I need your help. L521X vs MBP

3290el is not 3D.

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Then I can't really find the difference between 3270 and 3290. HP site is quite a mess when it comes to browsing their notebooks.

 

You're 100% right. Unfortunately, the aesthetics of the L521X attract me more as opposed to a VIAO. However if the L521X doesn't work I'll just switch it for a VIAO, or wait for that Asus.

 

personally I wouldn't even consider the L521X as an option it'll be just a big loss of time...Too many problems, one insurmountable, and basically zero interest from dell in the product.
I mean, how can you simply sell a product for (much) more than 1000$/€/£ and don't even do a quality check on wi-fi and throttling; those are basics things (How on earth can you send me a dongle to cope with signal?it's just pathetic). I mean a bit of throttling is acceptable, even though not for over 1000 bucks, but I seriously can't recall any other pc with the same entity of the problem in last 3/4 years.
The inspiron 15 SE I reckon it's a much better option.

 

lanfratta, I think it comes down to the problem of balancing cost-of-development/testing vs complexity of the product. Seems to me that Dell could make a more comprehensive test suite, seems trivial to add two more tests - distance-based performance of WiFi and some basic game suites - but how many systems are pulled from the production line for random full suite-testing? I'm betting nil, and that is what it would take to notice this problem.

I'd wager that engineered systems don't have any issues (other than screen grid) as they were probably assembled with more attention to detail than the production line.

That's my limit of defending dell though, I really want a wifi fix.

 

Well, I truly believe that this is not really possible, those problems are concerned with engineering as a whole, otherwise the problem would have had a fix in a, more or less, reasonable amount of time.
I stopped checking the L521X a couple of weeks ago (and bought a new l502x), but afaik for the throttling they switched the problem to the gpu with the new bios and for the wi-fi they are still sending dongles which looks like as a wait-and-see approach to verify all the options (and it has been more than 2 months since it's out, not exactly yesterday).
I agree those problems are due to the cost of development vs complexity of the products, but I also I believe that DELL abundantly underestimated those flaws. E.G. I strongly believe the throttling it is simply due to a undersized cooling system, otherwise things would have been easier. I remember acer had problems with the 3830/40 series, two months later you had a new bios which fixed all the minor problems (nobody is gonna use the pc in a stressed test mode in everyday life). I reckon all those new high-end laptops have minor throttling, but only the L521X can't cope even with the normal frequencies..
At last, I don't want to rant as already happened, I'm just saying that I can't possibly accept such problems on a premium laptop, and as far as I am concerned I'd convince anyone looking for this pc to search somewhere else. (OT mode off)

 

Have any of you considered the XPS 14 instead of the 15? Its a snappy system, build quality is on par with apple too.
I guess the 15 doesn't use a ulv cpu so maybe a little performance sacrifice but mine runs like a dream so far.
Just a thought...

 

From what I've heard it has the same Wi-Fi and screen issues and for my uses in particular the XPS 15 was pretty much as slow as I could deal with.

I'm looking for a model with a Geforce 650M (DDR5) or better now. The U500 from ASUS looks fabulous, as does the XPS 15, I hope it works properly or I may actually consider buying a Macbook Pro or something cheaper and thicker.