Dell Studio 17 (Windows 7, touchscreen) user reviews
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robert089 2 January 2012
Good: When its not almost about to melt it performs at a good speed, rendering videos very quickly.
Bad: The motherboard idles at about 64'C and when under load it gets to 75'C. This makes the laptop VERY uncomfortable to use
Comment: A supposedly good laptop but...
Its hard drive broke after just 1 year and the second one that Dell gave me seems to make a lot of clicking noises and doesn't preform as well as the original. As I said above this laptop gets very hot, dell have tried to fix the problem before by replacing the following parts:
2x Motherboard
2x New Fan
1x New heat sync
1x New charger
I'm not sure how any of that was supposed to make it better but they were the experts...
Its quite clear what the problem is. The fan is tiny and there are only 2 vents, the laptop was designed to cool the core i3 and core 2 duo not the core i7.
As well as those 2 problems there have been a number of other problems:
Blue screen - more than 3 different types
Lock-ups(freezing and having to hold the power button until it turns off because the mouse doesn't move and the keyboard doesn't seem to do anything) - usually when web browsing or entering or exiting computer games
robert089 2 January 2012
Good: When its not almost about to melt it performs at a good speed, rendering videos very quickly.
Bad: The motherboard idles at about 64'C and when under load it gets to 75'C. This makes the laptop VERY uncomfortable to use
Comment: A supposedly good laptop but...
Its hard drive broke after just 1 year and the second one that Dell gave me seems to make a lot of clicking noises and doesn't preform as well as the original. As I said above this laptop gets very hot, dell have tried to fix the problem before by replacing the following parts:
2x Motherboard
2x New Fan
1x New heat sync
1x New charger
I'm not sure how any of that was supposed to make it better but they were the experts...
Its quite clear what the problem is. The fan is tiny and there are only 2 vents, the laptop was designed to cool the core i3 and core 2 duo not the core i7.
As well as those 2 problems there have been a number of other problems:
Blue screen - more than 3 different types
Lock-ups(freezing and having to hold the power button until it turns off because the mouse doesn't move and the keyboard doesn't seem to do anything) - usually when web browsing or entering or exiting computer games
chocoman07 30 July 2010
Good: It's cool because it's better than Vista with a Taskbar that's got all your fave stuff on it and its easier to use in my opinion
Bad: No Quick Launch bar, UAC (User Account Control) is SO ANNOYING. It pops up, FOREVER!
Comment: It's very good.
allycat1 29 March 2010
Good: buying on-line
Bad: Dell service
Comment: Dell provide such poor customer service that after weeks of sending emails that didn't get replies and leaving answer phone messages that didn't get replies I finally gave up. It is almost impossible to speak to an actual human being, but having finally got through to one I did the only sensible thing...and canceled my order. If I had known the hassle that would come from ordering from Dell I wouldn't have bothered. The computer could have been great, but I'm just glad I never have to contact Dell again!