Dell Quietly Releases Touchscreen Studio 17
Dell has quietly slipped a touchscreen version of the Studio 17 notebook into its lineup.
The Studio 17 Touch represents Dell's first ever multitouch notebook and boy, does it mean business. With a 17.3-inch (1600x900) display, the machine packs Intel's 2.1GHz Dual Core T4300, with the option to upgrade to Core i7. Processing power aside, you're looking at a 512MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570 (option for a 1GB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650), up to 8GB of RAM, up to 1TB of storage, Blu-ray, 802.11g connectivity, a six-cell battery, and various different options for Windows 7.
Electronista reports that system starts off at $800 for the Dual Core T4300, 4GB of DDR3, an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570, a 320GB HDD, a dual-layer DVD burner, Blu-ray, 802.11g connectivity, a six-cell battery, and Windows 7 Home Premium x64.
Hit up Dell to preorder. Shipping is set for December.

720p...which is still amazingly better than 640x480.
Looks like a cool laptop, but personally I'd rather just build myself a uber-1337 Desktop for the same price and buy a netbook for interwebs..
Lots of laptops have blu-ray and a 1600x900 screen.
Oh yeah, and you gotta love those quiet launches. When the product more than lives up to the complete lack of hype, it's better than something that's overhyped and completely flops.
blu-ray drives are not only for watching movies, besides you can use the HDMI output and use a bigger screen at home for the full 1080p experience if 720p isnt enough.
Agreed, at the distance you watch a movie at on a laptop, that resolution would be much appreciated.
But still, its better than no blu-ray.
Personally, I rip my movies to an external hard drive, then watch them through a netbook which supports 720p HDMI output.
Interestingly, the computer does go up to 1366 by 768 on its 12" screen, but watching HD video on a 12" screen just doesn't work out too well.
Too bad dell laptops are overpriced ugly pieces of sh!t
So with the way Dell has been the last month, this actually is more like January...
En ends up with a bang with a "it's crap don't buy that" bang
Dies after a few month when warranty expires
COLORS Black Chainlink edit
PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ i7-820QM Quad Core Processor @ 1.73GHz (3.06GHz Turbo Mode, 6MB Cache) edit
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English edit
OFFICE SOFTWARE Microsoft® Works 9 edit
WARRANTY AND SERVICE 3Yr Ltd Hardware Warranty, InHome Service after Remote Diagnosis edit
In-Home Service after Remote Diagnosis: for issues covered by Limited Hardware Warranty, technician and/or part will be dispatched, if necessary, usually in 1 or 2 business days following Remote Diagnosis. During Remote Diagnosis, you may be asked to access the inside of your system (where safe to do so) or to participate in troubleshooting until a cause can be isolated.
SECURITY SOFTWARE McAfee Security Center with VirusScan, Firewall, Spyware Removal, 30-Days edit
HD DISPLAY 17.3” Full HD (1080p) B+RG LED Display with TrueLife™ and Camera/Facial Recognition SW edit
MEMORY 4GB Shared Dual Channel DDR3 at 1066MHz edit
HARD DRIVE 250GB SATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) edit
OPTICAL DRIVE Slot Load Blu-ray Disc (BD) Burner (Writes to DVD/CD/BD) edit
WIRELESS CARDS Dell Wireless 1520 802.11n Half Mini-card edit
SOUND OPTIONS Soundblaster X-Fi Hi Def Audio - Software Enabled edit
KEYBOARD Back-lit Keyboard edit
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and the price is nice for that $ 2184
COLORS Special Edition Black Chainlink with Red Trim edit
PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T6600 (2.2GHz/800Mhz FSB/2MB cache) edit
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English edit
OFFICE SOFTWARE Microsoft® Works 9 edit
WARRANTY AND SERVICE 1 Yr Ltd Hardware Warranty, InHome Service after Remote Diagnosis - Important Information edit
In-Home Service after Remote Diagnosis: for issues covered by Limited Hardware Warranty, technician and/or part will be dispatched, if necessary, usually in 1 or 2 business days following Remote Diagnosis. During Remote Diagnosis, you may be asked to access the inside of your system (where safe to do so) or to participate in troubleshooting until a cause can be isolated.
SECURITY SOFTWARE McAfee SecurityCenter, 15-Months edit
HD DISPLAY 17.3” HD+ (900p) LED Display with TrueLife™, Camera/Facial Recognition SW & MultiTouch edit
MEMORY 4GB Shared Dual Channel DDR3 at 1066MHz edit
HARD DRIVE 500GB SATA HDD (7200rpm) edit
VIDEO CARD 1GB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650 edit
OPTICAL DRIVE 8X Slot Load CD/DVD Burner (Dual Layer DVD+/-R Drive) edit
BATTERY OPTIONS 56 Whr Lithium Ion Battery (6 cell) edit
WIRELESS CARDS Dell Wireless 1397 802.11g Half Mini-Card edit
SOUND OPTIONS High Definition Audio 2.0 edit
KEYBOARD Back-lit Keyboard edit
Price $1174