http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/ Engadget Comments for Dell rolls out Studio Desktop, Studio Slim http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/Sep 23rd 2008 3:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/Nice job, Dell...what slacker was hired to do this amazing new design?]]>Sep 23rd 2008 4:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/Sep 23rd 2008 3:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/Sep 23rd 2008 3:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/Sep 23rd 2008 4:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/Sep 23rd 2008 4:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/
In that case, there's a ton of brand new PCs retailing at under $300 that would make even better Linux boxes.]]>Sep 23rd 2008 6:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/Sep 23rd 2008 3:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/Sep 23rd 2008 4:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/Sep 23rd 2008 4:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/Sep 23rd 2008 7:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/Turns out they can...except that it's not actually more affordable.]]>Sep 23rd 2008 3:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/Sep 23rd 2008 4:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/Sep 23rd 2008 4:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/
I've tried HDMI on my Dell Vostro. It lacks the motherboard necessary to connect HDMI properly. So, the Inspiron is probably no different.]]>Sep 23rd 2008 4:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ 2 Quad processor Q9550 (12MB L2, 2.83GHz, 1333FSB)
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium ion SP1, 64-Bit
MONITOR 24 inch E248WFP Widescreen Digital Flat Panel
MEMORY 8GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz - 4DIMMs
HARD DRIVE 1TB -7200RPM, SATA 3.0Gb/s, 36MB Cache
OPTICAL DRIVE Blu-ray Disc (BD) Burner (Writes to DVD/CD/BD)
VIDEO CARD ATI Radeon HD 3450 256MB supporting HDMI
SOUND Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio
KEYBOARD & MOUSE Dell Consumer Multimedia Keyboard
MODEM No Modem Option

My Software & Accessories
SPEAKERS No Speaker Option
ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE McAfee SecurityCenter with anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall, 30-Days
OFFICE SOFTWARE Microsoft Works 9.0
My Service
WARRANTY & SERVICE 1Yr Ltd Hardware Warranty, InHome Service after Remote Diagnosis


ALSO INCLUDED WITH YOUR SYSTEM
MEDIA READER Integrated 16-in-1 Media Card Reader
Mouse Dell Premium Optical USB Mouse
Adobe Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 9.0 Multi-Language
Network Card Integrated 10/1000 Ethernet
Labels Windows Vista™ Premium
DATASAFE ONLINE BACKUP No DataSafe

for just under 2K how is this expensive.. Apple users would give their left nut for a machine this equipped for this little dough..]]>Sep 23rd 2008 4:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/Sep 23rd 2008 4:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/Sep 23rd 2008 6:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/Sep 23rd 2008 7:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/Adobe Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 9.0 Multi-Language ]]>Sep 23rd 2008 8:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/Sep 23rd 2008 4:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/Sep 23rd 2008 5:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/
Zing!]]>Sep 23rd 2008 5:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/Sep 23rd 2008 4:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/Sep 23rd 2008 4:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/Sep 23rd 2008 5:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/Sep 23rd 2008 5:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/]]>Sep 23rd 2008 6:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/Sep 23rd 2008 5:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/i am waiting for this little one too.
supposed to ship in november.
we ll just have to wait]]>Sep 24th 2008 1:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/Sep 23rd 2008 5:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/Sep 23rd 2008 6:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/
I highly doubt dell would ship 2 different motherboards with their units, there'd be significant cost differences in doing so. ]]>Sep 23rd 2008 7:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/Sep 23rd 2008 7:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/Sep 23rd 2008 9:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/Sep 23rd 2008 9:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/
Both the MT and ST have native HDMI = DVI if you want it via HDMI to DVI dongle. Though you can also get DVI through a discrete graphics upsell.

Over the 530 you also get native 1394 (not an add in card), and the G45 chipset supports HDCP so you have native Blu-ray support. But wait, there's more. It also has a built in media card reader. ]]>Sep 23rd 2008 10:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/
Read the review guys. A lot of this stuff is in there.]]>Sep 23rd 2008 10:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/Sep 23rd 2008 11:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/Your base is an Core 2 E7200 processor, 3gigs of RAM, 360gig hdd, vista home premium, an onboard video chip that supports DX10, hdmi support and a 350watt power supply. That my friends is the base model. Vostro and Inspiron does not offer this at all.

I don't know about the US, but in Canada, 549$ for this is a decent price. CPU and powersupply wise, most computers at that price only offer half the cpu power or a 250watts power supply.]]>Sep 25th 2008 7:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/Sep 25th 2008 7:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/Sep 25th 2008 3:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/
PCI: 1 Slot
PCIe x1: 2 Slots
Back: line-in, line-out, microphone, rear surround, side surround]]>Sep 25th 2008 7:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/Oct 2nd 2008 9:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/
I did swap out the 350w PSU with an Antec 650w (YES Dell, you CAN do this.)

Will be upgrading the video card soon too. Otherwise, the thing is a workhorse...highly recommended!]]>Nov 25th 2008 11:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/dell-rolls-out-studio-desktop-studio-slim/
I have a Slim on the way and a 3rd-party low-profile graphics card that calls for a 350w, even though some reviews have said that it will run with 250w. If I can get it to run on just 250w, fine, but if I have the option, I'd rather boost the power.

(A Dell rep claims that there "might" be some available PSUs out there, but he seemed to go out of his way to discourage me.)]]>Jan 8th 2009 11:14PM