Purchasing Alienware 17x R4 tomorrow! - Couple of Q's?

[maverick3000]

Hello.
I am planning on purchasing an immaculate (I have viewed already) 1.5 year old Alienware 17x R4 Laptop.

Specifications:

Intel i7-3630,
AMD 2GB radeon 7970,
16 G ram(2x8)
full hd 1080p (60hz model)
128 G samsung ssd pro
756Gb HDD.

1. Can I expect this system to perform well running multiple applications at the same time?
Photoshop, Adobe Premier, Chrome, big movie watcher.

No price checks outside of the members market.

3. Will this spec be good for running design and development software for a few more years?

This is a desktop replacement therefore I do not mind the size and weight.

Anything else I should be aware of please advise as I would really appreciate it. Bit of a noob on spec's.

To point out my current system is (below) and I'm having lag issues running photoshop and sometimes too many Chrome windows open so I am hoping this spec will vastly improve.

Dell XPS 15" L5o2x
1080p display
2nd gen i5 processor 2410m. 2.3ghz
Nvidia 540M Graphics - I think 1gb
4gb ram
500HDD

Thanks

 

[ninja2000]

1. Yes. the 16gb ram, quad core cpu and sad will all help in this regard
No price checks outside of the members market.
3. I am sure it will. the cpu and gpu are both quite powerful, and they are both easily upgraded if you wish.

Only other thing I would point out is the glossy screen. They use a sheet of plastic over it to create a edge to edge display, it can cause a lot of glare. This could be an issue depending on where you use the laptop.

 

[maverick3000]

1. Yes. the 16gb ram, quad core cpu and sad will all help in this regard
No price checks outside of the members market.
3. I am sure it will. the cpu and gpu are both quite powerful, and they are both easily upgraded if you wish.

Only other thing I would point out is the glossy screen. They use a sheet of plastic over it to create a edge to edge display, it can cause a lot of glare. This could be an issue depending on where you use the laptop.

great thanks!