New Laptop

[Malvasi]

Well.. seeing as no-one deigned to reply to my thread.. let me at least help you out..

After doing fairly extensive research, talking to some friends, I've decided to go for the Dell XPS range myself, with the exact model being a configured Dell XPS M1530. It's not a full-on gamer's laptop, but when reasonably configured, it'll do most anything you need/want it to do..

I suggest you go to the Dell website (www.dell.com) and using the links, customise it to your liking. I did that and below are the basic stats of the one I've ordered.

Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T7700 (2.4GHz/800Mhz FSB, 4MB Cache)
Memory: 4GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz (2 Dimms)
LCD Screen & Camera: High Resolution glossy widescreen 15.4 inch LCD(1680x1050) & 2MP Camera
Video Card: 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT
Hard Drive: 200GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive
Optical Drive: 8X CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer DVD+R write capability
Primary Battery: 85 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery

It's quite configurable, except for the screen size (15"). You can add a blu-ray drive, bluetooth, wireless cards, whatever.. all the options are clearly listed.

For the above options, I paid about CAD1.8k, so it's reasonably priced. The base price is about CAD1k I believe, minimally configured..

All of the reviews I've read (about 10, and from good sources) are quite positive, and claim that it's decent value for money.

I'll be getting it in about two weeks, if you want to wait that long, I can tell you exactly how it is..

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