Need a new laptop

[jdawg90 10+ year member]

I'm getting my college laptop now.. i need some input on what to get. I dont want a screen over 17", and it needs to have a decent graphics card

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220464

XPS Studio 16

My Components

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo P8700 (3MB cache/2.53GHz/1066Mhz FSB)

Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition SP1, 64-bit

Obsidian Black with Leather Accent

Microsoft Works

3Yr Ltd Hardware Warranty, InHome Service after Remote Diagnosis

Edge-to-Edge HD Widescreen 16.0 inch WLED LCD (1366x768) W/2.0 MP

4GB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1067MHz (2 Dimms)

500GB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive

8X DVD+/- RW(DVD/CD read/write) Slot Load Drive

ATI Mobility RADEON® HD 3670 - 512MB

Intel® 5100 WLAN Wireless-N (1x2) Half Mini Card

High Definition Audio 2.0

$1648

XPS 1530

My Components

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T8300 (2.4GHz/800Mhz FSB, 3MB Cache)

Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition SP1, 64-bit

Tuxedo Black

Microsoft Works

3Yr Ltd Hardware Warranty, InHome Service after Remote Diagnosis

High Resolution, glossy widescreen 15.4 inch LCD(1440x900) & 2MP Camera

4GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz (2 Dimms)

500GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)

Slot Load DVD+/-RW (DVD/CD read/write)

256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600M GT

Dell Wireless 1395 802.11g Mini Card

Dell Wireless 355 Bluetooth Internal (2.0+Enhanced Data Rate)

56 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery

High Definition Audio 2.0

$1274

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[SSS 18734 5,000+ posts]

Look for a refurbed Precision on ebay and on the Dell outlet. My M90 is two years old and can still play most games made today fluently. You're pretty limited to 17" laptops to get a powerful graphics card, though

The XPS's are overpriced and built with shoddy cases, imo.

 

[Digital Designs 10+ year member]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220464 (didnt realize you had that in your OP)

Or

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220495

 

[Rookie_80 10+ year member]

Go LENOVO, u wont regret it

 

[Digital Designs 10+ year member]

Go LENOVO, u wont regret it

Until you try ASUS.

 

[blackdragonaudi 10+ year member]

Never go with dell see to many in the repair shops. Go with HP or asus even apple which IMO are the best a lot of college students are buying them because they just don't crash.

 

[WillyG4444 10+ year member]

ASUS ftw. I'm looking for one myself. I'm sick of Dells

 

[97gp 5,000+ posts]

Never go with dell see to many in the repair shops. Go with HP or asus even apple which IMO are the best a lot of college students are buying them because they just don't crash.

x2 on HP I like mine a lot, and macs are gay //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[dvrmstrng 5,000+ posts]

Never go with dell see to many in the repair shops. Go with HP or asus even apple which IMO are the best a lot of college students are buying them because they just don't crash.

my girlfriends mac is one of the slowest computers ive ever seen, macbook pro thats like 2 years old...you have to force quit everything...its slow as shit...ill probably never own one

 

[DanM7890 10+ year member]

look up my macbook pro for sale.

 

[jdawg90 10+ year member]

Ok well im pretty sure im gonna get a Sager NP5793 its 1570 shipped with 3 year labor 1 year parts warranty

17" WUXGA "Matte Type" Super Clear Ultra Bright Screen (1920x1200)

Intel® T9300 45nm "Penryn" Core™2 Duo 2.5GHz w/6MB L2 On-die cache - 800MHz FSB

nVidia GeForce 9800M GTS 1,024MB PCI-Express DDR3 DX10

4,096MB DDR2 667 PC2 5300 (2 SODIMMS) Dual Channel Memory

2X Blue-Ray Read/8X DVDRW Super Multi Combo Drive

~ 500GB 5400RPM (Serial-ATA II 300 - 8MB Cache)

Internal 7-in-1 Card Reader (MS/MS Pro/MS Duo/MS Pro Duo/SD/Mini-SD/MMC/RS)

Built in 1.3Megapixel Camera

Smart Li-ion Battery (8-Cell)

 

[blackdragonaudi 10+ year member]

Never heard of them or worked on one. About the comment on macs I have a 2 year old power book g4 filled with music only has 2 gb's left on the hard drive and i play Unreal Tournament on it at LAN parties. My next computer will be another mac.

 

[Scoobydoo 5,000+ posts]

sagers are decent laptops

guess you dont plan on carrying your laptop around

 

[jdawg90 10+ year member]

sagers are decent laptops
guess you dont plan on carrying your laptop around

I do....

The thing is more expensive to get that one in 15.4" unless i get a worse graphics card and prolly a few other small things

 

[Scoobydoo 5,000+ posts]

I do....
The thing is more expensive to get that one in 15.4" unless i get a worse graphics card and prolly a few other small things

well in laptops smaller is more expensive for a reason, lugging a 17" laptop around is going to get old quick. only reason i would get any laptop over 14" is as a desktop replacement

i bet you will be selling that within 6 months