Dell XPS 1730 Question ?

[TallGuy]

Hell OC forums , i am new to here looking for advice on Dell XPS 1730 . . .

I have been offer the chance to buy Dell XPS 1730 warranty until Sept 2013

Looking to use Dell XPS 1730 with Photoshop CS5 & Adobe Photoshop Elements 9 , would this be faster enough , i dont want to buy new P.C

spec below

Core 2 Duo T9300 2.50Ghz
Windows Vista ultimate 64 Bit
17"UltraSharp Widescreen WUXGA (1920x1200) TFT
4GB - 667MHz channel DD2
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache
Dual - 512MB Nvidia Geforce 8800GTX

Any advice please would be very greatful , even better if any Dell XPS 1730 users around

 

[Si105]

Good spec, looks like it was top of range whenever it was bought. But i'd like to know how its got warranty till 2013 since Dells max is 3 I think and the geforce 8 series definately werent in new dell laptops of 2010 :0

 

[TallGuy]

Good spec, looks like it was top of range whenever it was bought. But i'd like to know how its got warranty till 2013 since Dells max is 3 I think and the geforce 8 series definately werent in new dell laptops of 2010 :0

Dell max is 5 , ive checked the service tag on the web-site

 

[GeezerButler]

Yep, dell will sell longer warranty on some products. It's ok so long as they can get the spares - with the previous generation XPS the video cards were a problem and some people on the far end of their warranty ended up waiting up to six weeks for replacement cards. Some of which failed again - one I fitted lasted 48 hours. Dell tried to palm some of them off with slower video cards as replacements.

The 1730 is OK - didn't get too many problems. Occasional video problems - usually overheating but generally OK. Some AC adapter and power socket problems but not that common.