19Mar So I ordered a new Laptop.
After Looking over a number of great recommendations (thanks Al), I finally pulled the trigger on a Dell XPS 15 laptop. The main reason for this is price. When I got home from my last trip, there was a Dell catalog sitting on my door step with a 1 week %25 discount code on XPS 15. After looking through their site, I stumbled across a Core i7-2720QM with 8GB of ram, a NVIDIA GeForce GT540M 2GB graphics card, 640GB 7200rpm hard drive, and a 1080p High res screen. All of this in a 15 inch laptop with a 92 WHr 9-cell Battery. Before the discount code $1599 (with shipping and tax), after the discount code $1200. So my new laptop should be here by the end of the month.
There where a number of great laptops recommended, including the MSI Gaming GX660R gaming laptop, the Lenovo Ideapad Y560d, and the Sager NP8130. The MSI gaming laptop is designed to run hot and heavy since it’s a gaming laptop, but the dell won me over in price. The Lenovo Ideapad has a Radeon HD 5730 graphics card which probably wouldn’t have been that big of a deal but the price was the same as the dell. The Sager has a great price, everything I want, and extra cooling but the turn around time is at 3 month due to their popularity.
Right after I placed my order the Lenovo dropped another $200, and a week later dell announced an even lower price on a slightly lower model XPS 15. With computers, something better always comes out right after you drop the cash. Thankfully the turnaround on cameras is a little slower.
Now I just need to find something to do with all these old laptops I have laying around the house.
March 19th, 2011 at 11:30 am
You can send me one of the old ones. My MacBook died and I need something to take with me to dump footage during long shoots.
March 19th, 2011 at 11:55 am
I could possibly use a new(old) lappy. Shoot me an email sometime with the specs on your old junk.
March 19th, 2011 at 8:49 pm
Could donate it to charity 🙂
March 20th, 2011 at 1:48 am
Charity is a good idea…..but if u selling im buying
March 20th, 2011 at 4:55 am
I know im in deaperate need of something that can handle dslr video..my g4 has given me the tech version of the finger.
March 31st, 2011 at 5:31 pm
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April 10th, 2011 at 9:22 am
err..how come ur dell xps 15 has a number pad?I thought the 15.6″ doesn’t have it?
April 10th, 2011 at 5:52 pm
Yea that’s actually not the exact model I picked up. The XPS 15 is missing that number pad, Looks like I grabbed the wrong picture off dell’s site. I’ve got pictures of the new laptop here. Good eye!