Dell Studio 15, Studio 17 & XPS 16 Core i7 Refresh [Core i7 720QM/820QM Touting Dell Notebooks Unveiled]

If you’ve been holding out on buying a Dell notebook – specifically either the Dell Studio 15, Dell Studio 17 or the Dell Studio XPS 16 – until the world’s fastest mobile CPU, namely the quad-core Core i7, hits the range the good news is that Dell have just confirmed that the aforementioned Studio notebook variants are being refreshed to include the Core i7 with the updated purportedly set to hit Dell’s online portal sometime today.

In terms of model specific details, the Dell refresh sees their 15.6” multimedia/gaming notebook gaining the 1.73GHz Intel Core i7 820QM processor whilst the Studio 15 and Studio 16 will be offered with the 1.6GHz Core i7 720QM CPU as a option whilst further revisions sees the Studio 17 additionally gaining a new integrated 2.1 channel JBL sound system whilst additionally offering a 1GB Mobility Radeon HD 4650 GPU and space for a secondary HDD.

Of course the aforementioned refresh also seems a revision in top end pricing concerning all three models with the Dell Studio 15 set to top out at around $999 whilst the top of the range Studio 17 will come it at some $1,100 with the Studio XPS 16 coming in at a maximum of $1,250.

