FINALLY! New M1730 arrived today.

After 2 delays for shipping my new lappy arrived this afternoon. Very SWEET!

Just started playing with it so not much to discuss but it sure is fast compaired to 6 other PC's/laptops in this house.

Christmas finally came today for me...

 

whats the gpu?

 

NVIDIA SLI Dual GeForce 8700MGT with 512MB GDDR3 Memory
XPS M1730, Intel Core 2 Extreme X9000(2.8GHz, 800Mhz 6M L2 Cache)
4GB, DDR2, 667MHz 2 Dimm

Nice looking lappy, better than the pics I was looking at when I was thinking of buying it.

 

im sorry to hear that

 

here is a $1000 gateway laptop with the 9800 GTS 1 gig videocard

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage...7805u&lp=1&type=product&cp=1&id=1218043606827

here is your 8700M GT SLI

from fastest to slowest....

GeForce 9800M GTX SLI
» GeForce 9800M GT SLI
» GeForce 9800M GTS SLI
» Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2
» GeForce 8800M GTX SLI
» Mobility Radeon HD 3850 X2
» Mobility Radeon HD 4850
» Quadro FX 3700M
» GeForce 9800M GTX
» GeForce 9800M GT
» GeForce 9800M GTS
» GeForce 8800M GTX
» GeForce 9800M GS
» GeForce 9700M GTS
» Quadro FX 2700M
» GeForce Go 7950 GTX SLI
» GeForce Go 7900 GTX SLI
» GeForce 8800M GTS
» Quadro FX 3600M
» GeForce Go 7950 GTX
» Quadro FX 3500M
» GeForce 8700M GT SLI
» Mobility Radeon HD 3870
» Mobility Radeon HD 3850
» GeForce Go 7800 GTX SLI
» GeForce Go 7900 GS SLI
» GeForce Go 7900 GTX
» Quadro FX 2500M
» GeForce 8600M GT SLI


how much was your laptop again?

 

Pi$$ of and go hang out in someone elses forums. You hang around here to spread your $hit since you have nothing else better to do.

 

how much did you pay for your laptop? you can still get a refund bro, dont get mad at me. im trying to help you buy a better laptop for cheaper

 

You're not trying to help anyone numb nuts. I've read your other posts and you just want to flame a$$es for laughs.

Sell it somewhere else..................

 

am i wrong in anything i said? please, let me help you. you can't be helped if you don't want it.

 

No reason to get nasty. And please dont try to go around the language filter.



It is true though. You can get a better GPU than you have for (probably) cheaper. Not saying yours isnt good. But they get better than that.

Pretty nice computer overall.

 

okay bandit, i just customized a 1730 with the SLI specs like yours, comes out to more than $3000..... dude, should've bought me a gateway and kept one for yourself too, and still play games on higher settings.... and still have money leftover

 

Nice laptop ... no doubt about it

But value for money ? Not in a million years .... There are better alternative out there, such as sager.

Sorry pal ...

But anyway since you already have it anyway .... have fun gaming for about a year before needing something better

 

It will still be a good graphics card in a year.

There will be better, but it will still be a decent card.

 

its a decent card now, it'll be obsolete by next year if not in 2

 

hey hey! give the guy a break, we can't choose for him, he got his own life. true true he could have bought something else, but just be happy for him!

You should tryout windows 7 on it

 

I think I will install Win 7 in time. I won't / didn't buy it to play games on. I never have or ever will play PC games. Just some video editing and having something portable to take with me on trips.

As far as some of the negative comments that ticked me off, I buy what I want when I want and pay what I can afford and it is my business. I don't need some punk lurking in forums to tell me what I should have bought or should do and pretending he is trying to help me out.

And that's all I have to say about that.

 

whatever makes you feel better about knowing that you overspent $2000 and could've paid off a couple months of car payments or a nice ring for your gf lol

 

Thats the attitude

Enjoy the laptop ^^

 

LOL

DUDE, I have no car payments and the wife has no more room for anymore rocks on her fingers. Besides 2k is kind of chinsy for a nice ring eh?

Sorry if I interupted your nursing hour.

 

I recommend the Dell XPS over a 'Gateway/Acer' machine any day of the week. You cant get something for nothing. I bought the same exact machine for two co-workers and they have NO regrets. As for price who cares, if you can afford it great, if not go whine some place else please. I'm the I.T manager for a medium size business and after many mistakes with 'other companies' Dell is by far the best I have ever worked with. We have purchased/leased well over $90K worth of Dell equipment without a problem.

I don't want value, I want quality!

 

Well said and Amen.....

 

you dont get it at all do you? dell does not equal quality, it doesnt even equal value either... your money is going to their advertising, not to the quality of the products

woodstock

"yeah, my 1330 is junk too, extending the warranty tonight because i have already had every part replaced besides the memory and cpu i think... dont think it is going to stop braking any time soon. the good old days of the m170 and 9300 are gone unfortunately... my 1505 is still kicking but beginning to show its age (and my wife's abuse) but it is still 100% more reliable than my 1330. my m1730 seems ok, nothing wrong with it yet anyways, and i have 2 more years of warranty so not too worried. besides the fact it is huge and heavy and uglier than sin it is ok..."

wolfpup

"Yeah, it would add 1/3 to the price of the 1640 I'm looking at. I don't really trust Dell anymore. Their forums are gone (essentially) so I can't get help from mods there if I need it, and I know that's sometimes necessary, given how bad outsourced support usually is. I don't really trust them to honor the warranty, so I'd rather gamble by having the money to buy a new system with, I guess."

 

hey, don't quote me dude, i would take a 1730 over a gateway any day of the week, even if i had to spend extra money, even with the problems i have had. i see your posts and think your comment was rude and meant to start trouble. the dude has been excited about getting his new machine for a while now, and you fire off a cheap shot and act like you were trying to help. shame on you

i may not like dell, but bringing up my comments like that is just mean.

 

lol blue diamond. How old are you? 11? No, 12 right? Nothing like a bit of light entertainment in the mornings... Obviously no serious offence intended. But seriously, look at my post count. You are a really cool teenager to make me post about you. And for your age, you have an immense knowledge of computers. (You unfortunately haven't experienced enough human contact to understand the consumer market though). The next time I buy a laptop, I'll make sure to consult you. Your fees aren't too high are they? I can pay you in baseball cards? Speak soon.

 

I too don't understand why someone would shoot down someone's pride and joy. This is a DELL forum and to mention GATEWAY is sacrilegious. I wished I had an m1730 too but I still luv my m1530.

 

I myself got a XPS 1730 over the Sager I had a year before, but only because I got a good deal.
Some people will go for the better deal, others for the looks.

In the end you have to go for WHAT YOU WANT, PERIOD.

Congrats of the beast dude.