the diff between price is higher as well.

i think i'm the first owner here? just got it today with the rm500 rebate, 1gb ram and 320gb hdd upgrade for free.

build quality was better than expected, very solid to me in piano finish. only problem now is it's kinda hot under the touchpad.

yup it's the studio xps 16. it's abit warm on idle and get quite hot when gaming or so, anyway it didnt bother much if you use a mouse.

for benchmark it get around 4.8k+ on 3dmark06. the only game i tried is l4d at highest setting it get around 40-60fps and around 20 if turn on 8x AA.

the build quality is a big leap from dell inspiron to me and worth the price if got the rm500 rebate. lazy to take pictures atm.

not really sure what is it under the touchpad that make it so hot, it's not gpu, hdd or ram. laptop cooler should do the trick since there's quite a lot holes under the laptop.

This post has been edited by teNtiOn: Jan 25 2009, 03:31 PM

what i mean is free 1gb ram and i add another 1gb so it's 4gb.

the default spec with 4gb ram, 320gb hdd and 3 years complete care for rm4.8k. wanted to get rgbled screen but i think that resolution is too much for 16".

anyway tried crysis benchmark tool just now. 25fps on 1280x720 and 30fps on 1024x768 with medium-high setting (texture, object and shader high). gpu temp is around 75c when heavy gaming.

This post has been edited by teNtiOn: Jan 27 2009, 01:16 AM

You can check the links of studio xps 16 review on first page. The 3dmark06 tested from them on studio xps 16 is almost the same to mine so i assume all the other laptop should have correct result. They did compare it with HDX16T/HD18T (9600M GT)in 3dmark06 so you can get a rough idea.

I think 75c is quite normal for decent gpu in malaysia hot weather since i heard laptop like benq s42 can reach more than 90c when gaming. For me heavy photoshop most of the time will only load on the processor and ram so i think gpu temp wont be that high (correct if wrong).

Anyway here's some pictures i just took. People who like HP glossy design should like this laptop as well.

the laptop sleeve actually is in full black (camera flash), but it did look abit cheap because too thin.

for the palm rest i think is some glossy plastic, something like you can see from hp laptop.

the screen is WLED in 1366x768 and it looks good to me, no grainy or light leakage. it's the one from samsung.

sure~ mine is the default spec with 4gb ram and 320gb hdd. you?

haha congratz.. be the first one to post up the full unbox pictures~

it's SEC5441.

not sure for others but to me 1920x1080 on 16" is seriously too small. even 32" lcd tv seldom have full hd. hope dell include some other resolution in rgbled screen.

movies and torrenting wont be a problem for whole day, the temp will stay around idle temp but under touchpad will remain warm. not sure for blueray though



This post has been edited by teNtiOn: Jan 28 2009, 08:40 PM

so how's it? will it be too small on 16"? wish i can compare both screen side by side.

only tested on 3dmark06. i'm not sure about cpu-z, from everest it did show ddr3. for the highest temp you mean gpu? i got around 75c stressed under furmark.

This post has been edited by teNtiOn: Jan 28 2009, 10:39 PM

@gtolee88 : everest from www.lavalys.com. and yup it's that furmark.

@micdy : not sure about laptop cooler and i did post some fps rate for game before, check it out.

@awls80 : i think it's software incompatible problem on 64bit os, not the hardware.

This post has been edited by teNtiOn: Jan 30 2009, 04:31 AM

it's true that half of the vents are being blocked by the screen but i can barely feel any hot air coming out from the vents most of the time. most of them time my temp for graphic card, processor and hdd is below 45c as long as i'm not gaming so it seems quite normal to me for a laptop.

i think the tv tuner didnt included in our studio xps 16 here yet. saw in other forum that it's available now to some country only.

of course. heard a lot of BSOD on 64bit after update but no problem at all on 32bit vista.

@Dackson : you must be very unlucky to get that unit. for question 6 you can only utilize full 4gb ram if you using 64bit bista. and for question 8 studio xps 16 here did not come with remote control, at least for now.

not sure why you get a no brand hdd but mine is a seagate and for the dvd drive it's actually optiarc from sony and nec (can google it). i never measure the temp of the laptop surface before but based from software it never goes above 80c for any of the parts to me without laptop cooler.

@micdy : izzit something like broken sound? you better called up dell and ask for replacement.

i'm not so sure on your problem.. my speaker acting weird also last week, the bass (low notes) is very heavy and the volume is very low even on 100% and it sounds broken when volume higher than 50% on the left speaker. i think it also sound a bit like something blocking cause the sound is very weird comparing to other speaker. called up dell and the technician replaced the whole top panel (the whole thing with speaker, touch pad, touch panel, power button) for me. and now the speaker sound nothing like previous and can go very loud. i did notice they wrap the speaker with some tape on the new one they replaced.

just call them again say your speaker got problem. it took me around less than an hour i guess to replace the whole panel and the technician do it on the spot in front of me, but he told me this is the first time he open this laptop because too new.

glad to see him replace the whole panel instead of the speaker itself only. also after he replaced the whole panel you will lost that 2 intel and vista sticker. remember to ask them to send you a new one, received mine 2 days after via DHL in a very big box for 2 sticker only.

just play music that you familiar with it, if you get the problem like me and micdy you should know instantly by it's weird tone.

i mean less than 1 hour, din really know exactly how long it takes actually.

ya, driver cd, vista oem cd and microsoft work (if you didnt order office from them).

anyway for those asking for remote control, it seems that studio xps 16 start shipping with tv tuner here, but you need to addon it yourself with extra rm162

This post has been edited by teNtiOn: Feb 11 2009, 12:18 PM

there's new option for tv tuner and control currently in malaysia.