My New Dell XPS 17

G-MAN2004 · 21 Dec 2011 at 21:20

Is it really an 'upgrade' though? As said above, it's duel core rather than the quad core you already have.

Dead_Assassin · 21 Dec 2011 at 21:25

G-MAN2004 said:
Is it really an 'upgrade' though? As said above, it's duel core rather than the quad core you already have.

i7 2640 thats what they said , not sure if to take it :confused:

G-MAN2004 · 21 Dec 2011 at 21:30

Dead_Assassin said:
i7 2640 thats what they said , not sure if to take it

I have no idea. I'm not too clued up on processers, but I've always thought quad core is better than duel core (seems obvious enough). In that case, they're actually offering you a downgrade. :confused:

I'm sure someone with more knowledge will explain why.

Russinating · 23 Dec 2011 at 18:45

Why does the 17 have to be so ugly?! Why?!

Dead_Assassin · 27 Dec 2011 at 19:58

Got my new replacement XPS 17 with new i7-2670QM processor 2.20 GHz with Turbo Boost up to 3.10 GHz

str · 17 Apr 2012 at 19:22

I bought 32GB DDR3 for my XPS 17 and it arrived today. It's only £78 delivered for 16GB (2 x 8GB) so if you are still looking for 16GB it'll be worthwhile having a look around for it.

One problem though is that my XPS 17 OS is Win7 Home Premium which only allows using 16GB of the 32GB lol.

I need to upgrade to Win7 Pro or Ultimate Anytime to make use of the extra 16GB but I might just do a fresh install of Windows 7 Pro OEM I bought a while ago for a different PC but didn't use and keep the anytime upgrade money for Windows 8 Pro which hopefully shouldn't take too long to be released.

str · 17 Apr 2012 at 19:26

Here is a pic showing the 32GB with only 16GB usable:

Pfffffffffffffft!