I am so tempted by a refurbed XPS gen2!!

Super Tigers · 27 Jan 2008 at 12:05

On sale at an online store for £380 + vat including full 1 year guarantee.

spec is nice!!

Warranty............... 1yr Return-to-Base Warranty
Model.................... Inspiron XPS Gen2
CPU...................... Intel PM 2.13GHz
Memory (MB)........... 1024
Hard Disk (GB).......... 80
Optical Drive/s.......... DVD-RW
Screen Details.......... 17" Wide Ultra XGA Screen (1920 x 1200)
Video .................... 256mb GeForce Go 6800Ultra
USB Ports................ Yes
Card Reader............ SD memory card slot
Wireless Network Card Intel PRO/Wireless
1394 Firewire Port..... Yes
PC Card Slot............ Yes
Keyboard................ Overlayed

That screen looks so lush, and a geforce Go6800ultra to power it as well :eek:

That is a sweet looking laptop/desktop-replacement I have ever seen. OS is extra but I have some XP licences so that is not a problem.

I am so tempted to hit the buy button......

Rob H

Clown · 27 Jan 2008 at 12:55

I had a Sony Vaio of similar spec. It was the noisiest thing I have ever owned. Maybe it was because the sound was amplified by sitting right next to it, but I'm sure it was louder than my XBox360 too.

CoreRipOffDuo · 27 Jan 2008 at 16:23

That wouldn't play anything new or even 2 years old...

Pulse · 27 Jan 2008 at 16:36

if thats a desktop then you can do A LOT better for the money.

Sniper123 · 27 Jan 2008 at 16:37

Super Tigers said:
On sale at an online store for £380 + vat including full 1 year guarantee.

spec is nice!!

Warranty............... 1yr Return-to-Base Warranty
Model.................... Inspiron XPS Gen2
CPU...................... Intel PM 2.13GHz
Memory (MB)........... 1024
Hard Disk (GB).......... 80
Optical Drive/s.......... DVD-RW
Screen Details.......... 17" Wide Ultra XGA Screen (1920 x 1200)
Video .................... 256mb GeForce Go 6800Ultra
USB Ports................ Yes
Card Reader............ SD memory card slot
Wireless Network Card Intel PRO/Wireless
1394 Firewire Port..... Yes
PC Card Slot............ Yes
Keyboard................ Overlayed

That screen looks so lush, and a geforce Go6800ultra to power it as well

That is a sweet looking laptop/desktop-replacement I have ever seen. OS is extra but I have some XP licences so that is not a problem.

I am so tempted to hit the buy button......

Rob H

Hi mate

I have 2 of these

Mine only have the standard 6800 go versions.Older games like warcraft 3 hl1 ect run fine, Newer games like hl2 you may need to lower the res a bit to get playable fps.
Overall there great machines asides from the 1hr50mins of battery life lol

Any questions give me a shout!

Super Tigers · 27 Jan 2008 at 16:49

Sniper123, does the wifi card support WPA2 encryption or does it just do wpa/wep level encryption? Have you had any problems with yours at all?

Rob H

Sniper123 · 27 Jan 2008 at 17:47

Super Tigers said:
Sniper123, does the wifi card support WPA2 encryption or does it just do wpa/wep level encryption? Have you had any problems with yours at all?

Rob H

Not sure about the wireless card since it doesn't show any advance options to configure it.
The only problem I've had is 1 of the PSU apdaters failed so I had to pay almost 50 pounds for a new 1

The fan can be pretty loud when cpu is 100% loaded (About 75C)

Metalface Mark · 27 Jan 2008 at 20:04

Pulse said:
if thats a desktop then you can do A LOT better for the money.

It is the laptop and PDA forum

Well Splattered · 28 Jan 2008 at 01:10

The laptop is generally quiet unless playing games. You can fit a dell 7800GTX instead of the 6800Ultra as an upgrade and mine played TF2 at 1680x1050 at about 40fps+ before the upgrade.

The SD memory card reader does not read class 6 SD cards and i managed with high capacity 9 cell batteries (from Japan) on lowest power options to make them last 2hours and 20 mins.

Great Laptops