Xps 1645 Specs
Overview
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Currently the most powerful laptop offered by Dell short of an Alienware, the Dell Studio XPS 16 is a sleek, performance-class machine. Recently, Dell refreshed the machine, adding Intel’s new Core i-series processors and a more powerful ATI graphics card. However, depending on the selected options, it can also bear a hefty price tag.
My Dell Studio XPS 1645 had the following specifications:
- Obsidian Black
- 16” 1080p (1920×1080) RGBLED screen w/webcam
- Intel Core i7 720QM (1.6GHz/2.8GHz Turbo Mode, 6MB Intel Smart Cache)
- Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium, 64-bit
- ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670, 1GB
- 6GB DDR3, 1333MHz (4GB + 2GB)
- 500GB 7200RPM hard drive with freefall sensor (Seagate Momentus 7200.4/ST9500420ASG)
- Intel Wireless WiFi Link 5300AGN
- Slot-loading Blu-ray Rewritable drive
- 9-cell Li-ion battery (85Whr)
- Weight: 6.3 lbs (as listed on Dell website)
- Dimensions: 15.15” (W) x 10.02” (D) x 0.95”/1.34” (front/back H)
- MSRP: $2,124
The Studio XPS 16 starts at $949 for a base, 15.6” model. Unfortunately, getting the 16” RGDLED screen is a bit tricky lately, since many configurations do not seem to offer it. The last time I checked, one way to get the screen would be to order it from the small business division of dell (which means that you have to be content with a Core i5 processor). The other available 1080p screen is the 15.6” WLED LCD.
I received this machine a few months ago as a refurbished warranty/ADR replacement for my aging Inspiron E1505, which began to break down. Therefore, this review will reflect my impressions of the machine over the course of several weeks.
Build and Design
The Dell Studio XPS 16 is a study in contrasts: sleek but large, and stylish, but bulky. The silver trim and black gloss paint make it classy without being garish in the least. Unfortunately, since the finish is high gloss, it attracts fingerprints like crazy. In addition, oil from your hands (and anything else on them) rubs off on the finish and is transferred to the screen when you close it (since the screen is not recessed).
The build is mostly plastic (even the metallic-looking trim), but it is reasonably robust. It creaks a bit if you grab it by the sides, but it doesn’t feel like it will fall apart. Some of the trim near the screen doesn’t line up perfectly, and tends to put a tiny scratch at the very bottom of the screen (hard to see unless you really look for it). I am not sure whether this is a defect in my machine or a general issue. The hinges are quite strong, and the screen takes a bit of effort to open. Ripples show up on the screen if moderate to heavy pressure is applied to the lid, a consequence of having such a large screen. Being a 16” machine, the Studio XPS 16 has a bit of heft, necessitating the use of two hands to carry it.
If you get the impression that this notebook has questionable build quality, please remember that this is a large 16-incher, and it is therefore quite robust for its size. Vestax vci 400dj. I carried this machine around in a padded messenger bag to and from classes at college for a few months now, and it is serving me very well (my shoulder originally had a different opinion, but I acclimated quickly). However, I would agree that it could be somewhat more robust. As a side note, the Studio XPS 16 fits (barely) in a messenger bag designed for 15.4” laptops.
The entire bottom cover can be removed to access the hard disk and memory. While this makes for a much sleeker appearance, it does make changing upgrading a bit more work. However, unless you are taking out the keyboard (or something similar), it is nothing terribly annoying.
Screen and Speakers
There is only one word for the screen: WOW! This is quite simply the best screen I have ever seen, and it has spoiled me horribly. The native resolution is 1920 x 1080 (1080p, full HD) Color saturation is extremely high (maybe a bit too high, particularly for the reds), and the contrast is excellent. While the backlighting is ridiculously bright, it has the upside of keeping the screen usable even under bright indoor lighting. Unfortunately, I ran into a little issue at this point, as the screen flickers occasionally when the brightness is ~50% or below (only when large regions of white are present on the screen). It occurs so quickly, that I found myself questioning whether it really occurred. At any rate, it is only mildly annoying, and the solution is to get used to the higher brightness levels.
(These images simply do not do the screen justice. My ancient 1 MP Pentax really struggled with getting pictures of the screen in the dark).
The viewing angles on this screen are very impressive. Horizontally, the screen’s brightness falls off somewhat at ~50 degrees, and the screen tone becomes a tiny bit redder. However, it still looks great, and remains legible even when viewed from almost 90 degrees to the side. This makes it easy to have multiple people view the screen at once. Vertically, the viewing angles are very good, with the colors inverted at 50 degrees above or below the screen. The screen is glossy, and actually has a layer of glass in front of it that extends to the very edge of the frame (and is thus a “frameless” design). Reflections can be an issue, but the brightness can be increased to counter this. There is a webcam and dual-array microphone in the screen. The webcam has a slow refresh rate, and produces grainy images. It can be used with face recognition to log into the computer, but this feature seemed to work intermittently. I did not test the microphone.
As impressed as I was by the screen, I was satisfied but not blown away by the speakers. My old Inspiron E1505 actually had pretty good speakers, but they lacked bass. The Studio XPS 16 definitely has a subwoofer, and the bass is impressive for a laptop. However, the speakers sound a bit on the tinny side (like they are small, which they are). The volume has a nice range, and can easily fill a small to medium-size room. There is little to no distortion at high volume. The speakers have a bit of a directional effect, with some volume drop-off at certain angles. The two headphone jacks have no noticeable static.
Keyboard and Touchpad
The keys are fairly flat, with a ridged shape. This permits the keys to be spaced very closely together while keeping your fingers sufficiently spaced apart. The keys have a fairly short throw and are fairly quiet unless you strike them with a fair amount of force. Pressing very firmly on the keyboard yields no discernable flex. The Studio XPS 16 lacks a numpad (unlike my E1505, it is not even embedded in the middle of the keyboard and activated by the fn key), and the Home, PgDn, PgUp, End keys are positioned just to the right of the backspace and enter keys. A nice bonus is the backlighting, which has three settings (high, low, and off).
The Studio XPS 16 sports touch-activated media controls above the keyboard. Free rar unpacker. Their white backlighting remains on regardless of the keyboard backlighting settings, but I found it tasteful. One nitpick is that I often hit the ‘eject’ button by mistake when attempting to press ‘Delete.’ The touchpad is almost completely smooth, with just a tiny bit of texture. The buttons require very little force to press, but are recessed enough to prevent accidental clicking. Like the keyboard, they make little noise when pressed.
Ports and Features
The Studio XPS 16 has an impressive array of ports. Most notably, it possesses two headphone jacks, an eSATA/USB combo plug, a Displayport connector, and an HDMI port. One nitpick I can find in this department is the fact that it has only three USB ports. Another is that the power cable has an annoying habit of falling out of the plug if it dangles a certain way (a problem I experienced with my old machine that probably involves wear on the plug).
Left Side: Kensington lock slot, VGA out, 1000Mbps Ethernet, Displayport, HDMI, 2x USB 2.0, microphone and 2 headphone jacks
Right Side: Expresscard port, Media card reader, Mini IEEE 1394, Slot-loading Blue-ray RW drive, eSATA/USB 2.0 combo port, and Power jack.
Front: Indicator lights (Hard drive, Bluetooth, WiFi, and WLAN)
Back: Battery
Xps 1645 Specs
I got a new work laptop the other day and i thought i 'd share some of my thoughts.
Quick specs
- Intel Core i7 Q820 1.73GHz
- 2x4GB DDR3 RAM @ 667MHz
- Samsung PM800 2.5' 128gb SSD HDD
- Radeon HD 4670 w/ 1GB RAM
- 16' 16:9 RGBLED screen (1920x1080) w/ 2MP webcam
- Intel 5300 802.11 AGN wifi + bluetooth
- 8x DVD+/- RW optical drive
- 9-cell 85Wh battery
- Weight 6.4lb (2.9kg)
Design
The design of this laptop is mostly OK. Unlike most Dell laptops however, this one is surprisingly well built. And while it looks stylish and nice at first, it's also got some faults that later come to light, some bigger than others.
Ports and layout:
The laptop has all its ports on the sides and personally i consider that a major design flaw on a desktop replacement such as this. Most things that get cables plugged into them (usb, network, power, video, etc.) should be on the back because when you have all of them connected it's easier to move the laptop and less clutter. Being constricted on 1 side (back) is better than being constricted on 2 (left and right).
On the right side we have: 54mm Express Card slot, 8-in-1 Media Card Reader, 1394a port, slot-loading 8x DVD+/- RW drive, USB/e-SATA port and AC. I like the slot loading mechanism, especially for a laptop and i think more manufacturers should use them. Placing the optical drive on the right side of a laptop is not a wise choice tho. Most people are right handed and when using an external mouse you have to move it out of the away when inserting or ejecting a disk. It should go on the left side in my opinion.
On the left side we have: VGA, network, display port, HDMI, 2 USBs, mic in, and 2 headphone jacks. I think the VGA port has outlived its usefulness and should be replaced at least by a DVI port. Also having both display port and HDMI is pretty redundant. At least one more USB port would be nice, after all the laptop is most likely to be used as a desktop replacement and not a portable computer.
The speakers located on both sides of the keyboard and provide good sound quality.
Display:
The laptop has a 16' RGBLED edge-to-edge glossy screen, 16:9 aspect ratio and a resolution of 1920x1080. On top it has a 2MP webcam with good video quality and 2 microphones. The screen looks very bright and colorful offering very good horizontal viewing angles (and not as good vertical ones, especially when looking from below) but being glossy you can use it as a mirror when dark surfaces are displayed. It can be challenging to view outdoors. I don't like the fact that the display doesn't open past ~120 degrees:
This is how bright the screen is compared to an old Dell Precision M90 (on the left) both on maximum brightness:
Keyboard and touchpad:
The touchpad is medium in size with 2 large buttons on it, placed an inch or so to the left from center. It's semi-glossy, meaning it's not as glossy as the palm rest area but not matte either - your finger sticks to it a little bit. It's certainly not as a bad as HP laptops but completely matte would have been best. I would have liked a bigger (and centered) touchpad since there's clearly enough room for it between the keyboard and the edge of the laptop.
The back-light keyboard is big with large easy-to-type keys, however the layout is a bit weird. Dell made a bad design decision putting the speakers on the sides of the keyboard therefore limiting its width. This led to a crammed layout with an extra row of keys on the right and un-separated directional buttons. Had the speakers been above the keyboard or on the lower edge of the laptop, it could have accommodated a perfectly spaced layout, with all the buttons being where they're supposed to. The back-light has 3 settings - high, medium and off and here's how it looks in the dark on high:
Battery and AC adapter:
The laptop came with a 9-cell 85Wh battery rated for 4h51m. As you can see in the pictures it sticks out and raises the back of the laptop almost an inch off the table. A regular 6-cell battery would improve aesthetics greatly.
The power adapter that the laptop came with is a small one, rated for only 90W of power. There seems to be some issues with it not providing enough juice to run the laptop in high-performance mode, there's a lengthy discussion about it on Dell's forums. A regular 130W one is recommended. I've had a bit of a problem with the AC adapter. The center pin in the connector that goes into the laptop was bent, out of the box. I forced it in and broke it. Now it will keep the laptop running but will not charge the battery. Crappy Dell quality control :(
Performance
The laptop comes with windows 7 home premium 64-bit. Out of the box, it's quite fast. It boots from power-on to login screen in 28 sec. Shut down takes 7 seconds from clicking the button to power-off. The OS and all the bundled software take about 25gigs. After a clean reinstall that is reduced to 21gigs (8 of those are swap space).
Windows experience index:
Super PI for 1mil and 8mil (on AC power):
CrystalDiskMark and HD Tune Pro:
PCMark05:
Dell Xps 1645 Specs
On AC power in 'High Performance' profile - 10819On battery power in High Performance' profile - 9260 - that's 16% slower than AC
3DMark06:
Tested on Asus RT-N16 b/g/n wireless router at a distance of 5 feet (2 meters).
Dell Studio Xps 1645 Bluetooth Driver
What's in the boxBattery, AC adapter, cloth pouch, windows 7 installation cd, drivers cd.
Dell Studio Xps 1645 Battery
Pros
- great specs
- great edge-to-edge screen
- back-light keyboard
- slot loading optical drive
- relatively thin
- good build quality
Cons
- bad ergonomics (all ports on the sides, small touchpad, bad keyboard layout)
- only 3 USB ports
- glossy screen, doesn't open all the way
Conclusion
It takes more than slapping the latest and greatest components together to make a good laptop. It seems little ergonomics research has gone into the design of this one. That being said, it's super fast and should provide great performance for any type of activity, gaming included.