Advantages: reasonably priced, polite customer support Disadvantages: careless setup of drivers, very lousy laptop speakers!!
bought a studio 15 laptop...it was upgraded version so took them about 3 weeks to deliver
The bluetooth and BluRay drives weren't working properly...after many emails and fiddling around with laptop's screws and reformatting following email instructions then I got a call to sort out the bluray...it was finally sorted.
These were little probs that didn't bother me too much so I wasn't chasing Dell up daily, it did get sorted about 4 months later (after date of purchase). I think the laptop should have been tested and setup with updated drivers then I wouldn't have had this hassle and bad experience with an otherwise glitch free (so far...a year later!) system!!
Overall the customer service department were polite and did their best to be helpful.
I was asked to fill out a survery later so maybe they've improved their system ...
Advantages: About 50 controllers, comes with Sonar LE and Dimension LE Disadvantages: DJ controller flimsy, some driver issues
and you shouldn't normally need it if it is plugged into a USB port).
A USB connection socket.
MIDI In and Out sockets (you can use this as a MIDI interface to connect to another keyboard as well as using this as a controller at the same time. It does this by telling your computer that it is two MIDI interfaces).
Sustain and expression pedal sockets. I have a Yamaha sustain pedal and this or an Edirol will work. Roland should work as well since Edirol are made by Roland, but I haven't tested this.
IN USE
Using the keyboard is very simple. The main drawback is the small screen. It only has four characters to display and with so many things that you can adjust, it just isn't enough and you may get confused. I recommend keeping the manual to hand or use the software to edit controls.
All the buttons feel fairly solid ...
NegativeG 15.08.2008
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Advantages: Quiet, Good looking Disadvantages: Button under the dvd draw
okay, but when I come to close it, the tray almost covers the button in which I need to press to close it again. I?ve overcome this problem by searching online for free programs, that allow me to open and close the dvd tray with just a click of an icon on the desktop or system tray. I ordered the studio 540 direct from dell which allowed me to customise the specifications to my own liking.
This is what I ordered for £529
Intel Core 2 Quad Core Q8300 2.5Ghz
4x1024 MB Memory
640GB Hard Drive
1024 MB NVIDIA GeForce GT220 Graphics
Windows Vista 64 Bit with free upgrade to Windows 7
Comes with Microsoft works 9.0, Drivers, keyboard/Mouse, also McAfee Security 30 day trial, Microsoft office 30 day trial ...
BlueSapphire 14.10.2009
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