£1200 - Dell Studio XPS 16 - with ssd?

tweakingfreak - the gfx card is soldered to the motherboard (not mxm :( ) so it cant be upgraded.

Everything else is really easy to upgrade
 
Strife212 said:
Yes :D
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when I rang up they said there was a 9 day lead time on SSDs, I assume because of stock.

Fingers crossed it should go in to production around the 9th/10th of this month.

So impatient, i want it now - having to work from a old PC at work, and my computer at home is shafted. Hate having to stay late at the office to work when i could be doing it infront of the tv with my SSD'd laptop :)
 
Just seen this on the outlet for £764.41

INSPIRON/STUDIO XPS 1640
(System Identifier: FLVAZ02Y)

* Studio XPS 16 Intel Core 2 Duo Processor P8600 (2.40GHz,1066MHz,3MB)
* Windows Vista® Home Premium;Windows Vista® Home Premium

System Price : £764.70

Operating System
Windows Vista® Home Premium
Windows Vista® Home PremiumMemory
Memory 4096MB (2x2048) 1067MHz DDR3 Dual ChannelHard Disk Drive
500GB HD SATA (7, 200rpm)Certified Refurbished
Certified RefurbishedNoteBook Screen
Display 16in Truelife 1080p Full HD RGBLED Edge to Edge DisplayMISC
MS Vista Premium Logo Label NB (small)
Wireless Intel WiFi Link 5300 (802.11 a/g/n) Half Mini Card European
Battery Primary 6-cell 56W/HR LI-ION
Wireless Europe Dell Bluetooth 370 CardBase
Studio XPS 16 Intel Core 2 Duo Processor P8600 (2.40GHz,1066MHz,3MB)Media Bay
DVD+/-RW

Good deal no?
 
Not sure which way to turn at the moment?

For general gaming is the 1GB ATI® Radeon™ HD 4670 a better performer than the 3670 512mb?

Also Dell don't seem to say what resolution the display is on the 15.6" (inch) Truelife 720p HD WLED Edge to Edge Display? I'm assuming 1366x768
 
tweakinfreak said:
Not sure which way to turn at the moment?

For general gaming is the 1GB ATI® Radeon™ HD 4670 a better performer than the 3670 512mb?

Also Dell don't seem to say what resolution the display is on the 15.6" (inch) Truelife 720p HD WLED Edge to Edge Display? I'm assuming 1366x768
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yes i beleive so.

if you want to get one, why not do this:
buy this:http://www.dmxdimension.com/recommend/N00X1602 add 256 SSD.

When it arrives, strip out the SSD, sell in auction site, then replace with normal HDD.

Overall cost:

£799(laptop) + £240(SSD upgrade) = £1039 - 5%(with voucher) = £987.05

sell SSD = £987.05 - £400 = £587.05
Replace HDD + £60
Total cost of ownership = £647!

SPEC:
Intel Core 2 Duo P7350 2.00 Ghz
Vista Home Premium
15.6" Truelife 1080p Full HD WLED
4096MB
1GB ATI Radeon HD 4670 DVD+/-RW £979
£799 N00X1602
 
Izi said:
yes i beleive so.

if you want to get one, why not do this:
buy this:http://www.dmxdimension.com/recommend/N00X1602 add 256 SSD.

When it arrives, strip out the SSD, sell in auction site, then replace with normal HDD.

Overall cost:

£799(laptop) + £240(SSD upgrade) = £1039 - 5%(with voucher) = £987.05

sell SSD = £987.05 - £400 = £587.05
Replace HDD + £60
Total cost of ownership = £647!

SPEC:
Intel Core 2 Duo P7350 2.00 Ghz
Vista Home Premium
15.6" Truelife 1080p Full HD WLED
4096MB
1GB ATI Radeon HD 4670 DVD+/-RW £979
£799 N00X1602
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Sounds ok but I can't stretch to the initial 1K to start with :(

I'm more inclined to opt for desktop real estate than I am gaming grunt so I think I'll go for the RGBLED screen I think....

I'm sure the 3670 512mb can handle CSS, COD4/5 with the res turned down and detail down......
 
Went for the RGBLED screen, 2.26ghz, 4gb DDR3, 3670HD 512mb, 320gb 7200rpm unit in the end...

Will post back thought's when it arrives, if anyone is interested?
 
Guys

Just got my XPS 16 whats the default (desktop res) for RGBLED screen? Just put W7 x64 on and the default res is currently 1366x768?

Suppose I need the latest drivers for 1920x1080
 
The default res is 1920x1080. Sounds like you havent got the RGB screen if you cant increase you res. Drivers wont make a difference, even on default W7 drivers it would pick up your native res
 
ninja2000 said:
The default res is 1920x1080. Sounds like you havent got the RGB screen if you cant increase you res. Drivers wont make a difference, even on default W7 drivers it would pick up your native res
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I thought as much :confused:

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Will have to get in contact with them tomorrow about this!

Thanks
 
Well I have sent back the none RGBLED laptop and will be ordering the unit below for £799 delivered.............from a shop on the bay

2.4ghz P8600
3670 512mb
4gbDDR3 1066mhz
RGBLED 1929x1080
Bluetooth
250gb 7200rpm
N series wireless
backlit keyboard (standard really)
3 years warranty

Can't wait!!
 
You should be able to easily tell on an LCD screen if you aren't running at native resolution. There's no confusion at all.

Also when I was messing with Win7, until I installed graphics drivers it used something like 800x600 as the res when the native was 1680x1050. This was with a GTX 260M. I didn't check if it offered higher res prior to installing the drivers. Win7 does not detect your screens native res on installation, sorry ninja2000.

I think a clean Win7 install (you didn't get it preinstalled from Dell, thats for sure) WOULD select something in the region of 1366x768 as the standard res for a 1920 screen upon installation. Dell don't even offer an XPS16 with that resolution screen so it's hard to believe they scrounged one up just to wrongly install in your expensive laptop. I do hope you checked the available desktop resolutions before sending it back when it didn't adopt native res right away after a clean OS install. Why did you not just install the drivers in the first place.
 
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