st, which is when I've decided I'm buying my next PC.
05/28/09
What about a studio xps 16? That has a 512MB ATI graphics graphics card, and by all accounts it isnt bad. On top of that the rest of the laptop is fantastic. Its just too bad a well specced one costs nearly as much as a macbook pro. At least you get a 1080p full RGB LED screen with the dell though.
05/28/09
05/28/09
05/28/09