Dell Studio Line - Coming Soon?

[madmatt]

It looks like that mysterious listing on Dell's support site for a "Studio 1535" laptop is evidence of a larger branding push soon to come -- we just got a tip that says Dell's planning on creating an entire Studio line as "a midpoint between performance XPS systems and entry-level Inspiron systems." The first machines out of the gate will apparently be those rumored 1535 and 1735 laptops we caught a glimpse of last month (the 1435 appears to have been canned), but we're being told that eventually there'll be Studio desktops as well, and that the 1535 will get an AMD-based 1536 twin. All still rumors for now, but they dovetail nicely with the recent merger of the XPS and Alienware teams and Dell's hints at "new directions" for XPS -- and based on the obviously-related design language of the XPS m1530 and Studio 1535, we'd even go so far as to guess that the Studio line is destined to replace the XPS line, not simply supplement it. We'll see when we see -- any other theories out there?

Source: Engadget

 

[zeke_mo]

Any mention of not including a bunch of crap software that bloats and bogs down the system?

 

[Grandmaster]

^ Hah, yeah right.

 

[kcnychief]

If it's true that would be cool - I have always hoped they would do some middle line between the XPS (nice, but expensive) and the lower end Inspiron

 

[Mizzle]

I don't know why, but I love that design

 

[madmatt]

I'm with the source, I think the XPS line will disappear and we will see more cross branding between Dell and Alienware.

 

[kcnychief]

I'm with the source, I think the XPS line will disappear and we will see more cross branding between Dell and Alienware.

Are you really with the source?

How many microphones would you give it?

 

[Sazar]

Any mention of not including a bunch of crap software that bloats and bogs down the system?

The XPS line is supposed to be pretty stripped down as are other systems these days, so it's possible the Studio line will also contain less programs.

 

[Johnny]

That laptop look nice. I like it ..