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Dell Studio Hybrid Reviews

DTS - 1 x Pentium Dual Core T2390 / 1.86 GHz - RAM 3 GB - HDD 1 x 250 GB - DVD More product details

$499.00

Flexible design lets you customize appearance and positioning ; best combination of looks and... (cnet.com)

It's hard for us to recommend the Dell Studio Hybrid desktop for any practical purpose. As a... (zdnet.com)

alaTest Review Summary for Dell Studio Hybrid

We have collected and analyzed 35 expert reviews and 157 user reviews from international sources. Experts rate this product 73/100 and users rate it 76/100. The average review date is November 25, 2008. We have compared these reviews to 66337 reviews from other Desktops. The alaScore™ for this product is 94/100 = Excellent. Last update: November 19, 2009.

alaSCORE 94

940100

192 reviews

November, 2009

73 / 100

35 Experts

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76 / 100

157 Users

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from $499.00

Expert Reviews (35)

US

Dell Studio Hybrid

By (cnet.com)

Flexible design lets you customize appearance and positioning ; best combination of looks and specifications among supersmall desktops

Standard budget PCs offer better price-performance and more upgradeability ; laptops deliver better space economy with similar specifications for the dollar

If you're considering all of the computers in the $700 to $1,000 price range, the Dell Studio Hybrid is not very compelling. However, if you limit yourself to the very specific niche of small PCs, you'll appreciate this system's clever design and its ...

If you have the Studio Hybrid in mind as a Blu-ray-equipped living room PC...

Rating

66100

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cnet.com
US

Dell Studio Hybrid

By Rich Brown (zdnet.com)

It's hard for us to recommend the Dell Studio Hybrid desktop for any practical purpose. As a desktop for productivity, you can get more bang-for-your-buck from a typical budget-priced midtower PC. And if your goal is either space-saving or using this ...

If you have the Studio Hybrid in mind as a Blu-ray-equipped living room PC...

Rating

66100

Partner Source
zdnet.com
US

Dell Studio Hybrid Review (Verdict: Cute, Not So Cuddly)

By Mark Wilson (gizmodo.com)

The Gadget: Dell Studio Hybrid. An HDMI-equipped small PC, with 2.16Ghz processor, 2GB of RAM, 250GB hard drive and internal Blu-ray drive.

No rating

gizmodo.com

User Reviews (157)

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"perfect for a small apartment"

By rob128 (cnet.com)

I live in a small Manhattan apartment, so a s... 

tiny footprint, quiet enough for a bedroom, fast enough for internet and Word, HDMI and DVI outputs

It's supposedly not powerful enough for heavy duty gaming. But what do you expect for $500?

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"Nice size and looks but noisy fan"

By lawks2007 (cnet.com)

If used in a quiet room then the fan noise wo... 

I like the looks, size and performance. It's not a screamer but it's fast enough for writing documents and crusing the internet or playing movies. I can't believe the complaints regarding expandablilty. Seems like that should be obvious.

The fan kicked on after 2-3 hrs and was somewhat loud. I was watching a DVD when I heard what sounded like white noise. I turned everything off and it was the Dell fan. It fooled me because it had been running 2-3 hrs before it kicked on.

US

"Performance ok except for the blue-ray capabilty."

By alomore (cnet.com)

Very dissapointed with Dell. They Denied to c... 

In general performance is adequate in correspondence to the system specifications, but the system does not delivers it's promise regarding the Blue-ray.

Blue-ray never worked. After 4 attempts from Dell to solve the problem (Got 3 different CPU's from Dell plus a technician visit to replace Hard drive & CD drive) in a two months period, the failure was always the same, the system just crashes.

Manufacturer's Description

More flexible than a typical PC, the Dell Studio Hybrid is an anywhere-you-want-it-desktop. The smallest desktop, it looks great in the living room, on the desk, or anywhere else space is at a premium. Plus, it uses energy-efficient Intel Core 2 Duo processors, so you can enjoy its power while helping to preserve the planet. Studio Hybrid is Dell's greenest consumer desktop PC. The smallest design is about 80% smaller than standard desktops, and it contains about 75% less printed...

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