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SiRV 09-18-2011 01:38 PM

is this a good laptop deal?
 
12 Days of Dell | Dell Canada

Just wondering if this is any good for its price:

Dell XPS 17''
- 2nd gen Corei7-2630QM processor 2.00 GHz with Turbo Boost 2.0 up to 2.90 GHz
- Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64-Bit, English
- Elemental Silver Aluminum
- 17.3" HD+ (900p) LED Display
- 2.0MP HD Webcam
- 8GB Shared Dual Channel DDR3 Memory
- 1.0TB 500GB 7.2k HDD x 2
- NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 550M 1GB graphics with Optimus
- 8X Tray Load CD/DVD Burner (Dual Layer DVD+/-R Drive)
- 1 Year Basic Mail-In Service Plan

$999.99 + HST

Looking to just use it for regular steam games and some D3 hopefully when it comes out

roastpuff 09-18-2011 01:45 PM

Pretty good deal. The 500GB x2 HDD is interesting though...

!MiKrofT 09-18-2011 04:34 PM

Striped together for performance. Would be better if it was 1080p screen.

Mr.HappySilp 09-18-2011 04:36 PM

^^ agree I would expect any 17inch laptop with 1080p screen these days. Heck even some of the higer model of 15inch have 1080p screen.

Personally I am so use to 1080 screens I would not go to a lower one.

BossFrancis 09-18-2011 05:35 PM

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BossFrancis 09-18-2011 05:36 PM

The turbo boost is a nice added bonus ;)
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bestsoup 09-18-2011 08:02 PM

Go for it

tiger_handheld 09-18-2011 08:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SiRV (Post 7582106)
12 Days of Dell | Dell Canada

Just wondering if this is any good for its price:

Dell XPS 17''
- 2nd gen Corei7-2630QM processor 2.00 GHz with Turbo Boost 2.0 up to 2.90 GHz
- Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64-Bit, English
- Elemental Silver Aluminum
- 17.3" HD+ (900p) LED Display
- 2.0MP HD Webcam
- 8GB Shared Dual Channel DDR3 Memory
- 1.0TB 500GB 7.2k HDD x 2
- NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 550M 1GB graphics with Optimus
- 8X Tray Load CD/DVD Burner (Dual Layer DVD+/-R Drive)
- 1 Year Basic Mail-In Service Plan

$999.99 + HST

Looking to just use it for regular steam games and some D3 hopefully when it comes out


thats all that matters!

!MiKrofT 09-18-2011 09:23 PM

A lot of core i series processors have turbo boost. It's not that unique.

3klipze 09-19-2011 09:46 AM

That is going to be a heavy laptop, you can probably get a Asus with similar specs and cheaper.

edit: i'm pretty sure you can modify on Dell to change your screen resolution to 1080 for extra $$

SiRV 09-19-2011 10:27 AM

The Dell Online Store: My Cart

the deal today...

XPS 15
2nd generation Intel® Core™ i7-2630QM processor 2.00 GHz with Turbo Boost 2.0 up to 2.90 GHz
Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English
Elemental Silver Aluminum
15.6 in HD WLED TL (1366x768) with Skype-Certified 2.0MP HD Webcam
8GB Shared Dual Channel DDR3 Memory
750GB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive
NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 540M 2GB graphics with Optimus
8X Tray Load CD/DVD Burner (Dual Layer DVD+/-R Drive)
1 Year Basic Mail-In Service Plan

or...

Buy the ASUS G73SW-XT1 17.3 Black Laptop at TigerDirect.ca

Dragon-88 09-19-2011 11:13 AM

Decent buys, But XPS notebook are heavy..

3klipze 09-19-2011 11:14 AM

are you looking into buying a 17" only? are you going to bring this laptop around? is it mostly for gaming?

!MiKrofT 09-19-2011 11:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dragon-88 (Post 7583079)
Decent buys, But XPS notebook are heavy..

As are most gaming laptops.

SiRV 09-19-2011 12:27 PM

Trying to get full desktop replacements.. I'm just browsing right now waiting for the right moment... Are the ext generation of I-processors coming out this year??
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