I bought Dell studio 15 (i3, 320 Sata, 4 GB ram, 9 cell, 15.6, 1 gb external graphics card) last month. I geta good discount and in beginning I am very happy to see performance and style. Just to give a bench mark, with famvilee on facebook, it utilizes 66% of my ram, but application runs seamless. Now the first problem arises when I closed the lid for having lunch. When I open it back, the mouse scroller below keyboard it is so hot that I cant even touch it. So as the side areas. It is also difficult to work it putting on your lap, as bottom of laptop is also heated up.
Then the charger. Seriously, I was shocked the way it gets heated up. You have to leave it for 15-20 min to cool down before putting it back in bag.
Third problem is graphics. When I move the laptop while running, it hangs or all graphics go for a toss. I have to reboot twice or thrice before making it finally come back again. This may be due to loose graphics card from inside.
Folks, its a good product, but keep in mind the heating problem, it requires a good ac. if you are planning to work in field/non ac places, then don’t buy.