Feb 11, 2016 03:08 PM
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I got Dell Studio 14 in 2009. The specs were impressive. It housed a reasonably fast 2.1 GHz Intel Core 2 duo processor with 4 GB of RAM at a time when 1 GB or 2 GB was the norm. Needless to say, it ran pretty well initially. It also looked rather good. Much of the body was sturdy too.
But as time passed, it began to show cracks in the system. First of all, the hinge turned out to be unbelievably fragile and before I knew it, I could no longer put the lid down. A little bit of gaming and a few keyboard keys stopped working. Of course, the slot-in DVD Drive was a nuisance and I had to get it changed once during the warranty period, but even the replacement didn't last long. Videos at 1080 pixels wouldn't play properly, but that might have had something to do with the screen-size rather than hardware.
The worst thing was the problems started to show only after the warranty ran out, and almost immediately once it did. It made me realize the parts were built to last only as long as the warranty did, and if you want them serviced, be prepared to shell out more money. In hindsight, I should have got a Inspiron or a Vostro instead.
