Dell Studio1458 Review
Filed Under (Laptop, Review) by lang on 21-01-2010
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As we know, Dell Studio laptops are all with high end performance, so does Dell Studio1458. Dell Studio1458 comes with a skin-like material coating on the top of the lid. This kind of material is more expensive, and it is durable enough for you to press heavily on its lid.
Dell Studio1458 is available in red color, and it also has other color options such midnight blue, violet etc. what’s more, Dell Studio1458 has two finishes: TrueLife Display and matte display. The TrueLife Display has the glossy finish so that it will collect a lot of reflections and fingerprint, it is not so good for you to use it in a bright light surroundings, Dell Studio1458 with matte finish will not so easy to collect fingertips.
Studio1458 weighs 2.579kg with its 9-cell battery, which is a little bit heavy. And it weighs 1.996kg when it adds adapter. The dimension of Dell Studio1458 is 336.7x 240.8x 24.8-38.6(mm).

Dell Studio1458’s battery is available in 6 and 9 cell. The Studio1458 can run 3-4 hours with 6-cell battery, and when it features 9-cell battery; its battery can last for 6 hours and 19 minutes.

Dell Studio1458 features a 14-inch TFT WXGA LED screen with 16:9 aspect ratio and at the resolution of 1366×768 pixels. 1366×768 pixels resolution can satisfy most users’ need, and the higher its resolution is, the smaller its words on screen are. With such a good resolution, you can work with Studio1458 comfortably.
The layout of Studio1458 is a little traditional and simple, there are not so much shortcut keys and there is nothing on the keyboard bezel but speakers. The function keys on the Studio1458 keyboard are easy to use; you don’t have to press the function key with “Fn”. For example, if you want to enlarge the volume, you just simply press F9.

Studio 14 series laptops all comes with LED-backlit keyboard, users can adjust their brightness. This feature will enjoy most people as they don’t have to worry about can no find the keys in dark environment.

The touchpad is a little traditional, it has a matte finish. So it is comfortable for you to touch.

On the left side of Dell Studio1458, there is a USB port, e-SATA port, VGA port, HDMI port, Network port, card reader and Express Card. The e-SATA port can be used as USB port too.

On the right side of Studio1458, there are two audio jacks, so it is possible for you and your friend share the sound at the same time. The design is very funny and good. Besides, the optical drive also makes users use easily.

We test Dell Studio1458 with 3DMark Vantage, from the result we can know that it comes with ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4530 graphics, which is a primary product so that this graphics card may be unable to meet the needs of gamers, but can meet the daily work need.

We all test Studio1458 with PCMark Vantage; we get a wonderful score of 5808. While the Studio1458 doesn’t support dual graphics card, it will be available with dual graphics card in June, 2010.

Review of Dell Studio 1458 will let you know about it. If you want to know a laptop excellent or not, you can’t judge it just according to its appearance, the internal structure will tell you the truth. So you can also have a look of Dell Studio 1458’s internal structure.
The specifications of Dell Studio1458:
Genuine Windows® 7 Professional 64bit (English)
Intel® Core™ i5-540M (2.53GHz, 4 Threads, turbo boost up to 3.06GHz, 3M cache)
14” High Definition + WLED (1600×900) Display with TrueLife™
6GB 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM (1 x 2GB + 1 x 4GB)
Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Combination Drive with dual layer write capabilities
Integrated CREATIVE Sound Blaster® X-Fi MB Audio Software Solution
9-Cell (85WHr) Li-Ion Primary Battery
90W AC Adapter
Dell™Wireless 365 2.1 Bluetooth® Adapter
Dell™ Backlit Keyboard with Touchpad (English)
Chainlink Black with Black U-Trim
Chainlink Palmrest
Microsoft® Works Include Microsoft® Home & Student 60 Days Trial Pre-install
Dell Online Backup 2GB
500GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
512MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4530
Dell 1520 Wireless-N Card
Dell DataSafe Local Backup Basic
Break the seal sticker
Directship Info Mod
Power Cord (MY/SG/HK)
System Media Kit
Dell™ PC-Restore Included
System Drivers
Integrated Fast Ethernet 10/100/1000
ExpressCard Slot, (DOES NOT SUPPORT PC CARDS)
E-Star™ Label
Intel® Core™ i5 Label
Windows® 7 Label
Bezel with Integrated 2.0MP Web Cam
Adobe Reader (English)





how does this laptop compare to xps 1330? jane(Quote) (Reply)
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