@Dummy

Are you kidding?

nVidia's market share has plummeted this year and is now below that of ATI. In addition, many of the systems that feature nVidia GPUs over the past year have been 'freebees' to get ODM's back on nVidias side after the 8xxx ball solder fiasco.

nVidia is NOT in a good position right now.

Now the 3xx is supposed to bring everything back together for them, but wasn't it reported a few months ago that their yield for first spin on the new silicon was below 1%? Thats abysmal, even for a first run.

I won't go anywhere near nVidia at the moment, it's a total bag of hurt.

Oh, it doesn't help that iIve lost three 8xxx GPUs and a 7400 in the past 12 months either, probably all as a result of the same ball issue they had.

Got one of these back when they first came out
-More USB ports
-Better audio
-Larger trackpad
-Better heat exhaust (only one exhaust port?)

Overall i'd give it an 7.5/10 myself
My previous XPS M1210 would be a 8/10 for comparison

I also upgraded from the M1210 to the Studio XPS 13.

M1210 vs Studio XPS 13:

Pros:
Much sleeker design
Bigger/nicer screen (I got the LED option)
Faster (obviously)
Lower temperature on lap
Power adapter is half the size
Bigger/better keyboard
Backlit keyboard
eSATA :)
Abundant video-out options
Quality feel - nice sleeve

Neutrals:
Touch media controls
No colour options
No option for 9-cell battery in Canada

Cons:
2 USB ports :(
Some trouble with wireless card after Vista64 reinstall (Drivers?)
Soundcard sucks (Bought as Asus U1 to replace)
Stupid hard drive partition for windows recovery
Only one exhaust vent?
Trackpad too small
Black+Glossy = Fingerprint Magnet

I had a bit of wobble when i got it, simply taking off the bottom panel and replacing it properly fixed this. I do not have any of the screen or leather 'ripple' that engadget are talking about.

Overall very pleased with this machine. The windows installation crashed and burned after a month of use, but that's not the machines fault. Should have wiped it from the onset anyway.

2012, the year I graduate from computer engineering and everything changes on me. Cool. (Not)

Is that a SODIMM slot on the motherboard beside the main memory banks?

Oh right, this is an apple thread and I mentioned 'Zune'

My bad.

What about headphones with higher impedance's?

I have to crank my Zune up more than normal (for earbuds) to get the same volume on my m-audio Q40's.

Can confirm this.

My 1Tb 7200.11 died in november, losing all data on it.

A friend also lost a 7200.11 1Tb as well.

Very pissed.

crap you've been low ranked to oblivion

uh, no. not 'nuff said, sorry.