Got my new Laptop today

[tens0r]

I'll take that.

[Turquoise Dragon]

Are the hinges on your old one indestructable? If so, I may consider taking it...

[Maximus]

Pretty nice. I've been looking at the Dell XPS 17 which is equivalent. I don't get the 3D thing at all - no real interest in it.

Dell XPS 17 - custom configuration of base model which starts at $899.

PROCESSOR 2nd generation Intel® Core™ i5-2520M processor 2.50 GHz with Turbo Boost 2.0 up to 3.20 GHz edit
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® Home Premium, 64-Bit, English edit
SERVICE PLAN 1 Year Basic Service Plan edit
HD DISPLAY 17.3" FHD (1080p) with 2.0MP HD Webcam edit
MEMORY 8GB Shared Dual Channel DDR3 Memory edit
VIDEO CARD NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 555M 3GB graphics with Optimus edit
BATTERY OPTIONS 90 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery edit
HARD DRIVE 500GB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive edit
OFFICE SOFTWARE Microsoft® Office Starter: reduced-functionality Word & Excel w/ ads. No PowerPoint or Outlook edit
SECURITY SOFTWARE McAfee Security Center with VirusScan, Firewall, Spyware Removal, 30-Day Trial edit
INTERNAL OPTICAL DRIVE Tray Load Blu-ray Disc BD-Combo (Reads BD and Writes to DVD/CD) edit
WIRELESS + BLUETOOTH Intel© Centrino© Advanced-N 6230 and Bluetooth 3.0 edit
SOUND OPTIONS JBL 2.1 Speakers with Waves Maxx Audio 3 + Creative SoundBlaster X-FI MB 1.2 edit
COLORS Elemental Silver Aluminum edit
KEYBOARD Backlit Keyboard - English edit
MOBILE BROADBAND No Mobile Broad Band Selected edit
OS RECOVERY MEDIA Recovery DVD for Windows® 7 Home Premium OS, 64bit, English edit


Sub Total $1,179.98 After $450 in instant rebates, before tax and shipping.

This is quite beast. It's a dual core as opposed to a quad, which depending on what game can be faster due to higher clocks; $85 upgrade to the 2GHz quad. The Geforce 555M scores about 11k in 3dmark06 - compared to the 3.5k the 7900GS Go in my current laptop scores, that's quite good. The monitor on this is a step above the standard; 72% color gamut is nothing to sneeze at in a laptop form factor and perhaps the one point that differs most from other off-the-shelf systems in its class. This one is configured with nice extras like Displayport to VGA adapter, Bluray drive, the top Intel wireless card, OS reinstall disk, 9-cell battery, and backlit keyboard. Most recommended upgrade would be an SSD which would be a rather massive increase in storage performance; basically assume launch times of Windows and apps cut by more than in half; an Intel 320/510 or OCZ 3-series gets you about 120GB of high-end performance for about $250.

This earns my official

[GUARD!AN]

Niiiice. I must say though, if you don't really need the extra storage space on your laptop and can afford another $700 or so, a solid state drive is going to rock your world

[Baconiser]

Niiiice. I must say though, if you don't really need the extra storage space on your laptop and can afford another $700 or so, a solid state drive is going to rock your world

true but as you said, it usually rocks your budget as well.

[piipe]

who the fuck...

[Darth_Wayne]

LOL nerds

[Laser]

i like your sig jkb, it's a classy touch that they let Abidal lift the trophy